China Valentine's Day 500-word composition: Korean Valentine's Day custom in China

Origin of the Festival: Cui Nanshan's Common Sense of Korea records that Tanabata was originally a custom in China and later spread to South Korea. King Gongcheng (the 3rd1king of North Korea) and the Queen of Mongolia paid homage to Penny (Cowherd) and Vega, and paid their salaries to officials on the same day.

Myth Evolution: Unlike China, the legendary cowherd in China carried a pole on his shoulder, while the Korean people did not have the tradition of carrying a pole, so the legendary cowherd and Weaver Girl met in an ox cart. If it rains in Mao Mao on the night of Tanabata, Korean folks call it "car wash rain", which is said to be the water spilled by Cowherd when he carefully cleaned the ox cart before meeting his sweetheart. If it rains the next morning, it is called "rain with tears". Legend has it that Cowherd and Weaver Girl broke up in tears.

Romantic custom: The representative custom of Korean Tanabata is to pray for the weaver girl, hoping that she will have the dexterous hands like the weaver girl and weave better. In the morning, women put melons, cucumbers and other fruits on the table to kowtow and pray. Women's knitting skills are getting better and better. After a while, if you see cobwebs on the food on the table, you think the fairy has agreed to their wishes. Or they will put well water (the first bucket of well water in the morning) on the sauce jar table, put ashes on the plate and pray for their needlework skills. If there are any traces on the ash the next day, I believe it will be useful.

Korean Qixi customs are somewhat different from those in China. Some places in South Korea also worship on this day, hold field sacrifices and pray for a bumper harvest. In central China, there is a custom of "welcoming Chinese Valentine's Day", which is a ritual for witches to pray for their children's safety.

South Korea's Tanabata diet is also particular. Traditional foods include noodles, wheat pancakes and steamed cakes. Because the cold wind began to blow after this day, we must put noodles and wheat pancakes on the table, and finally try to use wheat as food.