Tanabata, what food should I eat?

The Tanabata Festival, also known as the Beggar's Day, the Festival of Seven Coincidences or the Birthday of the Seven Sisters, originated in China and is a traditional festival in the Chinese region as well as in countries in East Asia, which derives from the legend of the Cowherd and the Weaving Maiden, and is celebrated on the seventh day of the seventh month of the lunar calendar. The food customs of the Tanabata Festival, which varies from place to place, can be eaten with Qiaoguo, Qiaoba noodles, flower gourd, Wuzi and fava beans, etc. And of course, you can also eat chocolate candies on the romantic Tanabata Festival, and share with you the Tanabata things around me.

1, coquettish fruit

The Tanabata festival of begging for coquettish food, to coquettish fruit is the most famous . Qiaojiao is also known as "begging for coquettish fruits", and there are many styles. The main ingredients are oil, flour, sugar and honey. The Tokyo Dreaming Records called "smile aversion child", "fruit and food pattern", the pattern is pressed incense, Fang Sheng and so on. In the Song Dynasty, there were already Tanabata Qiaoguo for sale on the streets of the city. If you buy a catty coquettish fruit, there will be a pair of armor, such as the god of the door dolls, known as "fruit food general". Nowadays, in Hangzhou, Ningbo, Wenzhou and other places in Zhejiang Province, on the eve of the day, people will also use flour to make a variety of small items, put into a frying pan fried called "Qiaoguo". In the evening, in the cleaned courtyard, there will be Qiaoguo, lotus seed, white lotus root, red diamonds and so on, and family and friends will sit around together.

2, Qiaoba noodles

Qiaoba noodles staple food is bean sprouts and noodles, the bean sprouts are very delicate, the need for the Tanabata Festival seven days ahead of the preparations, the choice of a small bowl of mung beans without moths, washed and spread to the vessel, covered with a wet gauze to block the sunlight, and sprayed every day to keep the water Moist. Seven days later, the bean sprouts rose to two or three centimeters, you can stir fry the bean sprouts to make soup poured on the noodles to eat.

3, flower melon

Women who are handy, but also pinch molded a variety of legends related to the Tanabata pattern. In addition, begging for coincidence with the melon can also be a variety of changes. Or the melon fruit will be carved into exotic flowers and birds, or in the surface of the melon skin relief pattern, called "flower melon".

4, five children

Five children (cinnamon, jujube, hazelnut, peanut, melon seeds) is the Tanabata Festival worship offerings, in the burning of incense to worship the end of the silent prayers, these offerings also became the women's late-night snack food. The nutritional value of the five seeds is very high, and eating them is extremely beneficial to one's body.

5, fava beans

In Fuzhou region, Tanabata Festival has a "split beans," the custom. On this day, neighbors and friends give each other fava beans and eat fava beans under the moonlight to chat, as a memorial to the bond. After eating fava beans, there will be no quarrels, and previous grudges will disappear.

When it comes to Tanabata, you should eat chocolate,especially for your loved ones. I'll tell you about an embarrassing memory, high school years, Tanabata Festival happens to be the weekend, I returned from the county to the village cousin's home , found his home inside the coffee table put all kinds of chocolate candy, I was curious to ask you guys are so big still eat chocolate candy, they replied that They are for me, I thought to myself, "How did they know I was coming to his house? I started to eat the chocolate candies, opened the box and found that it was written "daughter-in-law, I love you, happy eve". I couldn't help but read it out, causing them to laugh, I just reacted, cousin they are still quite romantic ah, suddenly a little embarrassed, this kind of Tanabata experience you have ? The first thing you need to do is to get your hands on a new one, and you'll be able to do that!