Turpan people who were doing business at that time presented cakes to the emperor of the Tang Dynasty. Gaozu Li Yuan took the gorgeous cake box, took out the round cake, smiled at the bright moon in the sky and said, "We're going to invite toads with Hu cakes." . After that, share the cake with the ministers.
The word "moon cake" has been used in Wu's book Liang Lumeng in the Southern Song Dynasty, but the description of enjoying the moon and eating moon cakes in the Mid-Autumn Festival is recorded in the West Lake Travel Agency in the Ming Dynasty: "August 15th is called the Mid-Autumn Festival, and people use moon cakes to get together".
In the Qing Dynasty, there were more records about moon cakes, and the production became more and more elaborate.
As early as 3000 years ago, during the Yin and Zhou Dynasties, there was a "Tarshish cake with a thin face and a thick heart" to commemorate Tarshish Wenzhong. In the Han Dynasty, Zhang Qian went to the Western Regions, introduced walnuts and sesame seeds, and a round "Hu cake" filled with walnuts appeared. When Tang Gaozong was in China, Li Jing went to Turkey, and returned home triumphantly in the Mid-Autumn Festival. At that time, a Tibetan businessman presented Hu cakes, and Li Yuan was very happy. Pointing to the bright moon in the sky, he said, "We should invite toads (the moon) to eat Hu cakes." And give it to ministers. If this is true, it may be the beginning of sharing moon cakes in the Mid-Autumn Festival. However, the word "moon cake" first appeared in the red scarf cake made by Wu in the Southern Song Dynasty.