Why eat moon cakes on Mid Autumn Festival? Are you healthy?

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Moon cake, also known as Hu cake, palace cake, small cake, moon group, reunion cake, etc., is the ancient Mid Autumn Festival sacrifice to the God of the moon. The annual August 15 is the traditional Chinese Festival Mid Autumn Festival. The biggest custom of Mid Autumn Festival is to sit together and enjoy the moon and eat moon cakes. So why eat moon cakes on Mid Autumn Festival? What is the origin of eating moon cakes in Mid Autumn Festival?

Why eat moon cakes on Mid Autumn Festival? Are you healthy?

First, the original moon cakes were used to offer sacrifices to the God of the moon. Later, people gradually took the Mid Autumn Festival moon watching and tasting moon cakes as a symbol of family reunion. The most traditional moon cakes are round, implying reunion and beauty. It reflects people's good wishes for family reunion. Slowly, moon cakes have become festival gifts, and now become an annual custom.

Second, according to historical records, as early as the Yin and Zhou dynasties, there was a kind of "Taishi cake" commemorating Wen Zhong, who was the "ancestor" of moon cakes in China. During Zhang Qian's mission to the western regions in the Han Dynasty, sesame and walnut were introduced to add accessories to the production of moon cakes. At this time, a round cake with walnut kernel as stuffing appeared, which was called "Hu cake". Moon cakes have a long history in China.

Third: in the Ming Dynasty, eating moon cakes during the mid autumn festival gradually spread among the people. At that time, the ingenious cake maker, the myth of anti Chang'e flying to the moon, was printed on the moon cakes as an instrument art pattern, which made the moon cakes become more popular among the people as a necessary food for the Mid Autumn Festival.

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The custom of eating and delivering moon cakes on Mid Autumn Festival does not exist since ancient times. It is said that in ancient China, emperors had a ritual system of offering sacrifices to the sun in spring and the moon in autumn. But in terms of health, it still depends on how you eat. After all, eating moon cakes is also particular.