A rooster. Since ancient times, it has been a custom to eat roosters on Valentine's Day in China. Every family kills a big rooster on this day and then makes it into delicious food. It is said that Cowherd and Weaver Girl meet on Tanabata, which is the only day they look forward to most every year, so people hope that this day will be longer. The cock crows is the beginning of a new day. If no rooster announces dawn, they will not part until the end of the day. Therefore, in order to prevent roosters from crowing, people have extended the custom of killing roosters.
Second, begging for clever fruit. There are many kinds of fruits in Qiao Qi. According to legend, the weaver girl is a god, and she can weave good cloth. On this Valentine's Day in China, young women will put Qiao Qi fruit on the table to pray. The types of fruits in Qiao Qi include melons and fruits, as well as pasta. Melon and fruit are tender and crisp, and the surface of melon and fruit is carved with various exquisite patterns, showing ingenuity. In addition, flour and sugar are used to make cakes of different shapes. Most of these fruit designs are based on the legendary figures of Qixi Festival, and all kinds of fancy foods made on this day are called Qiao Qi fruits.
Third, mung bean sprouts. Mung bean sprouts, also known as "Bai Cai", are very popular in Guangdong, China. On Tanabata, not only colored paper, medulla tetrapanacis and rope should be prepared, but also seeds and mung beans should be put into small boxes in advance, and then soaked in water, and bean sprouts will gradually be born. When the bean sprouts grow to more than two inches, they will be taken out for worship, commonly known as "worship of cranes" and "worship of vegetables"
Fourth, rice noodles. In Chinese Valentine's Day and Nanjing, there is a custom of eating glutinous rice flour, which is a snack. Now it is a must-have snack in many areas during the Spring Festival. Its raw materials are glutinous rice flour and soybean flour, which are steamed after kneading, then taken out and put into a stone mortar to continue beating, then taken out and kneaded into round strips, dried until stiff, then put the oil into a pot, heat the oil temperature to 30%, add ginger rice strips to start frying, and then take it out.