1, women's needlework
Chinese Valentine's Day is also called "Begging for Cleverness Festival", so in the past, rural women prayed for their ingenuity through various ceremonies. Among them, in many rural areas, women verify it by threading needles.
2. Tanabata fighting skill
Since it is the Begging for Cleverness Festival, in some rural areas, "Fighting for Cleverness" activities are held to celebrate the arrival of "Begging for Cleverness Festival".
3. For Niu Qingsheng
In rural areas, there are myths and legends that the Cowherd and the Weaver Girl were separated by the Queen Mother. The old cow took the Cowherd to see the Weaver Girl at the expense of her own cowhide. In rural areas, in order to commemorate the sacrifice spirit of the old cow, a ceremony of "Celebrating the Birth of the Cow" was held.
4. Eat proper fruit
Proper fruit is the most famous festival food on Tanabata. Proper fruit, also known as "Kiki Kiki Fruit", has many styles. The main material proper fruit is oil surface molasses. "Dream of China in Tokyo" refers to "laughing at children" and "fruit eating patterns", while the patterns include holding incense and winning. During the Song Dynasty, there were already Tanabata proper fruit for sale in the city streets.
5. Sacrifice "grinding and drinking music"
Mohelie is a children's plaything in Chinese Valentine's Day in the old days, that is, a small clay doll. Its image is mostly a lotus leaf half-arm dress and holding a lotus leaf. On July 7th, every year, in Kaifeng, "the tile outside Dongsongmen in Panlou Street, the tile outside Xiliangmen in Zhouzhou, the tile outside Beimen, the street outside Nanzhuquemen and Xingjie Ma, they all sell grinding and drinking music, which is a small plastic puppet".
The above contents refer to Baidu Encyclopedia-Chinese Valentine's Day.