Needle-piercing begging for cleverness: Needle-piercing begging for cleverness is the earliest way of begging for cleverness, which began in Han Dynasty and flowed to later generations. "Miscellaneous Notes on Xijing" said: "Women in the Han Dynasty often wear seven-hole needles in the Kaijin Building on July 7, and people have Xi Zhi."

Spider-loving should be clever: this is also an earlier way of begging for cleverness, and its popularity is a little later than that of needle-piercing, which probably started in the Northern and Southern Dynasties. In the Southern Dynasties, Liang Zonggu said, "A Record of the Age of Jingchu"; "It's evening, Chen melon and fruit in court to beg for cleverness. If you have a happy subnet on the melon, you think it corresponds. "

Needle-throwing and skill-testing: This is a variant of the custom of needle-piercing and skill-seeking on Qixi Festival, which originated from needle-piercing and is different from needle-piercing. It is a popular Chinese Valentine's Day custom in Ming and Qing Dynasties.

Lan Ye Dou Qiao: It is said that the game originated from the court of the Han Dynasty. Jia Peilan, the maid-in-waiting of Mrs. Qi, the wife of Emperor Gaozu, often talked to people about the Qixi Festival in the Han Palace after leaving the palace to marry Duan Ru, a Fufeng person. She said: "On the 7th of July every year, the Han Palace is first played in Chi Pan, the ancient philosophers, and then it is tied with five colors, which is called" mutual affection ". Later, the palace ladies went to the closed-top building together, and everyone learned to wear seven clever needles to beg for cleverness. And there is a maid-in-waiting named Xu Jieyu, who can carve the raw lotus root into various exotic flowers and birds and present them to the emperor. The emperor will put these gadgets on the corner of the table in the palace at night for the maids to look for in the dark. This game is called' Dou Qiao'. "

The custom and origin of Chinese Valentine's Day.

Custom food:

Clever food: Chinese Valentine's Day's food customs vary from place to place, and they are generally called clever food, among which jiaozi, noodles, avocados, wonton and other foods are used for this festival. Eat cloud noodles, which have to be made of dew, and you can get clever meaning by eating it. There are also many folk pastry shops, which like to make some crisp candies with the image of Weaver Girl, commonly known as "homo habilis" and "Qiao Crisp", and when they are sold, they are also called "Send to homo habilis". This custom has been spread in some areas so far.

Wuzi: "Worship the Weaver Girl" on Tanabata is an important event for girls and young women. Sacrifice offerings include tea, wine, fresh fruit, etc., and Wuzi (longan, red dates, hazelnuts, peanuts and melon seeds) is even more indispensable. After burning incense and praying silently, these offerings become their midnight snack food.

Jiangmi Tiao: Old Nanjing people also have a unique custom of celebrating Tanabata: eating Jiangmi Tiao. Jiang Mi Tiao is a snack of Han nationality, which is made by steaming glutinous rice flour with bean flour in a stew pot, beating it with a stick in a stone mortar, drying it in the sun and frying it in oil, and finally dipping it in red bean paste such as plum blossom, pine blossom and sesame.