It is said that eating moon cakes in Mid-Autumn Festival began in Yuan Dynasty. At that time, the broad masses of people in the Central Plains could not bear the cruel rule of the ruling class in the Yuan Dynasty and rebelled against the Yuan Dynasty. Zhu Yuanzhang joined forces with various resistance forces to prepare for the uprising.
However, the officers and men of the court searched very closely and it was very difficult to pass on the news. Strategist Liu Bowen came up with a plan and ordered his subordinates to hide the note containing the "August 15th night uprising" into the cake, and then sent someone to send it to the uprising troops in various places separately to inform them to respond to the uprising on August 15th night. On the day of the uprising, all the rebels responded together.
Soon, Xu Da captured the Yuan Dynasty and the uprising was successful. When the news came, Zhu Yuanzhang was so happy that he quickly handed down a message to let all the soldiers have fun with the people in the upcoming Mid-Autumn Festival, and gave the moon cakes, which were sent in secret when they started fighting, to the ministers as seasonal cakes. Since then, the production of moon cakes has become more and more elaborate, and the custom of eating moon cakes in the Mid-Autumn Festival has spread among the people.
The Legend of Chinese Valentine's Day Cowherd and Weaver Girl;
The orphan cowherd lives with his brother and sister-in-law, and is often abused by his sister-in-law. After the separation, he only gets a very spiritual ox to live together.
Later, when he was herding cattle, the old cow suddenly told him that there was a fairy coming down to earth, and told him that if the fairy couldn't go back before dawn, he would stay on earth. As the old cow said, the cowherd saw the beautiful Weaver girl's love and secretly took her clothes. Later, they talked very much, and the Weaver girl became the wife of the cowherd and lived a happy life.
When the Emperor of Heaven knew this, he was furious and escorted the Weaver Girl back to heaven. The old cow took the Cowherd to chase the Weaver Girl, and the Queen Mother pulled off the golden hairpin on her head, drawing a billowing galaxy in the sky. The faithful love of the Cowherd and the Weaver Girl touched the magpie and built a magpie bridge for them. They finally met on the Galaxy. At this time, it touched the Emperor of Heaven and allowed the Cowherd and the Weaver Girl to meet on the Magpie Bridge once a year on July 7th, which is also the origin of Chinese Valentine's Day.