Mooncakes originated in the Tang Dynasty. In the early days of the Tang Dynasty, wars and disputes continued. Li Jing went out to fight in order to pacify the war. The day when he won was just August 15th. In order to celebrate his victory, someone presented cakes to Li Yuan. From then on, people will eat moon cakes to congratulate them on August 15th.

About the custom of eating moon cakes, there is another saying that in the Yuan Dynasty, military advisers put secret information in cakes and handed it out, so they were able to capture most of the Yuan Dynasty. In order to reward everyone, Zhu Yuanzhang ordered the moon cakes that delivered the message to be made into cakes and rewarded them to the soldiers. Everyone celebrated the Mid-Autumn Festival. Since then, there has been the custom of eating moon cakes in the Mid-Autumn Festival.

The moral of moon cakes

Moon cakes are round and look like the bright moon in the sky, and the bright moon sends acacia, which represents the feelings of missing relatives. Eating moon cakes expresses the thoughts of distant relatives. For those who can't go home during the Mid-Autumn Festival, eating moon cakes becomes a spiritual sustenance. Modern moon cakes have more and more styles and tastes. Even when people are busy, they will stop to look at the bright moon in the sky and eat moon cakes to miss their distant relatives and friends.