On this day, all parts of Zhejiang make all kinds of small objects with flour, which are called "proper fruit" after frying in oil. At night, proper fruit, lotus, white lotus root and Hong Ling are displayed in the courtyard. Proper fruit is the most famous festive food for the Qixi Festival.

Proper fruit, also known as "Kiki Kiki Fruit", has many styles. The main materials are oil, flour, sugar and honey. "Dream of China in Tokyo" refers to it as "laughing at children" and "fruit eating patterns", while the patterns include holding incense and winning.

2, clever bud noodles

In addition to eating proper fruit, in some places, on the seventh day of July, we eat smart bud noodles. To make bean sprouts for smart bud noodles, you should choose a small bowl of mung beans that are not eaten by insects seven days in advance, wash them, spread them on a plate, cover them with wet gauze to block the sun, put them on the kang, and spray water several times a day to keep them moist.

Seven days later, when the bean sprouts grow to two or three centimeters long, they can be made into handmade noodles, cooked in a pot and pulled through with cold water; Then put oil in a hot pan, add diced meat and stir-fry, stir-fry onion and ginger, stir-fry soy sauce and vinegar, stir-fry mung bean sprouts, add water and boil, then add salt and monosodium glutamate to make bean sprout soup; Grab the noodles into a bowl and pour them with bean sprout soup.

3. Qiaosu

Qiaosu is one of the traditional famous points. Qiaosu was first made to celebrate the meeting of Cowherd and Weaver Girl on the seventh day of the seventh lunar month, and also to pray for happiness for themselves.

In Chinese Valentine's Day, many pastry shops in ancient times made crisp candy with the image of "Weaver Girl" and "Cowherd", and called it "homo habilis" or "Qiaosu", and sold it as "Qiaoqiao". At present, there are still many places that keep this traditional custom, which is baked with bean paste, five kernels, egg yolk, fruit and sausage stuffing on crisp bread.

4. Rice noodles

Old Nanjing people also have a unique custom of celebrating Tanabata: eating glutinous rice. 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.

5. Ma Lao

People in western Fujian like to eat something called Ma Lao on Tanabata. Longyan people regard Ma Lao as a clever thing on Tanabata, which symbolizes faithful love and happy marriage, and also symbolizes "prosperous wealth and prosperity". In Longyan, parents will have to buy Ma Lao as a gift to their daughters a few days before the seventh day of July every year. Especially in the first year after marriage, it is necessary to use a small laundry basket to carry the whole load, and relatives and friends also give Ma Lao a big gift before Tanabata.

Ma Lao's main ingredient is glutinous rice, which is made into "Mi Xiang" by master craftsman, cooked with white sugar and maltose, poured with lard, mixed with "Mi Xiang", chopped green onion, peanuts, etc., and quickly pressed and sliced.