In order to express people's hope that the Cowherd and the Weaver Girl can live a happy family life every day, in Jinhua, Zhejiang Province, every family will kill a chicken on July 7, which means that the Cowherd and the Weaver Girl will meet on this night, and if there is no rooster to announce the dawn, they will never part.

Wuzi

"Worship the Weaver Girl" on Tanabata is an important activity for ancient girls and young women. Sacrifices include tea, wine, fresh fruit and so on. And Wuzi (longan, red dates, hazelnuts, peanuts, melon seeds) is even more indispensable. After burning incense and praying silently, these offerings became their snack food.

Flower melon

Handy women will also create various patterns related to the legend of Qixi. In addition, the melons and fruits that can be used skillfully 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".

Sweet glutinous rice stick

Old Nanjing people also have a unique custom of celebrating Qixi: eating glutinous rice. Jiangmi tiao is a snack of Han nationality, which is made by steaming glutinous rice flour and bean flour in a stew pot, beating them in a stone mortar with a stick, drying them in the sun, frying them in oil, and finally dipping them in plum blossom, pine flower, sesame seed and bean paste.