The implication of eating jiaozi on Tanabata.

The moral of eating jiaozi on Tanabata is to pray.

Eating jiaozi is a begging custom in Juancheng, Cao Xian and plain areas. Seven good girls collect food and vegetables, jiaozi, and put a copper coin, a needle and a red date into three jiaozi. After the courtship, they got together to eat jiaozi. It is said that they are rich, good at eating needles and eating dates early.

Valentine's Day in China is not only a festival to worship Seven Sisters, but also a festival of love. It is a comprehensive festival with the folk custom of "Cowherd and Weaver Girl" as the carrier, with the theme of blessing, begging and courtship, and women as the main body. The "Cowherd and Weaver Girl" on Tanabata originated from people's worship of natural phenomena. In ancient times, planetariums were associated with geographical areas. This correspondence is called "dividing stars" in astronomy and "dividing fields" in geography. According to legend, on the seventh day of July every year, the Cowherd and the Weaver Girl will meet at the Magpie Bridge in the sky.

Other customs of Tanabata:

1. Ligate the ancient bridge: In the Loess Plateau of Shaanxi Province, there is also the custom of holding various begging activities on Qixi night. Women often have to tie the grass man in flowery clothes. This is called the ancient bridge, which not only provides melons and fruits, but also grows bean sprouts and shallots. On the night of Chinese Valentine's Day, all the women held a bowl of clear water in their hands, cut bean sprouts and shallots, put them into the water, and predicted their cleverness by watching the shadow cast by the moon. At the same time, there will be activities to cut window grilles.

2. Seven Sisters Water Tour: According to folklore, seven fairies in the sky will bathe in the river on Tanabata. At this time, the river is polluted with fairy gas, which will not only bring peach blossoms, but also prevent diseases. People in Baise and Jingxi of Guangxi believe that the water on the seventh day of the seventh lunar month is very holy and clean. The water on Tanabata can not only ward off evil spirits and diseases, but also make them happy in love and life. This custom is related to the legend that the local seven fairies descended to the world to bathe.

The above contents refer to Baidu Encyclopedia-Tanabata