Why eat moon cakes on Mid Autumn Festival

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Another week is the Mid Autumn Festival. On the Mid Autumn Festival, we will definitely eat a kind of food. Yes, that's moon cake! The shape of moon cakes is like the moon on the fifteenth day, symbolizing reunion. The custom of eating moon cakes on the mid autumn festival began in the Tang Dynasty. There are more and more varieties of moon cakes. What are the precautions for eating moon cakes? Why eat moon cakes on Mid Autumn Festival?

Why eat moon cakes on Mid Autumn Festival

First: moon cakes have a long history in China. According to historical records, as early as the Yin and Zhou dynasties, there was a kind of "Taishi cake" commemorating Wen Zhong in Jiangsu and Zhejiang, which was the "ancestor" of moon cakes in China. When Zhang Qian was sent to the western regions in the Han Dynasty, he introduced sesame and walnut, which added accessories to the production of moon cakes. At this time, round cakes with walnut kernel as stuffing appeared, which was called "Hu cake".

Second: in the Tang Dynasty, there were already cake makers engaged in production among the people, and cake shops began to appear in Chang'an, the capital. It is said that on the night of the Mid Autumn Festival, when Tang Xuanzong and Yang Guifei were enjoying the moon and eating Hu cake, Tang Xuanzong thought the name of "Hu cake" was not nice. Yang Guifei looked up at the bright moon and blurted out "moon cake". From then on, the name of "moon cake" gradually spread among the people.

Third: it was not until the Ming Dynasty that eating moon cakes on the mid autumn festival became popular among the people. At that time, crafty cake makers often printed moon related fairy tales such as Chang'e flying to the moon as patterns on moon cakes, making moon cakes a popular mid autumn food. By the Qing Dynasty, the production technology of moon cakes had been greatly improved, and the variety was also increasing. With the increasing experience of making moon cakes, there are many kinds of moon cakes in the market, and the craft is more and more exquisite.

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In a word, eating moon cakes in Mid Autumn Festival, like eating zongzi in Dragon Boat Festival and eating Yuanxiao in Lantern Festival, is a traditional folk custom in China, which reposes people's good feelings.