Why is Valentine's Day in China also called Beggar's Day or Daughter's Day (excerpt)

Because among many customs, one is very representative-piercing needles for skills. Because the Weaver Girl is beautiful, intelligent, skilled and ingenious, she is naturally worshipped by women in the world, so there is a content that women wear seven-hole needles for cleverness in the Qixi custom. The main participants in this activity are young girls, and this day is called Beggar's Day or Daughter's Day.

The most extensive source of Valentine's Day in China is the legend that Cowherd and Weaver Girl met on Tanabata: Weaver Girl is a beautiful, clever and ingenious fairy. On this romantic night, the girls will put flowers and fruits in season, silently begging the Weaver Girl to give her a smart mind and dexterous hands, and inevitably begging her for a happy marriage.

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1, proper fruit: proper fruit is also called "Georgie fruit". On the night of Tanabata, people bring "Qiao Qiguo" to the yard, and the family sit around and taste the skills of making "serious fruit". There are many styles of proper fruit, and the main materials are oil, flour, sugar and honey. In addition, there are many changes in the melons and fruits used in Qiqiao: either the melons and fruits are carved into exotic flowers and birds, or the surface of the melon skin is embossed; This kind of melon is called "flower melon".

2. Crispy candy: In some pastry shops in our country, some crisp candy with the image of a weaver girl will be made on this day, commonly known as "able person" and "skillful crisp candy", which is also called "sending able person" when sold. People believe that people who eat this kind of shortbread will become ingenious.

3. Jojo rice: In Shandong, China, the custom of eating Jojo rice and begging on this day is very interesting: seven good girls collect food in jiaozi and set food bags, and put a copper coin, a needle and a red date into three jiaozi. After the begging activities, they get together to eat jiaozi, which is said to be a blessing with money, a clever needle and an early marriage with dates.

4. Melons and fruits: In Fujian and Tanabata, let the Weaver Girl enjoy and taste the fruits and fruits, and let her wish the fruits and fruits a bumper harvest in the coming year. The offerings include tea, wine, fresh fruit, five kernels (longan, red dates, hazelnuts, peanuts, melon seeds), flowers, female cosmetics pollen and so on. Generally, after fasting and bathing, everyone takes turns to burn incense and worship God and pray silently.