What is the meaning of eating moon cakes in Mid-Autumn Festival?
The implication of eating moon cakes in Mid-Autumn Festival is reunion, which reflects people's good wishes for family reunion. After the Mid-Autumn Festival, the whole family sat around and shared moon cakes, which gradually formed the implication that moon cakes represented family reunion. According to legend, eating moon cakes in the Mid-Autumn Festival began in the Yuan Dynasty, which was related to Zhu Yuanzhang's fighting and various resistance forces.
Why do you eat moon cakes on Mid-Autumn Festival?
The custom of eating moon cakes in the Mid-Autumn Festival probably began in the Tang Dynasty. It was popular in the court in the Northern Song Dynasty, and then gradually spread among the people. At that time, it was commonly known as "small cake" and "moon group". It was not until the Ming and Qing Dynasties that it became a common dietary custom of the whole people.
According to legend, Wen Zhong, a surname of Yin Shang, made a sweet round cake as dry food for marching, and Wen Zhong became the ancestor of the pastry industry. Later, in order to commemorate Wenzhong, people called it "Taishi cake". According to historical records, the ancestor of moon cakes should be this kind of "Taishi cake".
Later, in the Tang Dynasty, on the night of Mid-Autumn Festival, Emperor Taizong and Yang Guifei enjoyed the moon and ate "Hu cakes". Emperor Taizong thought the word "Hu Bing" was not very pleasant to hear, so he wanted to change his name. Just as Yang Guifei looked up at the moon, he changed his name to mooncake.
The most famous is the Goddess Chang'e flying to the moon.
According to legend, there were ten suns in the sky in ancient times, and the earth cracked and the sea dried up, making people uninhabitable.
A hero named Hou Yi suddenly appeared. He drew his bow and shot down nine suns in one breath.
Hou Yi helped the world solve this great event and was respected and loved by the people. Many people have heard about the miracle of Houyi shooting at the sun, and they all come to learn from the teacher. One of them, a treacherous man named Meng Peng, also came from far away.
One day, Hou Yi happened to meet the Queen Mother. When the Queen Mother read that Hou Yi had made meritorious deeds, she gave him a pack of elixirs. And warned him that after taking it, he would be separated from everything in the world forever and become immortal immediately.
However, Hou Yi could not bear to part with Chang 'e, so he had to temporarily hand over the elixir to Chang 'e for safekeeping. Chang 'e secretly hid the medicine, but she didn't expect to be seen by Meng Peng. Later, when Hou Yi was away, Meng Peng threatened Chang 'e to hand over the elixir with his sword.
Chang 'e knew that she was no match for Meng Peng, so she took out the elixir and swallowed it in an emergency.
At this time, Chang 'e suddenly floated off the ground, flew to the sky and landed on the moon to become immortal.
Yi heard about it when she came home at night. He looked at the night sky sadly. At this time, he was surprised to find that today's moon is rounder and brighter than usual, and Chang 'e's figure can be seen vaguely, so he quickly sent someone to put on the incense table, put on her favorite honey, fresh fruit and moon cakes, and looked at his beloved wife alone in the sky.
Later, people felt that Hou Yi was sincere and followed suit.
In fact, there are many legends about moon cakes. If you are interested, you can learn more about them.
Early moon cakes were baked. When it developed to the Song Dynasty, it became mainly steaming. In the Ming and Qing Dynasties, great changes have taken place in the filling and making methods of moon cakes. In Gao Lian's Eight Notes on Respect for Life, a health care scientist in the Ming Dynasty, moon cakes are filled with salt and pepper, pine nuts and other fillings.
After thousands of years of evolution, we will eat moon cakes on the Mid-Autumn Festival on August 15th, and we need a good meaning, because moon cakes symbolize reunion.
I wish everyone a happy, sweet and healthy life.
Eating moon cakes is forbidden in Mid-Autumn Festival.
Moon cakes should not be stored in the refrigerator. Moon cakes should not be stored in the refrigerator. At low temperature, starch will age, which will make moon cakes hard and taste worse. It is best to store moon cakes in a cool and dry place indoors, and be careful not to store them for too long. Bulk moon cakes can be stored for three to five days; Moon cakes in independent small packages, or moon cakes with antiseptic packaging in packages, can be kept for more than ten days.
Choose the right moon cake. Because of the different methods of making and stuffing, we should "foster strengths and avoid weaknesses" when eating moon cakes, and choose varieties that are more suitable for us. China traditional moon cakes are generally divided into five systems: Beijing, Guangdong, Jiangsu, Yunnan and Chaozhou.
Moon cakes should be eaten in the morning. Eating moon cakes in the morning can supplement the energy needed in the morning and is not easy to gain weight. Elderly people with cardiovascular diseases should pay more attention to eating time, otherwise the risk of thrombosis may increase.