Why do you want to eat Qiaoguo on Tanabata, and the meaning of eating Qiaoguo on Tanabata

In the Qixi Festival, there is a saying about eating Qiaoguo, eating Qiaoguo, there is the meaning of eating Qiaoguo, praying for oneself or friends to be dexterous.

The folk custom of the Qixi Festival is to eat Qiaoguo. Qiaoguo is also known as "begging fruit", and there are many patterns. The main raw material is molasses.

The production method of Qiaoguo is: first put the white sugar in the pot and melt it into syrup, then mix it with human flour and sesame seeds, spread it on the table and roll it thinly, cut it into rectangular cubes with a knife after cooling, and finally fold it into a fusiform dough embryo, and fry it until it is golden brown. The skillful woman will also make a variety of patterns related to the legend of Tanabata.

The meaning of eating Qiaoguo on Tanabata is to pray for oneself or a friend's dexterity. The main materials of Qiaoguo are oil, flour, sugar, and honey, as early as the Song Dynasty, there were Qixi Qiaoguo**, which has a wide variety and different styles.

In some places, it is also fashionable to string and dry the fruits, and tie them to small sticks or straws, and then decorate them with colorful tassels, and hang them on the walls or children's necks as decorations or snacks. When it is an ornament, some homes can hang it for a year, and then eat the old one when the new fruit is branded in the next year.

1. Legend has it that in the past, girls wanted to be clever before they got married, so they prayed to the Weaver Girl in this way to send skill, hoping that the Weaver Girl could also give them a pair of skillful hands, so the Skillful Fruit was born.

2. During the Northern Song Dynasty, there were many varieties of Qiaoguo, and the main raw materials were oil, flour, sugar and honey. It is to put the dough into a wooden mold (also called a wedge) with various flower-shaped patterns such as scissors, pears, eggplants, melons, pomegranates, apples, chickens, piglets, lions, goldfish, frogs, crabs, shrimps, etc., and fry or cook the formed cakes. Some of the Qiaoguo is also called to be dyed into seven colors, some are dyed with red dots, worn into a string with a long thread, and the tail end is tied with a sand fruit or flower cloth, and hung between the walls for decoration and snacks, and there are also strung together to hang between children's necks for fun.

Legend has it that on the night of the Qixi Festival, women and children threw the fruit on the back of the house, and the magpie went to build a bridge, so that the Cowherd and the Weaver Girl could cross the Milky Way at night to meet.

3. Qiaoguo is very simple to make. Cut the dough into strips one or two inches long, then fry them in a pan of piping hot oil until golden brown. Then scoop up the fried dough and immediately sprinkle it with sesame seeds and sugar, which is crispy and sweet.

1. Legend has it that a long time ago, there was a girl named Xiaoxiao, who was very sympathetic to the poignant love between the Cowherd and the Weaver Girl, so on the night of Qixi Festival every year, Xiaoxiao would make a delicate snack and burn incense to worship, hoping that the Cowherd and the Weaver Girl could meet in the sky. The local land lord was moved by Xiao's sincerity and reported the matter to the heavenly court. The Jade Emperor was unable to pardon the Cowherd and Weaver Girl due to the rules of heaven, but he was very grateful for Xiaoxiao's heart, so he asked Yuelao to lead the way and promote a small and happy marriage.

Since then, Xiaoxiao and the person in Italy have stayed together for a lifetime, and the husband and wife have never left the excitement, and they have been envied by everyone. Many girls and children also learn from Xiaoxiao, making small snacks with different characteristics on the Tanabata Festival every year, praying for a happy marriage and a happy life, this kind of dim sum is also called "Qiaoguo", which has been passed down to this day.

2. Tanabata cakes such as fingers and tongues, called "smart food", women and children use colorful threads to run through the "smart food" to throw the back of the house, saying to let the magpie go to build a bridge, the night crossing of the cowherd is sleepy, and the weaver girl crosses the galaxy to meet.

3. Qiaoguo is the tears shed by the seven fairies, put it on the babies, and the girls will be ingenious and more and more beautiful.

Chinese people generally eat Qiaoguo during the Qixi Festival. Qiaoguo is the fruit of Tanabata Festival, which is the festival food of Tanabata. Folks often use "seven curves and eight bends" to describe the shape of Qiaoguo.

Newlywed women in rural areas on the outskirts of Shanghai will bring Qiaoguo back to their husbands when they leave their parents' homes on the seventh day of the seventh lunar month. Qiaoguo is also a must-have food for Qixi in Shaoxing, and it is a gift given to grandchildren by relatives during the Qixi Festival.

Every year around the seventh day of the seventh lunar month is the peak season for the production of Qiaoguo, and the main ingredient for Qiaoguo is sesame. In addition, Shandong Qiaoguo, which has the characteristics of Jiaodong, will have special Qiaoguo cards, that is, molds, which are mostly carved from jujube wood and pear wood.

Qiaoguo is generally prismatic and small, uniform in thickness, golden yellow on the surface, oily, and without cornstarch. Qiaoguo has a crunchy taste and has a sesame aroma.

Tanabata Festival.

Qiaoguo is eaten on the Qixi Festival. Qihe ruler Qiaoguo is Qixi fruit, which is a characteristic traditional pastry in Shandong, begging Qiaoguo, also known as Qiaoshi or Qiaoyu, the festival food of Qixi Festival. Folks often use "seven curves and eight bends" to describe the shape of "seven tricks".

There is such a custom in the rural areas of Shanghai suburbs, that is, when newlywed women go to their parents' house on the seventh day of the seventh lunar month (commonly known as Qiaori), they will bring some Qiaoguo back from their parents' house to give to their husbands. Therefore, around the seventh day of the seventh lunar month every year is the peak season for the production of Qiaoguo. It is also a must-have food for Qixi Festival in Shaoxing.

It is also a gift given to grandchildren by relatives in Wenzhou on the seventh day of July.

There are many types of fruits, and the main raw materials are oil, flour, sugar and honey. The dough is pressed into a mold with various patterns to form a specific shape, such as scissors, pomegranate, apple, goldfish, etc., and then fried in oil. Some of them are also dyed in seven colors.