Qiaoguo, glutinous rice sticks.
1. Qiaoguo. Among the traditional foods of Qixi Festival, Qiaoguo is the most famous. Qiaoguo is also called "Qiaoguo", but it is not actually a fruit, but a must-have snack during the Chinese Valentine's Day. The theory of Qiaoguo first originated in the Song Dynasty. At that time, people still used flour to make cakes, which were called "Qiaoguo cakes" and became popular in Shaowu area of ??Fujian. A proverb says that eating clever fruits on Chinese Valentine's Day can make people clever.
2. Rice strips. Old Nanjing people also have a unique custom during Chinese Valentine's Day, which is to eat glutinous rice sticks. Jiangmi Tiao is a Han snack, which is made from bean paste through multiple processes. Although glutinous rice sticks are a common snack for everyone, it is still customary to eat glutinous rice sticks during the Chinese Valentine's Day. Rice sticks are sweet on the outside and crispy on the inside. They have roughly the same shape, but their names vary slightly from place to place. As a traditional food of the Chinese Valentine's Day, glutinous rice sticks are also very representative.