Proper fruit is the most famous festival food for Qixi. Proper fruit, also called "Qiaoqiao Fruit", has many styles. "Begging for clever fruit" is a traditional sacrifice and beauty of China Chinese Valentine's Day. The moral of eating proper fruit on Tanabata is to pray for dexterity of oneself or friends, and it is also a way for lovers to express their love. If you are in Chinese Valentine's Day, it is also a very straightforward way to express your love, so eating proper fruit has become the best way to express your love or expect your dexterity.

On Tanabata night, people bring "fruit begging for cleverness" to the courtyard, and the whole family sit around and taste the craftsmanship of being a "proper fruit". Now this custom is no longer popular in many places, and the traditional food "begging for clever fruit" has also evolved into a variety of cakes. There are many styles in proper fruit, and the main materials are oil, noodles, sugar and honey. In addition, there are many changes in the melons and fruits used in begging for cleverness: either the melons and fruits are carved into exotic flowers and birds, or the surface of the melon skin is embossed with patterns; This kind of melon is called "flower melon".

The custom of Chinese Valentine's Day

1, Xiangqiao Club: In Yixing, Jiangsu, there is a custom of Xiangqiao Club on Qixi. Every year on Tanabata, people come to participate and build a fragrant bridge. The so-called incense bridge is a bridge with a length of four or five meters and a width of about half a meter made of all kinds of thick and long wrapped incense (thread incense wrapped in paper). It is equipped with railings and decorated with flowers made of five-color lines. At night, people worship the double stars, beg for good fortune, and then burn the incense bridge.

2. Punching the needle on the moon: "Punching the needle on the moon" means that on the evening of the seventh day of July, every household cleans the courtyard. Young women and girls must first bow down to Vega and beg Vega to bless their ingenuity. Then, they took out the colorful silk thread and seven silver needles prepared in advance, and put the needle on the moon. Whoever wears the seven needles first indicates that she can become a skillful woman in the future.

3, lose the skill: lose the skill, the Qixi trick, the needle falls into the person, the latter is "losing the skill." After worshipping the immortals, the girls hold colored threads in their hands and thread them through the pinholes. For example, those who can wear seven pinholes in one breath are called skillful hands, and those who can't wear seven pinholes are called skillful hands.

Reference to the above content: Baidu Encyclopedia-Chinese Valentine's Day