What are the customs of Valentine's Day in China?

I think it is also a tradition in China to eat delicious food during festivals. China Valentine's Day is no exception. During the festival, it also has its own special food-begging for fruit, also known as appropriate fruit. It is made of oil, flour, honey and sugar, and will be made into various beautiful shapes such as melons, fruits, flowers and plants, which can be eaten or sold by yourself. Anyway, the delicious food on Tanabata is indispensable.

Step 2 offer sacrifices to little dolls

The custom of giving small dolls is probably for children. On Tanabata, people will make some small dolls with different images and put them at home. At first, dolls were made of clay, such as cowherd, weaver girl and children, or small animals like cows and sheep. Not necessarily beautiful, but interesting. Later, it became more and more exquisite, not only using gold and silver, but also making strange dolls as tall as real people.

3. Needle-piercing competition

There are three major Valentine's Day competitions in China, and the first one became popular, starting from the Han Dynasty. On Valentine's Day in China, women and girls in every household will leave their homes. Everyone gathered under the grape trellis, guessed what the girl and the weaver would say at the meeting, and took out their own needlework. He who wears the needle fastest has the most skilled needle in his hand.

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The legend of Tanabata:

According to folklore, every year on Qixi Night, it is the time when the Weaver Cowherd and the Queqiao meet in the sky. The Weaver Girl is a beautiful, clever and clever fairy.

This night, the girls put seasonal fruits and vegetables in front of the bright moon in the sky, prostrating themselves in worship, begging the goddess of heaven to give them intelligent hearts and dexterous hands, so that they can master their knitting skills, and even beg for the marriage of love and marriage. Countless sentient men and women in the world will pray for a happy marriage at the stars on this night, when the night is already quiet.