Falling on the seventh day of seventh lunar month, the Qixi Festival, also known as Chinese Valentine's Day, is a day for lovers to reunite. The festival has been celebrated in China since the Western Han Dynasty (206BC - 24AD) and the legend of the annual meeting of the cowherd and weaver girl has been passed down generations.
Love is not just in the air, it's everywhere around us. One only has to open their eyes. Check out this collection of photos to see that we're surrounded by love signs hiding in plain sight.
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(Cover image: A forest in Phuket Island, Thailand. /VCG Photo)
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