The custom of Valentine's Day in China

The seventh day of July is Valentine's Day in China! This is a festival with the theme of love and marriage, which runs through the pursuit of sweet love, the prayer of ingenuity and the yearning for a happy life. On this day, there are many interesting folk activities all over the country. How many do you know?

1, eat fruit properly

In Hangzhou, Wenzhou, Ningbo, Zhejiang Province, people make all kinds of small objects with flour and fry them in oil pan, which is called "proper fruit". In the evening, people set tables in the yard and put appropriate fruits, fruits and other foods. Relatives and friends sit around, enjoy a beautiful night, eat appropriate fruits and other foods, and hope that they or their relatives and friends can become smart.

2. Worship Weaver Girl

On Tanabata night, girls and young women "worship the Weaver Girl". Girls and young women gather their relatives and friends to worship the Weaver Girl. People put tables and offerings under the moonlight, girls and young women fast for a day, and after bathing, everyone goes to the case to burn incense and worship. After the worship, everyone sat around the table, eating melon seeds and peanuts, silently praying for their wishes in the direction of Vega, such as getting more and more beautiful, finding a husband, having a baby early, having a promising husband in the future and so on. , usually until midnight.

3. worship kuixing

On Tanabata, women worship Vega and men worship Kuixing. Legend has it that July 7th is Lord Kuixing's birthday. Lord Kuixing is Lord Kuixing. People think that Master Kui Xing is in charge of literature and exams are all your business. Therefore, many scholars who want to be famous will worship Master Kui Xing on Tanabata, praying for him to bless his success in the exam. There is a well-known idiom called "winning the championship in one fell swoop", which also comes from this.

4. needlework

There is a cloud in the poem: "Every family watches the autumn moon and wears HongLing.". "Needle-piercing skill" is a very popular craft competition. The method is very simple, that is, compare and see who can thread the needle fastest and who is the first. Everyone is a competition and an exchange of skills. Of course, on the night when the Cowherd and the Weaver Girl meet, I hope the Weaver Girl will be smarter and let the girls get a good marriage and happiness.

5. Use spiders skillfully to use spiders in Zhejiang, Anhui and other places: put the spider in a small pot or box, and observe the density of its web the next morning to determine whether it is smart. If it is well woven, it means success. If the knitting is not good, it means failure. If spiders still spin webs on melons and fruits, it means originality.

I know so much about the traditional customs of Valentine's Day in China. Friends, what is the custom in your hometown?