Why is Chinese Valentine's Day also called Beggar's Day or Daughter's Day (excerpt)

Because among many customs, one is very representative-needlework. Because the weaver girl is beautiful, intelligent, skillful and ingenious, she is naturally worshipped by women in the world, so there is a content of women wearing seven-hole needles to beg for cleverness in the Qixi custom. The main participants in this activity are young girls, and this day is called Beggar's Day or Daughter's Day.

The most extensive source of Chinese Valentine's Day is the legend that the Cowherd and the Weaver Girl meet on Tanabata: The Weaver Girl is a beautiful, intelligent and ingenious fairy. On this romantic night, the girls will put out seasonal flowers and fruits, silently beg the Weaver Girl to give her an intelligent mind and dexterous hands, and inevitably ask her for a happy marriage.

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1. proper fruit: proper fruit is also called "Qiqiao Fruit". On Tanabata night, people bring "Qiqiao Fruit" to the courtyard, and the whole family sits around and tastes the skills of being a "proper fruit". There are many styles in proper fruit, and the main materials are oil, noodles, sugar and honey. In addition, there are many changes in the melons and fruits used in begging for cleverness: either the melons and fruits are carved into exotic flowers and birds, or the surface of the melon skin is embossed with patterns; This kind of melon is called "flower melon".

2. Crispy candy: In pastry shops in some places in China, some crisp candy with the image of Weaver Girl will be made on this day, commonly known as "homo habilis" and "Qiao Crispy", which is also called "Send to homo habilis" when sold. People believe that people who eat this kind of crisp candy will become ingenious.

3. Qiaoqiaofan: In Shandong, China, it is very interesting to eat Qiaoqiaofan on this day. Seven good girls collect food and vegetables, jiaozi, and put a copper coin, a needle and a red date into three dumplings respectively. After the Qiaoqiao activity, they get together to eat dumplings. It is said that they are blessed with money, skillful with needles and early marriage with dates.

4. Melons and fruits: When you are in Chinese Valentine's Day, Fujian, let the Weaver Girl enjoy and taste the fruits and fruits, so that she can bless the fruits and fruits harvest in the coming year. The offerings include tea, wine, fresh fruit, five seeds (longan, red dates, hazelnuts, peanuts and melon seeds), flowers and pollen for women's cosmetics. Generally, after fasting and bathing, everyone takes turns to burn incense and worship at the altar and pray silently.