Will Eating Red Bean Sweet Soup on the Ghost Festival Lead You to Find Love?

Does Eating Red Bean Soup on the Festival of Thất Tịch Really Help You Find a Partner?

Surely a few years ago, on social media, there would be numerous posts about getting married, and most of the young people would respond. So where does this movement come from, what is its origin, and does eating red bean soup really help you find a partner soon? Let’s find out in the following article!

1. Where Does the Tradition of Eating Red Bean Dessert on the Festival of Thất Tịch Come From?

According to many sources on the Internet, many people believe that eating red bean dessert on the Seventh Month Festival is an ancient custom originating from China. However, this is entirely false. The symbol of the Seventh Month Festival in China is called “tofu” or “red bean,” “kong tao”.

This is the type of red beans according to the customs of China

Đậu tương tư là một loại đậu sinh trưởng ở vùng Lĩnh Nam, Trung Quốc. Đậu có small size, slightly heart-shaped, shiny dark red outer shell. Đặc biệt, loại đậu này very firm, color does not fade, less susceptible to insects or damage, therefore considered as a symbol of enduring, unchanging love.

Soybeans appear a lot in Chinese culture. According to ancient stories, during the Han dynasty, there was a young man who was forced to become a soldier. His wife day and night watched under the tree at the village gate, crying so much that she bled and died. After his wife died, the tree suddenly produced red fruits, and people believed that these were the tears of his wife, and they called it “hồng đậu” or “tương tư tử”.

It seems that this tree species is also found in Vietnam with the name cây trạch quạch, muồng cườm hay cườm rắn.

Soybean tree

This type of bean is found in several places in China such as Yunnan, Hainan, and also in the southern part of the Yangtze River and some other places, but the beans are smaller and have a black head. People call this bean “teardrop of lovers”.

Black-headed beans like this are called “tears of lovers”

In China, soybeans are considered as pearls, very spiritual hence they are often made into bracelets, strings or put into beautiful glass jars for decoration to give as gifts to close friends or “crush”. If two people have confirmed their love for each other, they should give each other a red bean bracelet for good luck. In weddings, on the bride’s wrist, they often wear a bracelet made of soybeans to wish for a long life with the groom.

In some places, there are also people who put soybeans under the pillow after getting married to pray for a lasting and harmonious marriage.

In addition, in some provinces in southern China, people often give red beans to children to symbolize peace and ward off evil spirits.

Chinese people often string soybean candy or put it in a jar as a gift

Surely reading up to this point, you must have understood that there is no tradition of eating red bean dessert on the Ghost Festival. Perhaps it is due to the erroneous transmission of information that many people mistakenly believe Vietnam’s red beans as China’s adzuki beans.

2. Does Eating Red Bean Dessert on the Festival of Thất Tịch Help You Find a Lover?

Somehow, eating red bean dessert on the festival of Thất Tịch may help you get a lover

Actually, eating red bean sweet soup on the Thất Tịch holiday can help bring you and your lover closer together. Hold on, don’t think I’m just making things up, let me analyze it.

Red bean is a type of bean that is very nutritious and diuretic. Furthermore, red beans also contain many vitamins and minerals such as vitamin B, vitamin C, iron… which help to make the skin smooth and bright, and maintain a slim figure. Therefore, eating red bean dessert can increase your chances of winning over your crush.

Try asking the other person out for red bean dessert or something else on the Seventh Lunar Month Festival. It can help you have more opportunities to interact with them. Who knows, you and your friend might discover some common interests during this outing, right?

Speaking for fun, but eating red bean soup is only delicious and nutritious, not helpful for you to find a lover. If you like someone, just bravely move forward, don’t expect anything from a bowl of red bean soup. Keep it up!

Hope through this article, you have learned more valuable information about the festival of Thất Tịch. Wish you have a complete Thất Tịch day with your friends and family! See you in our upcoming interesting articles.