What to eat on Tanabata?

1, proper fruit: Proper fruit is the most famous holiday food on Tanabata. Proper fruit, also called "Kiki Fruit", has many styles. The main material is oil surface molasses. "Tokyo Dream China" refers to "laughing at children" and "eating fruit patterns", and the patterns include holding incense and winning prizes. During the Song Dynasty, the unique fruits of Qixi were already sold on the streets of the city. If you buy a catty of proper fruit, there will be a pair of dolls in armor, such as door gods, which are called "General Fruit food".

2. Flower melon: Clever women will also carve 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".

3. Soup cakes Appropriate fruits and melons are the most common Qixi foods. Different dynasties in history have different dietary customs. For example, soup cakes were popular in Wei on July 7. In the Tang Dynasty, festival foods included cakes on July 7th, which was designated as the book-drying festival. Each of the three provinces and six departments gives a certain amount of banquet money, which is called the book-drying party.

4. Wu Zi: "Worship the Weaver Girl" on Tanabata is a great event for 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.

5. Noodles: In addition, there is the custom of eating noodles on this day, which is often associated with three solar terms other than the twenty-four solar terms, China. One solar term is three volts, the other is summer nine, and there are thunderstorms in the south. As we all know, Jiaozi tends to have a big head and a big face. Moreover, eating noodles is to choose longevity. The higher the selection surface, the longer the service life. And pay tribute to the weaver girl.