then deep-fry them. Beyond that, people would eat crunchy candy, refreshments and fruits together, expressing the people's pursuit of ingenuity, family health, and happy life wishes. In some places people gather together and build a four meter long bridge () with big incense sticks and decorate them with colourful flowers. They burn the bridge at night and wish to bring happiness in life. Literature Due to the romance, elegance, and beautiful symbolic meaning of the festival, many pieces of literature, such as poems, popular songs and operas, have been written for this festival since the Zhou dynasty. Many describe the atmosphere of the festival or narrate related stories. This has left a valuable literary legacy which helps modern scholars better understand ancient Chinese customs, feelings, and opinions relating to the festival. Far, Far Away, the Cowherd – Anonymous（Han dynasty) 迢迢牽牛星， Far, far away, the Cowherd, 皎皎河漢女。 Fair, fair, the Weaving Maid, 纖纖擢素手， Nimbly move her slender white finger, 札札弄機杼。 Click-clack goes her weaving-loom. 終日不成章， All day she weaves, yet her web is still not done. 泣涕零如雨。 And her tears fall like rain. 河漢清且淺， Clear and shallow the Milky Way, 相去復幾許？ They are not far apart! 盈盈一水間， But the stream brims always between. 脈脈不得語。 And, gazing at each other, they cannot speak. （翻譯：楊憲益，戴乃迭） (Translated by Yang Xianyi, Dai Naidie) An Autumn Night – Du Mu (Tang dynasty) 銀燭秋光冷畫屏， A candle flame flickers against a dull painted screen on a cool autumn night, 輕羅小扇撲流螢。 She holds a small silk fan to flap away dashing fireflies. 天階夜色涼如水， Above her hang celestial bodies as frigid as deep water, 坐看牽牛織女星。 She sat there watching Altair of Aquila and Vega of Lyra pining for each other in the sky. （翻譯：曾培慈 (Translated by Betty Tseng]) Immortals at the Magpie Bridge – Qin Guan (Song dynasty) 纖雲弄巧， Clouds float like works of art, 飛星傳恨， Stars shoot with grief at heart. 銀漢迢迢暗渡。 Across the Milky Way the Cowherd meets the Maid. 金風玉露一相逢， When Autumn’s Golden Wind embraces Dew of Jade, 便勝却人間無數。 All the love scenes on earth, however many, fade. 柔情似水， Their tender love flows like a stream; 佳期如夢， Their happy date seems but a dream. 忍顧鶴橋歸路。 How can they bear a separate homeward way? 兩情若是久長時， If love between both sides can last for aye, 又豈在朝朝暮暮。 Why need they stay together night and day? （翻譯：許淵沖） (Translated by Xu Yuanchong) Gallery Other Interactive Google doodles have been launched since the