The moral of eating proper fruit on Tanabata is to pray for the dexterity of yourself or your friends, and it is also a way for lovers to express their love. If it is on Qixi, it is also a very straightforward way to express love, so eating appropriate fruit is the best way to express love or expect your dexterity.
Appropriate fruit is the festival food in Qiao Qi on Qixi Festival, and it is also called Qiao Qi fruit. The main ingredients are oil, flour, sugar and honey, and there are many styles. On the night of Qixi, people bring the fruits from Qiao Qi to the yard, and the whole family sit around and taste the skills of being a serious fruit man. Because the cleverness of Tuoguo is the same homonym as the bridge of the Qixi Cowherd and Weaver Girl Club, whether you can eat Tuoguo on this day means helping the Cowherd and Weaver Girl meet, and your wish can also be realized through cleverness.
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Jiangmi Tiao: Nanjing has the habit of eating Jiangmi Tiao on Tanabata, which is usually made at home. Made of glutinous rice flour, soybean flour and maltose water, kneaded into long round strips and fried in oil pan. Finally, wrapped in sugar, it tastes fragrant and crisp, with a sweet aftertaste.
Gioia noodles: This bud is actually a bean sprout. Bean sprout soup made of bean sprouts was used as the topping of noodles, and handmade noodles were selected as Gioia noodles. It is said that noodles are eaten on Tanabata, because the noodles are soft and slender, which means that the whole family is soul mates. If you meet a magpie on this day, you can also give it two bowls of noodles to thank it for taking a magpie bridge to meet the cowherd and the weaver girl.
Su Qiao: Folk pastry shops will make crisp candy similar to the female image of Tanabata, which is called capable people. Most women like to buy them to celebrate the meeting of cowherd and weaver girl. Some women also pray for their happiness. They will eat smart cakes on Tanabata and be happy in the future.