What are the traditional activities of Tanabata?

1. Beggar. Most of the ways of sleepy travel trembling are that the girls wear anti-boring needles and threads to test their skills, make some small items, and put some melons and fruits on the begging skills, and the ways of begging in various regions are different, and they are interesting.

2. Qiaoya soup. Generally, on the first day of the seventh month, the grain is soaked in water and sprouted, and on the day of Qixi Festival, the buds are cut to make soup, and there are still similar begging customs in various parts of Zhejiang today.

3. In the area of Jinhua, Zhejiang, every family has to kill a chicken on July 7, which means that the Cowherd and Weaver Girl meet this night, if there is no rooster to report, they can never be separated.

4. In the western part of Guangxi, legend has it that on the morning of July 7, the fairy wants to go down to the earth to take a bath, and drinking its bath water can ward off evil spirits and cure diseases and prolong life. This water is called "Double Seven Water".

5. Spiders should be clever. This is also a relatively ancient folk activity of the Qixi Festival, which originated in the Northern and Southern Dynasties. Spider should be coincidental refers to the fact that on the night of Qixi Festival, people catch spiders and put them in small boxes, and wait until dawn to see the degree of thinness and density of the spider web, and judge whether it is "coincidental".

The denser the web, the more clever it is, and conversely, the thinner it is, the less clever it is.

August 26 is the seventh day of the seventh lunar month. Folklore experts said that the Qixi Festival is the most romantic traditional festival in China, and it is also a day that girls and women attach importance to and like. From ancient times to the present, there have been many interesting Tanabata customs.

The longest-lasting and widest range of Qixi customs is "Qiqiao". The ancients attached great importance to the annual custom of begging. On the night of Tanabata, young girls and women put on seasonal fruits prepared in advance and worship to the sky in front of the bright moon.

They also perform various begging ceremonies, begging the goddess of weaving to give them intelligent and skillful hands, praying that they can get a happy marriage and marriage.

Chain Bureau Tanabata beggar's festive food, with Qiaoguo is the most famous. Qiaoguo is also called "Qiqiao fruit", there are many styles, and it is the traditional sacrifice and descension of the Qixi Festival. Nowadays, in Hangzhou, Ningbo and other places in Zhejiang, on the day of Qixi Festival, people will also use flour to make various small items, put them in the oil pan and fry them, and call them "Qiaoguo".

At night, in the clean courtyard, Qiaoguo, lotus pod, white lotus, red ling, etc., relatives and friends at home sit together, and young women thread needles and threads to the moon.

In the countryside of Shaoxing, on the day of Qixi Festival, in the dead of night, many girls will quietly hide in the dark, steal good skins and listen to the whispers of the Cowherd and the Weaver Girl when they meet at the bridge, commonly known as "listening to the heavens". It is said that any woman who hears the whispers they whispered when they met will surely receive a thousand years of unswerving love in the future.

In Fujian, many people prepare festive food during the Qixi Festival for the Weaver Girl to admire and taste, praying for her to bless the harvest of melons and fruits in the coming year. Everyone took turns to burn incense and worship at the offering table, praying silently for their wishes. People have begging for socks, begging, begging, praying for love, etc.

In ancient times, there was also the custom of drying books and clothes during the Qixi Festival, which is said to avoid insects.

Folklore experts said that all kinds of interesting Qixi customs reflect the simple emotions of people's pursuit of a happy life, and also add rich and diverse colors to China's folk festivals.

Qixi begging for the festival food, with Qiaoguo is the most famous. He Qiaoguo is also called "Qiqiao fruit", there are many styles, and it is the traditional sacrifice and dessert of the Qixi Festival. Nowadays, in Hangzhou, Ningbo and other places in Zhejiang, on the day of Qixi Festival, people will also use flour to make various small items, put them in the oil pan and fry them, and call them "Qiaoguo".

At night, in the clean courtyard, put on the Qiaoguo thick erection, lotus pod, white lotus, red ling, etc., relatives and friends at home sit together, and the woman who is big and light in the rock shed wears the needle and thread to the moon.