Valentine's Day in China evolved from the worship of the stars, and it is Seven Sisters's birthday in the traditional sense. Because of the worship of Seven Sisters on the seventh day of July, it was named Tanabata. China Valentine's Day, also known as Qiaoqi Festival, Qijie Festival, Daughter's Day, Beggar's Day, Chinese Valentine's Day, Niuniu Festival and Qiaoxi Festival, is a traditional folk festival in China. It is the traditional custom of Qixi to worship the seven sisters, pray, seek skillful art, sit and watch morning glory and weave stars, pray for marriage and store water on Qixi.
Valentine's Day in China is not only a festival to worship Seven Sisters, but also a festival of love. It is a comprehensive festival with the folk custom of "Cowherd and Weaver Girl" as the carrier, with the theme of blessing, begging and courtship, and women as the main body. After historical development, Qixi has become a festival symbolizing love, which is considered as the most romantic traditional festival in China, and it also has the cultural meaning of "China Valentine's Day" in contemporary times.
Qixi yingjie food
1, proper fruit
Appropriate fruit is the most famous festival food on Tanabata. Proper fruit, also known as "jojo fruit", has many styles. "Begging for clever fruit" is a traditional sacrifice and beauty of Valentine's Day in China. On the night of Tanabata, people came to the yard with "Qiaoqiao Fruit", and the family sat together and tasted the craft of making "Qiaoqiao Fruit". Now this custom is not popular in many places, and the traditional food "begging for clever fruit" has also evolved into various cakes.
2. Crispy sugar
In some pastry shops in China, on this day, some crisp sweets with the image of a weaver girl are also made, commonly known as "capable people" and "skillful crisp", and they are also called "sending capable people" when they are sold. People believe that people who eat this kind of shortbread will become ingenious.
3. melons and fruits
On Valentine's Day in Fujian and China, Weaver Girl should be allowed to enjoy and taste fruits and vegetables, so that she can wish a bumper harvest of fruits and vegetables in the coming year. The offerings include tea, wine, fresh fruit, five kernels (longan, red dates, hazelnuts, peanuts, melon seeds), flowers, female cosmetics pollen and so on. Generally, after fasting and bathing, everyone takes turns to burn incense and worship God and pray silently.
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