The Legend of Cowherd is a famous ancient Chinese Han folk love story, and also one of China's four classic folklore stories. It is the earliest story of the Chinese people about the stars. The story of the Cowherd and Girl Weaver, which contains romance in the classics, also reflects the precious twists and turns of love. The current book volume, Chinese Short Stories 3, is a Level 1 Chinese reading practice book. It would introduce you to the famous Chinese folk story of Cowherd and Weaver (¿¿¿¿¿¿).
The book has 6 Chapters in the following order:Chapter 1: Story Background (¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿)Chapter 2: Fate of Previous Lives (¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿)Chapter 3: The Cowherd Meets the Weaver (¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿)Chapter 4: The Married Life of the Cowherd and the Girl Weaver (¿¿¿ ¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿)Chapter 5: The Cowherd and Weaver Separated by Milky Way (¿¿¿ ¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿)Chapter 6: The Old Woman's Story (¿¿¿¿ ¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿) The 3nd volume in the Selected Chinese Short Story Series (¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿) includes both the Chinese text (simplified characters) and pinyin Romanization. With about over 500 unique Chinese characters, the volume would be suitable for the beginners, lower intermediate and advanced level Chinese language learners (HSK 1-6). Overall, the reading series offers you a variety of elementary level books (Level 1/2/3/4/5/6) to understand China as well as practice Chinese reading fast.