What do people in China usually eat on Tanabata?

China Valentine's Day people in China often eat the following foods:

1, eat fruit properly. Appropriate fruit is one of the festival foods for Valentine's Day in China, also known as Qixi fruit and Georgie fruit. It is not a fruit, but a cake made of flour, oil, sugar and honey, with various patterns related to the legend of Qixi, and then fried and fried. Before getting married, ancient women wanted to have a pair of skillful hands, so they "begged for cleverness" by eating appropriate fruits, hoping that the Weaver Girl could give them a pair of skillful hands. Because "bridge" and "bridge" are homophonic, people think that eating proper fruit on Tanabata can not only help the cowherd and the weaver girl meet on the bridge, but also realize their wishes through the "bridge".

2, eat smart bud noodles. Besides eating proper fruits, some places eat Qiao Ya noodles on Tanabata. The "bud" in Gioia noodles refers to mung bean sprouts, which must be born seven days in advance and can be eaten when the bean sprouts grow to 3 cm. Stir-fry mung bean sprouts with shredded pork, add water to boil, and add seasoning to make bean sprout soup. After the noodles are cooked, they are put in a bowl and poured with bean sprout soup, which is "smart bud noodles".

3. eat melons. Of course, fruits and vegetables are indispensable on Tanabata. Skillful women will carve melons and fruits into strange birds, or emboss patterns on the surface of melons and fruits to worship the weaver girl and entertain guests, which is called "flower melon".