2. proper fruit; The custom of eating proper fruit on Tanabata is said to have first appeared in the Song Dynasty, which was initiated by the literati who tasted tea and discussed ink. For them, it is a beautiful thing to eat skillfully with green tea, and they also enjoy reciting poems on the Qixi Festival. Today, all parts of Zhejiang Province knead various small objects with flour on this day, and call them "proper fruit" after frying in oil. There are many styles in proper fruit, and the main materials are oil, noodles, sugar and honey, which people like to eat.
3. Chicken; The origin of "Eating Chicken on Tanabata" is directly related to the love story of Cowherd and Weaver Girl. "Weaver Cowherd, separated by fairy tales, meets on the Qixi Festival every year. Because the Cowherd and the Weaver Girl can only meet on Qixi every year, and this day begins with the rooster crowing and ends with the rooster crowing. Therefore, in some places, every family will kill a chicken on July 7 to buy time for the Cowherd and the Weaver Girl to meet.