Mooncake alias: reunion cake, small cake, moon ball;

Mooncakes were originally used to worship the moon god offerings, moon worship in China is a very ancient custom, in fact, the ancient people of the "god of the moon" a kind of worship activities. Eating mooncakes and enjoying the moon on the Mid-Autumn Festival is an essential custom of the Mid-Autumn Festival throughout China.

Mooncakes symbolize reunion, and people treat them as festive food, offering them to the moon and giving them to friends and relatives. The origin of mooncakes as offerings to the moon god has a long history. The word "mooncake" was first recorded in the Southern Song Dynasty in Wu Zimu's Mengliang Lu.

Expanded Information:

Mooncakes ignoring the core features and divided by place of origin are: Beijing-style mooncakes, Jin-style mooncakes, Cantonese-style mooncakes, Dian-style mooncakes, Chao-style mooncakes, Su-style mooncakes, Taiwanese-style mooncakes, Hong Kong-style mooncakes, Hui-style mooncakes, Qu-style mooncakes, Qin-style mooncakes, and even Japanese;

In terms of flavors, there are sweet, savory, salty-sweet, spicy; from the filling, there are osmanthus mooncakes, dried plum mooncakes, five kernels, bean paste, rose, lotus seed paste, rock sugar, white fruit, meat floss, black sesame, ham mooncakes, egg yolk mooncakes, etc.

By the crust, there are batter crust, mixed sugar crust, puff pastry, cream crust, etc.; and from the shape of the glossy and lace distinction.