1, 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 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. If you buy a catty of proper fruit, there will be a pair of dolls dressed in armor, such as door gods, known as "General Fruit Food".

2. Flower melon: A skillful woman will also sculpt various patterns related to the legend of Qixi. In addition, the melons and fruits used for begging for cleverness can also be varied. Or carve melons and fruits into exotic flowers and birds, or emboss patterns on the surface of melon skin, which is called "flower melon".

3. Soup cake proper fruit and flower melon are the most common Tanabata foods. Historically, different dynasties had different food customs. For example, soup cakes were popular in Wei Dynasty on July 7th. In the Tang Dynasty, the festival foods included cakes on July 7th, and July 7th was designated as the book-drying festival. Each of the three provinces and six departments was given a certain amount of money for the banquet, which was called the book-drying party.

4, Wuzi: Tanabata "Worship the Weaver Girl" is a major event for girls and young women. Sacrifice offerings include tea, wine, fresh fruit, etc., and Wuzi (longan, red dates, hazelnuts, peanuts and melon seeds) is even more indispensable. After burning incense and praying silently, these offerings become their midnight snack food.

5. Noodles: In addition, there is a custom of eating noodles on this day, which is often associated with three solar terms outside 24 solar terms, China. One solar term is three volts, the other is summer nine, and there is a thunderstorm in the south. Everyone knows that jiaozi is prone to head, and he is prone to face. Moreover, eating noodles means choosing longevity. The higher you choose noodles, the longer you live. And pay tribute to the weaver girl.

6. Water chestnut is in Siyi, Guangdong Province. On the evening of July 7, every household set up a few cases in the courtyard and placed offerings. Because water chestnut is homophonic with spirit, water chestnut is essential in the offerings. The girls peel the water chestnut and fight for the gods; Children chew water chestnut and drink plant vitality; Old people drink tea and eat smart noodles with water chestnut.

Although the appearance of water chestnut does not have the charm of dancing to understand the shadow, it has many ways, which is better than eating fresh and refreshing, and the fragrance is lingering between the teeth and cheeks, such as the breeze blowing over the water at night and stirring the heartstrings. From this point of view, the Qixi food interest in Siyi area can be said to be very poetic.

7. Ma Lao's Tanabata has a water chestnut fluttering with fairy tales, and there is also a Ma Lao who is full of fireworks. People in western Fujian like to eat something called Ma Lao on Tanabata. Its main ingredient is glutinous rice, which is skillfully made into "Mi Xiang" by an old master, cooked with white sugar and maltose, poured with lard, mixed with "Mi Xiang", chopped green onion and peanuts, and quickly pressed and sliced.