What legend does the Qixi Festival originate from? What food do you usually eat?
Every traditional festival in our country has a corresponding legend, and the Chinese Valentine's Day is no exception. The seventh month of the lunar calendar is the beginning of the second half of the year. Half of the year has passed. The passage of time always gives people a feeling of being caught off guard. Shuimo.com has compiled the do’s and don’ts of every day in the seventh month of the lunar calendar in 2022. Let’s take a look!What legend does the Qixi Festival originate from?According to legend, the beautiful, intelligent and dexterous Weaver Girl was a fairy beside the Queen Mother, and the Cowherd was a poor cowherd on earth. Cowherd was inadvertently invited by the spiritual old cow to stay on earth to play with the Weaver Girl. The two fell in love at first sight, got married and had a pair of children after marriage. When the two were about to meet, the Queen Mother took off the golden hairpin on her head and waved at the Milky Way. The once clear and shallow Milky Way suddenly became turbid and separated the Cowherd and the Weaver Girl on both sides of the Milky Way. From then on, the Cowherd and the Weaver Girl stared at each other across the river with tears in their eyes. From then on, the Chinese Valentine's Day became the day when lovers finally get married.What food do you usually eat?1. Request CakeSuobing was a food that people used to eat on the Chinese Valentine's Day. Later it evolved into the custom of eating noodles. It can be said that the ancestor of noodles is Suobing. 2. Dumplings In many places, people eat dumplings on the Chinese Valentine's Day. When making dumplings, people put a copper coin, a thread and a red date inside. If they can eat the money when eating, they are considered very blessed. 3. Go "Worshiping the Weaver Girl" on the Chinese Valentine's Day is a big event for young girls and young women. Offerings include tea, wine, fresh fruits, etc., and the five seeds (longan, red dates, hazelnuts, peanuts, melon seeds) are indispensable. 4. Chocolate Qiaoguo, also known as "Qiqiao Fruit", is a must-have snack on the Chinese Valentine's Day. As the saying goes: Eating Qiaoguo on the Chinese Valentine's Day can make people clever. 5. Crispy Pastry Many folk pastry shops like to make some crispy candies in the shape of weaving women, commonly known as "qiaoren" or "qiaosu". When they are sold, they are also called "sending qiaoren". This custom has been passed down to this day in some areas. |
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