The staple food of the Mid-Autumn Festival on August 15 is mooncakes.
Of course, the staple food of the Mid-Autumn Festival is mooncakes. Mooncakes are a special food of the Mid-Autumn Festival, with various flavors and fillings, such as lotus paste, bean paste, five kernels, etc. People will give some exquisite mooncakes at home or to relatives and friends to express their blessings and love for each other.
It is an offering to worship the moon god during the Mid-Autumn Festival in ancient times. It has been passed down from generation to generation and the custom of eating moon cakes during the Mid-Autumn Festival has been formed. 1. Moon cakes, also known as bun pies, moon palace cakes and reunion cakes, are special pastries during the Mid-Autumn Festival and are also a must-have food. Its shape is the roundness of the moon, and its filling is full of delicious flavor. Eating mooncakes on the Mid-Autumn Festival expresses people's good wishes.
As a traditional festival food, moon cakes are popular throughout China. There are many types of moon cakes in June. 8 But they have one unique characteristic: they are shaped like a full moon and mean reunion.
The legend about moon cakes:
1. Regarding the legend about moon cakes, we will think of Chang'e who guarded Guanghan Palace alone. Because he accidentally took the elixir that ascended to heaven, he was separated from his husband and his family. Chang'e's husband, Hou Yi, missed his wife very much, so he made mooncakes, which symbolized reunion, and ate them on August 15th, the fullest day of the moon.
After this story spread, people began to eat moon cakes on August 15th. Now, this day is named Mid-Autumn Festival.
2. There is also a legend about moon cakes, which is a story about the change of dynasties. It is said that when Emperor Taizu of the Ming Dynasty raised his army, it was because of the note hidden in the moon cake that he overthrew the Yuan Dynasty. From then on, in order to thank the mooncakes, Ming Taizu would let his ministers eat mooncakes on August 15th. When it was passed down to later generations, August 15th was named the Mid-Autumn Festival.