Before being clever, the girls in Jiaodong invited Seven Sisters's activities. During the day, they went to the fields to "steal" some green stems. They didn't look back and didn't speak. After returning home, they tied a shrine or set up a shed for Weaver Girl on the earthen platform.
After nightfall, the girls walked around the well platform again with straw in their hands, and invited Seventh Sister to return to the shrine. Then they sat in front of the statue of Weaver Girl, begging for her help, clapping and singing: "My sister taught me to accept my soles. On February 2nd, my sister taught me to embroider skirts ... "So I sang until December.
In Jiaodong area, Seven Sisters is worshipped on Tanabata. Young women put on new clothes, got together and swore in court to form a Seven Sisters.
Many places also make clever flowers. Girls use flour to make cakes and buns with flowers, such as peony, lotus, plum blossom, orchid, chrysanthemum, etc., which are called positive fruit. There are also ingenious dishes, which cultivate malt in a small wine cup, which is the seed of the Song Dynasty. Worship the Weaver Maid with proper fruits and clever plates.
In the past, people in Long Island County were actually at war with Joe. Before the festival, the girls got together and carefully decorated the smart shed. In the clever shed, lions, cockfights, phoenixes and carp leap over the dragon gate, playing tricks, lanterns, cakes and admiral made of flour.
During the festival, the clever shed was decorated. After dinner, the girls get together, light candles and sing happy songs. The audience keeps coming, and some even go to other villages to perform, which usually lasts for about 4 days.
Shandong Jinan, Huimin, Gaoqing and other places are very easy to please. Just to show melons and fruits. If there are cobwebs on melons and fruits, it means begging for wisdom.
In Juancheng, Cao Xian, Plain and other places, the custom of begging for clever rice is very interesting. Jiaozi, a kind of food and food bag for seven girls, wraps a copper coin, a needle and a red date in three jiaozi.
After the activities in Qiao Qi, the girls get together to eat jiaozi. It is said that those who eat money are blessed, those who eat needles are clever, and those who eat dates get married early.
No matter what the result is, the deep friendship between the girls will be unforgettable with the arrival of Tanabata every year and become the best memory in life.
Make proper fruits and clever lanterns in Qufu area on Qixi Festival. Appropriate fruits and Deng Qiao have various shapes, including chrysanthemum, lotus, rose, peony, peony, Hosta, orchid, begonia, bergamot, official fruit, magnolia, plum blossom and other lanterns, in addition to the Eight Immortals crossing the sea to celebrate the fairy's birthday, boys worship Guanyin, Fu Lushou and other lanterns.
Confucius gave appropriate fruits and Deng Qiao as holiday gifts to their families, relatives and friends. On the night of Tanabata, all roads and scenic spots in the park are decorated with fruit-bearing lanterns, and snacks and refreshments mainly with fruit-bearing lanterns are placed on the top of the courtyard and Huashan Mountain.
In the evening, people in the yamen sat in the yard and looked up to see the cowherd and the weaver girl meet. It is a scene with endless fun and a long aftertaste.
On Qixi, Wudi, Long Island and other places have the custom of Qiaolei. Generally speaking, grains germinate by soaking in water on the first day of July. Tanabata, cut buds to make soup. Rongcheng children pay special attention to eating smart buds and watching smart clouds.
In Rongcheng and Qixi, women should make "clever flowers", that is, make all kinds of food with flour, such as lotus, lotus, bamboo basket and so on. Locals believe that "eating smart flowers on Tanabata can make people smart."
In Shenxian, we should pay attention to the seventh grade when celebrating Tanabata. Generally speaking, there are 7 women, list 7 kinds of fruits and vegetables, and each person packs 7 wonton. Each woman puts a sum of money in the stuffing, cooks it together, holds 7 plates, burns 7 pots of incense, worships them in turn, and eats them separately to test the loss of skills by the value.
People in Wei county get together, and every household produces some rice and flour to make rice. At the dawn of this day, seven people eat it in groups, which is called "begging for clever rice".
In Yexian County, in order to be clever, women also set up a "begging feast", and their in-laws sent melons and fruits and five-color cakes one after another. In the coastal sunshine area, women often go to the seaside to see colorful clouds, that is, the "smart clouds" on Qixi night. In Yucheng, flattering activities are not limited to women, and even men hold special "flattering".
In Laizhou, in the old society, on the seventh day of the seventh lunar month, women would make sacrifices to the Weaver Girl to pray for ingenuity. I also make all kinds of "smart cakes" to be smart. Sacrifice began on July 6th, was withdrawn on July 7th, and was offered again on July 14th, meaning to send Qiaojie away.
Many adults string "smart cakes" and hang them around their children's necks. On the seventh day of July, the husband's family will also make smart cakes for the newly married daughter-in-law, and some will send 10 cakes, noodles, fish and steamed buns.
In Shanghe, the shepherd boy will also collect some wild flowers and put them on the horns to "celebrate the birthday of the cow". Qufu, Ningyang and other places are used to drying clothes on Tanabata. Women in sunshine should wash their hair on this day. It is said that their hair is bright and soft, and there is no smell of sweat.
The folk celebration of Tanabata also has the custom of washing hair skillfully, that is, on the morning of the seventh day of the seventh lunar month, women, old and young, should wash their hair. It is said that washing smart hair on this day makes them clear-headed all year round and not confused when things happen.
Linyi usually washes oil tanks on this day. It is said that the oil tank is particularly easy to wash on this day, and it will be clean with a light rinse. In Zhucheng, Tengzhou, Zoucheng and other places, the rain on Qixi is called acacia rain or acacia tears, which is thought to be caused by the meeting of cowherd and weaver girl. Legend has it that there are very few magpies in Jiaodong and Southwest Shandong, and they have all gone to build a magpie bridge.
The most representative custom in Qingdao is to knock on appropriate fruits. Seasonal fruit, also called Qiao Qi fruit, is a holiday food for Valentine's Day in China. Women add sugar or honey to flour and mold it into noodles, with peony, lotus, plum blossom, orchid, chrysanthemum and other patterns, as well as fish, animals and other animal patterns symbolizing auspicious significance, which are used for loading plates.
Then, string the seven together and wear them on children's necks or hands. They are not only beautiful, but also edible, and more importantly, they are used to ward off evil spirits. Large fruits are steamed in a pot to worship cowherd and weaver girl and pray.
Proper fruit is a tradition in China for thousands of years, and there are certain stresses. It is fish-shaped, representing the days of farmers, and life is getting better and better. The word "longevity" means that the elderly eat healthy and live a long life. A long list, which child likes it better. After eating, it shows that their brains are smart and they will study hard and be healthy in the future.
The offerings of Shandong Begging Festival are mainly flour products, which require exquisite production. The colorful customs of Tanabata bring happiness and hope to people.