The Origin and Custom of Qiaojie Begging for Food Festival ......

Qiqiao Festival is Valentine's Day in China, and Qixi Festival is a comprehensive festival with the folk custom of "Cowherd and Weaver Girl" as the carrier, with the theme of blessing, begging and courtship, and women as the main body. It was named Tanabata, because the worship of Seven Sisters was held on July 7th.

Qiaojie's traditional begging customs include: worshipping Seven Sisters, praying and wishing, bridge meeting, begging skills, sitting and watching morning glory and weaving stars, praying for marriage, storing water on Tanabata, worshiping cowherd and so on. Because of the love story of Cowherd and Weaver Girl, modern people often regard Valentine's Day in China as Valentine's Day in China.

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Dietary custom of begging for food on Qiaojie Festival;

Appropriate fruit is one of the festival foods of Tanabata, which is the traditional sacrifice and beauty of Valentine's Day in China. On the night of Tanabata, people came to the yard with "Qiaoqiao Fruit", and the family sat together and tasted the craft of making "Qiaoqiao Fruit". Eating crisp candy, people believe that people who eat this kind of "crisp candy" will become ingenious.

In Shandong, China, beggars should eat clever meals, and beggars should get together to eat jiaozi. It is said that we were lucky, rich, good at sewing and got married early. On Valentine's Day in Fujian and China, let the Weaver Girl enjoy and taste the fruit.

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