Mooncakes are a time-honored traditional Han Chinese snack, loved by the Chinese people. The mooncake is round, round and eaten by the whole family, symbolizing unity and harmony, and is a must-have on the Mid-Autumn Festival. In ancient times, mooncakes were eaten as offerings at the Mid-Autumn Festival. It is said that the custom of eating mooncakes at Mid-Autumn Festival started in the Tang Dynasty. In the Northern Song Dynasty, it was popular in the court, but also spread to the people, and was commonly known as "small cakes" and "moon balls" at that time. The development of the Ming Dynasty has become a universal **** the same food customs. To this day, more varieties, flavors vary from place to place. Among them, Cantonese, Beijing-style, Suzhou-style, Chao-style, Dian-style moon cakes are loved by people all over China.

Origin:

Mooncakes were used as offerings to worship the moon god during the Mid-Autumn Festival in ancient times, and the custom of eating mooncakes during the Mid-Autumn Festival has been passed down. Mooncakes have a long history in China. According to historical records, as early as in the Yin, Zhou period, Jiang, Zhejiang, there is a commemorative master Wen Zhong's thin side of the heart of the thick "Master Cake", which is the "ancestor" of China's moon cakes. It is said to have originated in the Tang Dynasty. The Luo in the anecdote" has recorded: the Mid-Autumn Festival, the new scholar Qujiang Banquet, Tang Xizong people sent moon cakes to reward the scholar.

In the Northern Song Dynasty, the mooncake was popular in the court, but it also spread to the people, who called it "small cake" and "moon ball". Later evolved into a round, symbolizing the reunion of the good, reflecting the good wishes of the family reunion, but also on the deep thoughts of friends and relatives. Northern Song Dynasty Royal Mid-Autumn Festival like to eat a "palace cake", folk commonly known as "small cakes", "moon ball". Su Dongpo has a poem: "small cakes such as chewing the moon, there are crispy and Yi".

To the Ming Dynasty, the Mid-Autumn Festival to eat moon cakes in the folk gradually spread. At that time, the dexterity of the baker, the Chang'e moon mythological story as a food art pattern printed on the mooncake, so that the mooncake has become more favored by the people of the Mid-Autumn Festival of the necessary food.