Every time I hear the sad love story of Cowherd and Weaver Girl, it will make people cry. It takes three days to meet each other, which is also commonly known as China Valentine's Day. The love story of the Cowherd and the Weaver Girl combines many traditional customs, forming the China Valentine's Day food custom. Among them, there is the custom of eating skillfully, not only all kinds of fruits, but also all kinds of cakes. Because the customs of each place are different, the proficiency of eating will be different. Some places will eat wonton, jiaozi and noodles as food on Valentine's Day, and some places will eat Wonton Noodles on that day, so as to have a good idea.

The most famous traditional food on Tanabata is "Zhengguo", also called "Qiaoqi Fruit". This kind of pasta has different practices in different regions and evolved into cakes of various colors. In Shaoxing, Zhejiang, proper fruit is a bit like a fork in the north. In Ningbo, Hangzhou, Zhejiang, all kinds of small objects made of flour are fried.

In some areas in the south, people specialize in soaking bean sprouts on the eve of Qixi, which is also called "soaking buckwheat". The sprouted bean sprouts are called buckwheat buds. On Tanabata, the girl turned the needle into a smart bud and threw it on the water to beg for wisdom. In some areas, sprouted bean sprouts are also used to make smart bean sprouts noodles to celebrate Qixi.

In some areas of Shandong Province, jiaozi is the place to eat big meals on Tanabata. The specific custom is that seven good girls make dough, make stuffing and wrap jiaozi together. When wrapping jiaozi, wrap a copper coin, a needle and a red date in three jiaozi, and then get together to eat jiaozi. It is said that those who eat copper coins are blessed, those who eat needles are skilled, and those who eat dates get married early. Old Nanjing people eat glutinous rice strips on Tanabata, stir-fry them with glutinous rice flour and bean flour, and dip them in plum blossoms, pine blossoms, sesame seeds and red bean paste. Now glutinous rice sticks are not specially used on Tanabata, but can be eaten at other times.

Killing and eating chickens on Qixi Festival is very popular in Jinhua, Zhejiang. It is said that if there is no song and dance to announce the dawn, the Cowherd and the Weaver Girl will never be separated, which also maintains people's good wishes for the story of the Cowherd and the Weaver Girl. July 7th is also called Daughter's Day, because on this day, many couples will walk into the wedding hall with the blessing of their families. For girls who get married on this day, their parents will give their married daughter "smart food" before marriage. I hope my daughter can be as original as Weaver Girl. Qiaochi is actually a tongue-shaped candy cake made of rice flour and red beans. It is said that lovers who take a bite of candy cake on Valentine's Day in China are inseparable and extremely sweet every day.