MAKE A MEME View Large Image Guo Xu album dated 1503 (11).jpg In legend the Weaver Girl was the star Vega “ the brightest star in the sky Her duty was weaving clouds She fell in love with a lowly Cowherd the star Altair and they had children Carried away by her romance ...
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Keywords: Guo Xu album dated 1503 (11).jpg In legend the Weaver Girl was the star Vega “ the brightest star in the sky Her duty was weaving clouds She fell in love with a lowly Cowherd the star Altair and they had children Carried away by her romance however she neglected to weave clouds and her father the lord of the heavens separated the couple by creating the River of Heaven or Milky Way across the middle of the sky dividing the two stars In popular belief the lovers are reunited on one night of the year - the seventh night of the seventh lunar month “ when magpies form a bridge across the Milky Way Chester Beatty Library Dated 1503 Album leaf; ink and colors on paper 29 8 × 49 3 cm Shanghai Museum http //www cbl ie/china/Item aspx itemId 20 ˜The Creation of the Milky Way ™ Dublin Chester Beatty Library object history exhibition history credit line This is one of eleven paintings comprising an album <gallery> File Guo Xu album dated 1503 1 jpg ˜Fuxi the maker of men ™ File Guo Xu album dated 1503 2 jpg ˜Shennong the divine farmer ™ File Guo Xu album dated 1503 3 jpg ˜Drunken immortal ™ File Guo Xu album dated 1503 4 jpg ˜Immortal Qiu ™ File Guo Xu album dated 1503 5 jpg ˜Seeking a suitable phrase ™ File Guo Xu album dated 1503 6 jpg ˜An old lady feeds a hero ™ File Guo Xu album dated 1503 7 jpg ˜Immortal Ge spitting fire ™ File Guo Xu album dated 1503 8 jpg ˜Playing a flute riding a buffalo ™ File Guo Xu album dated 1503 9 jpg ˜Mi Fu bowing to a rock ™ File Guo Xu album dated 1503 10 jpg ˜Northern frontier ™ File Guo Xu album dated 1503 11 jpg ˜The Creation of the Milky Way ™ </gallery> accession number place of creation China during the Ming dynasty http //www cbl ie/china/ Telling Images of China exhibit Dublin Chester Beatty Library <small><small>http //www cbl ie/china/app_themes/exhibit/img/exhibits/large/img9-11 jpg direct link </small></small> PD-Art-100 Uncategorized 2014 October 21
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