On May 21th, 2116, Chinese Valentine's Day was listed in the first batch of national intangible cultural heritage by the People's Republic of China and the State Council. Now it is also considered as "Valentine's Day in China". The following are the traditional foods and taboos in Chinese Valentine's Day that I have compiled for you, hoping to help you.
Chinese Valentine's Day's traditional food
1, jiaozi
Juancheng, Caoxian, Pingyuan and other places are very interesting: seven good girls collect food and vegetables to wrap jiaozi, and wrap a copper coin, a needle and a red date into three dumplings respectively. After the begging activities, they get together to eat dumplings. It is said that they are lucky to eat money.
2. proper fruit
On this day, various small objects are made of flour, which are called "proper fruit" after frying in oil, and proper fruit, lotus, white lotus root and Hong Ling are displayed in the courtyard at night. Proper fruit is the most famous festive food for the Qixi Festival. Proper fruit, also known as "Kiki Kiki Fruit", has many styles. The main materials are oil, flour, sugar and honey. "Dream of China in Tokyo" refers to it as "laughing at children" and "fruit eating patterns", while the patterns include holding incense and winning.
3, clever bud noodles
In addition to eating proper fruit, in some places, clever bud noodles are eaten on the seventh day of July. To make bean sprouts for smart bud noodles, seven days in advance, choose a small bowl of mung beans that are not moth-eaten, clean it, spread it on a plate, cover it with wet gauze to block the sun, put it on the kang, and spray water several times a day to keep it moist. Seven days later, when the bean sprouts grow to two or three centimeters long, they can be made into handmade noodles, cooked in a pot and pulled through with cold water; Then put oil in a hot pan, add diced meat and stir-fry, stir-fry onion and ginger, stir-fry soy sauce and vinegar, stir-fry mung bean sprouts, add water and boil, then add salt and monosodium glutamate to make bean sprout soup; Grab the noodles into a bowl and pour them with bean sprout soup.
4. Yunmian
Jiaodong people eat clever fruits on Tanabata, while Linyi people eat Yunmian on Tanabata. Eat cloud noodles, which have to be made of dew, and you can get clever meaning by eating it.
5. Jiangmi Tiao
Old Nanjing people also have a unique custom of celebrating Tanabata: eating Jiangmi Tiao. Jiang Mi Tiao is a snack of Han nationality, which is made by steaming glutinous rice flour with bean flour in a stew pot, beating it with a stick in a stone mortar, drying it in the sun and frying it in oil, and finally dipping it in red bean paste such as plum blossom, pine blossom and sesame.
6. Qiaosu
There are also many folk pastry shops, which like to make some crisp candy with the image of the Weaver Girl, commonly known as "homo habilis" and "Qiaosu", and when they are sold, they are also called "sending it to homo habilis". This custom has been spread in some areas so far.
7. Melons and fruits
On this special festival of Qixi, fruits and fruits are of course essential! There are also many changes in the melons and fruits eaten on Tanabata. Some people like to carve melons and fruits into exotic flowers and birds, or draw "flower melons" with embossed patterns on the surface of melon skins.
8. Chicken
In order to express people's wish that the Cowherd and the Weaver Girl can live a happy and happy family life every day, in Jinhua, Zhejiang, 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 cock to announce the dawn, they will never be separated.
9. Wuzi
Worshiping the Weaver Girl on Tanabata is an important event for young 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.
11, mung bean sprouts
In Guangzhou, before the festival comes, girls prepare colorful paper, medulla tetrapanacis, string, etc. in advance, and weave all kinds of ingenious gadgets. They also put rice seeds and mung beans in small boxes and soak them in water to germinate them. When the buds grow to more than two inches long, they are used to worship the gods, which are called "worshipping Xianhe" and "worshipping the gods".
Chinese Valentine's Day's taboo
Don't think and do evil things
In the eyes of the ancients, "seven" and "auspicious" are homophonic, and "July 7th" means double luck. It can be said that Tanabata is a super auspicious day. Therefore, the ancients also said: "Don't think about evil things on the seventh day." In this auspicious day, don't say you want to do bad things, let alone do bad things.
it is not suitable for men and women to mate
tanabata is a moral wax, and the ancient twelfth lunar month is a day for offering sacrifices to ancestors and gods. Taoism has inherited the ancient custom of twelfth lunar month, which is a way for Japanese criminals to cut off wealth and seize discipline. Therefore, this day is not suitable for men and women to mate, otherwise it will cut off Lu and seize discipline, cut off Fu Lu and seize life.
forbidden marriage
Qixi was a taboo day among the people before the Han Dynasty. According to the death date of "taking a wife" recorded in the first-class bamboo slips of "Japanese Book" of the Qin bamboo slips in a cloud dream sleeping tiger land, the main idea of the bamboo slips is that the happy event of holding a cow to marry a weaver girl on the day of Wushen was not completed. If you marry a woman on such a day, the husband will abandon his wife after three years. It can be proved that the legend that Petunia and Zhinv failed to get married because of the barrier of Hehan at that time affected the folk life and formed a time taboo for folk marriage.
You can't eat birds
You can't eat birds, including chickens and ducks with wings. You can also guess this taboo, because July 7 is the day when the cowherd and the weaver girl meet at the Magpie Bridge, and magpies are birds. It is also very unlucky to eat birds with wings on this day, which may make your future marriage unhappy and so on.
Couples should hold hands
When playing by the lake, couples must hold hands. Of course, the ancients thought that men and women playing by the river on this day must hold hands with each other, so as not to be separated forever like the cowherd and the weaver girl, and to avoid disasters.
How does Chinese Valentine's Day have a sense of ceremony
A warm dinner
There is a saying on the Internet that only food and love can live up to it. Nowadays, many girls are foodies, so it is difficult to resist the temptation of food. Why don't you cook a big dinner yourself on this day? They went shopping in the mall, participated in the Chinese Valentine's Day activities in the mall, bought ingredients for cooking together at night, and then went back to their place of residence. They happily prepared today's dinner together, and then stayed together all the time.
Watching a movie
The most romantic thing I can think of is watching a movie with you. The most beautiful thing is eating, drinking and watching you in the cinema. We snuggled together, hugged a bucket of popcorn and watched a touching movie, which was plain but practical.
Decorate a romantic room
In the romantic Tanabata, you can decorate the room with pink balloons or add bundles of tender lights. Decorate the room with your heart, let her feel incomparable surprise at the moment she enters the door, and carry out the romance of Tanabata to the end!
A romantic honeymoon trip
Flowers, chocolates, candlelight dinners, there should be no woman who doesn't like them. But will it be very unoriginal for Chinese Valentine's Day to send these? Tanabata can arrange a short trip, temporarily put aside the troubles in study and work, go to another place to experience different customs, experience exotic food and enjoy a little romance.
Dating for only two people
After dinner, many couples like to go out shopping, watch movies and even get together. In fact, this is not a good choice. The streets and cinemas on Qixi night must be crowded with people, which completely destroys the romantic atmosphere. On such a night, you can hold your lover's hand and kiss in an empty alley. Strolling along the breezy river; Looking at the night scene at the top of the highest building in the city and recalling the past. Back home, take out the prepared snacks, turn on the computer and hug together to watch a love movie. Romance is sometimes as simple as that!
Surprise confession or marriage proposal
Many girls like this sudden surprise and romance. If you propose to each other on such a good day, I think it will have a good effect. Of course, the more formal the proposal, the better. Give each other a surprise. This day will definitely be unforgettable.