Shaking one's head (postscript cake) originated from Gulangyu Island in Xiamen, Fujian, and began in the early Qing Dynasty. This is a unique moon cake culture and a historical heritage of Minnan people. Legend has it that the Mid-Autumn Festival was invented by Zheng Chenggong when he was stationed in Gulangyu, in order to relieve soldiers' love for the Mid-Autumn Festival and boost their morale. Therefore, it has been passed down from generation to generation and has become a unique folk custom in southern Fujian today.
It is a unique custom for Xiamen people to celebrate the Mid-Autumn Festival that relatives and friends get together to win the cake Expo. It is said that more than 300 years ago, Zheng Chenggong fought against the Qing Dynasty in Xiamen, and most of his soldiers came from Fujian, Guangdong and other places. Around the Mid-Autumn Festival, he became more homesick. In order to relieve the soldiers' depression, encourage and inspire their morale, help expel the Dutch colonists and recover Taiwan Province Province, Zheng's Ministry, after some discussions, skillfully designed the Mid-Autumn Festival cake with the staff stationed in Houyamen, No.33-44, Hongben Headquarters, Xiamen, so that all the soldiers could fight happily on the cool Mid-Autumn Festival night.
The custom of winning the top prize in Mid-Autumn Festival has been circulated among Xiamen people for more than 300 years. Vivid and interesting unique customs make Mid-Autumn Festival another grand festival in Xiamen after the Spring Festival. Around the Mid-Autumn Festival every year, cake shops in Xiamen will produce a large number of cakes for sale, and every household will buy them.
In recent years, people have made more innovations in the traditional "Bo Bing" game. Bo is no longer just a "cake", but because of people's reasons, he randomly replaces the "moon cake" with various foods or daily necessities, which increases the interest and attraction of this ancient folk game.
As the Mid-Autumn Festival approaches every year, Xiamen citizens will take to the streets to buy the prize of "Bo Champion", which can always set off a shopping craze. Relatives, friends, colleagues and customers, we sat around in groups before and after the flowers, and there was a big porcelain bowl on the table with six dice in it. We take turns to roll the dice and win various prizes from "scholar" to "champion" according to the color of the dice. In the tinkling sound of dice, the champion Lang appeared one after another, and people's excited cheers spread all over the streets, adding a strong festive atmosphere to the beautiful Ludao.