Short historical story of the origin of the moon cake:

1, according to legend, the Tang Dynasty, Xuanzong years of a mid-autumn night, the Tang Emperor Li Longji in the palace to enjoy the moon, beside the Taoist priest Luo Gongyuan magic, the staff thrown to the clouds into the sky to become a long bridge, invite Xuanzong to swim with the Moon Palace. The two walked across the bridge, suddenly appeared in front of a palace, the inscription "Guanghan Qingxu House".

Then look at the Palace of the fairy mountains and pavilions fascinating. In the palace, Chang'e ordered the maid to bring delicious cakes for the guests to taste, and watched the celestial fairies perform a light song and dance. To return to earth, Tang Ming Huang ordered according to the moon palace seen and heard one by one imitation down. Since then, there has been the "Neishang Yuyi Song" and the "moon cake" shaped like a full moon.

Su Dongpo has "small cakes like chewing the moon, there are crispy and syrupy" poem, indicating that the Song Dynasty mooncakes have been very sophisticated workmanship prevailed in the world.

2, in addition, according to legend, the end of the yuan farmers revolt leader Zhang Shicheng use of mid-autumn friends and relatives to give each other the custom of mooncakes in the mooncake filling into the insurrection of the note, about all the people around the mid-autumn festival, and ultimately overthrew the yuan dynasty. It is said that the origin of the moon cake is because the two countries are at war, came up with a special way to send a letter, that is, the note rolled up and put in a round cake, go to pass the message also good not to be found by the enemy, and then the soldiers were hungry, ate the moon cake, and then it was widely circulated.

Mid-Autumn Festival customs

1, Mongolia

Mongolians love to do "chase the moon" game. People straddle the horse, in the silver-white moonlight, running on the grassland. They are facing the west, the moon rises from the east and falls to the west. Persistent Mongolian riders, not to the moon in the west, "chasing the moon" more than.

2, Tibetan

Tibet some areas of Tibetan compatriots celebrate the Mid-Autumn Festival custom is to "find the moon". On the night of the day, young men and women and dolls, along the river, followed by the reflection of the bright moon in the water, around the river pond in the shadow of the moon all over the wording, and then go home to eat moon cakes reunion.

3, Guangxi Dong

Guangxi Dong people have the custom of "moonwalking". Mid-autumn night approaching, the cottage of the lusheng singing and dancing team, stepping all the way to the neighboring cottage, and there the cottagers get together to enjoy the moon, race song and dance, all night long happy.