What to eat on Chinese Valentine's Day? 7 traditional foods that are most suitable for Chinese Valentine's Day

What food should we eat on Chinese Valentine’s Day? As the most traditional festival among the Chinese people, there are many delicacies related to the Qixi Festival. Next, let’s take a look at the most representative traditional food of the Chinese Valentine’s Day.

What to eat on Chinese Valentine's Day

Eat chocolate

Among the festive foods of the Chinese Valentine's Day, Qiaoguo is the most famous. Qiaoguo, also known as "Qiqiao Fruit", is not actually a fruit, but a must-have snack for the Chinese Valentine's Day. These snacks probably originated in the Song Dynasty. Some people use flour to make cakes, which are called Qiaobing and are popular in Shaowu area of ​​Fujian. The proverb says that eating Qiaoguo on the Chinese Valentine's Day can make people clever.

Chocolate Cake

During the Chinese Valentine's Day, folk pastry shops like to make some crispy candies in the shape of knitted women, commonly known as "qiaoren" or "qiaosu". When they are sold, they are also called "sending qiaoren". This custom has been passed down to this day in some areas.

Cake

Suobing is the food that people used to eat during the Chinese Valentine's Day. Later it evolved into the custom of eating dried noodles. It can be said that the ancestor of dried noodles was souping. Sobibi was introduced to Japan during the Nara period and looks very similar to our Chinese mahua. The Japanese mix wheat and rice flour together, twist them into long, thin ropes, and then fry or bake them until cooked.

Chicken

In the hope that the Cowherd and the Weaver Girl can live a happy family life, in Jinhua, Zhejiang, every family kills a chicken on the Chinese Valentine's Day. This means that the Cowherd and the Weaver Girl will meet on this night, and if there is no rooster to announce the dawn, they will never be separated.

Five seeds

"Worshiping the Weaver Girl" on the Chinese Valentine's Day is a big event for young girls and young women. The offerings include tea, wine, fresh fruits, etc., and the five seeds (longan, red dates, hazelnuts, peanuts, melon seeds) are indispensable. After burning incense and praying silently, these offerings become their midnight snacks.

Choy Bud Noodles

In addition to eating qiaoguo, in some places, people eat qiaoya noodles on the seventh day of the seventh month. The bean sprouts used to make Qiao Ya noodles need to be grown seven days in advance. After seven days, when the bean sprouts grow to two or three centimeters long, they can be made into hand-rolled noodles, cooked in a pot, and made into bean sprout soup. Finally, put the noodles into a bowl, pour the bean sprout soup on them and eat them.

Eat dumplings

In many areas, people eat dumplings on the Chinese Valentine's Day. When making dumplings, they put a copper coin, a needle and a red date into three dumplings respectively. If you eat a copper coin, it means you are very blessed; if you eat a needle, it means you are dexterous; if you eat a date, it means you can get married early and have a happy marriage.