What are the traditional festivals and customs of Tanabata?

1, casting needle inspection

This activity is derived from threading a needle to beg for coquettish, but and threading a needle is very different, in the Ming and Qing dynasties are the most popular. At noon on the eve of the day, take a bowl of water in the yard, the girls take the needle flat to the water, let the needle floating in the water, in the sunlight, to see who cast the shadow of the needle is the most beautiful, who is the most skillful hand.

In the TV series "Yanxi Raiders", the little palace maidens cast needles to check their dexterity on the eve of the seventh day of the seventh month, and the needles traveled on the surface of the water, and if the sunlight pierced through the holes, the Weaving Maiden blessed her with a pair of dexterous hands.

The Tokyo Monhualu (东京梦华錄) describes Qiaoguo as a laughing aversion, which is the same fruit that appears in the TV series Monhualu (梦华錄). The shape of the fruit is not always the same, and girls who are skillful at kneading the fruit will make it into various shapes, from melon to bird and flower, which is why it is also called a flower gourd.

3, offerings grinding drink music

In the "Dream Hua Record", on the eve of the seventh day, Zhao Pan'er gave Chi Nai is grinding drink music. It is a kind of children's plaything, that is, a small clay figure, mostly holding a lotus leaf and wearing a lotus leaf skirt.

Mill drink music size and posture are different, to the late Song Dynasty, has been a symbol of wealth, the material used is no longer mud, there are painted wood carving, and high-grade spices.