Short moral of the moon cake: moon cake symbolizes reunion, the night of the Mid-Autumn Festival, loved ones reunion, eating moon cakes, *** enjoy the joy of heaven, symbolizing family reunion, harmony, and beauty.

Mooncakes, also known as moon dough, harvest cake, reunion cake, etc., is one of China's traditional Han cuisine, mooncakes were initially used to worship the moon god offerings.

Moon festival is a very ancient custom in China, which is actually a kind of worship activity of the ancient people to the "moon god". Eating mooncakes and enjoying the moon during the Mid-Autumn Festival is an indispensable custom of the Mid-Autumn Festival in the north and south parts of China, and the mooncakes symbolize the reunion, which is regarded as a festive food, and used to sacrifice to the moon, and presented to the relatives and friends.

Mooncakes, as offerings to the moon god, have a long history of origin. The word mooncake, in the existing literature, was first included in Wu Zimu's "Mengliang Records" of the Southern Song Dynasty. Mooncakes were fused with dietary customs around the world, and developed into Cantonese, Jin, Beijing, Suzhou, Chao, and Dian mooncakes, which were loved by people from all parts of North and South China.

History

The Mid-Autumn Festival originated in the ancient times of China, popularized in the Han Dynasty, stereotyped in the early years of the Tang Dynasty, and flourished in the Song Dynasty onwards. The Mid-Autumn Festival is a remnant of the ancient celestial worship - the custom of honoring the moon, and at the autumnal equinox, the ancient The Mid-Autumn Festival is a remnant of the ancient custom of honoring the moon, which was practiced at the time of the autumnal equinox, the ancient "Moon Festival", and the Mid-Autumn Festival is derived from the traditional "Moon Festival".

According to evidence, the original "Moon Festival" was set in the 24th solar term "Autumn Equinox" day, but due to this day in the eighth month of the lunar calendar every year on different days, not always have a full moon, and later will be the "moon festival" by the "moon festival" by the "moon festival" by the "moon festival". Moon Festival" by the "Autumn Equinox" to the 15th day of the eighth month of the lunar calendar, moon festival, in China is a very ancient custom, in fact, is the ancient times of some parts of China's ancient people on the "moon god" of a worship activity, moon cakes are the ancient The moon cake is an ancient offering to worship the moon god in the mid-autumn festival, which has been passed down, forming the custom of eating moon cakes in the mid-autumn festival.

In ancient times, every Mid-Autumn Festival, people would put round fruits and vegetables to symbolize the harvest on the incense burner, kneeling to worship the moon, praying for the safety of the family, good luck, the ancient maidens have to worship the moon, is to pray for the immortal Chang'e living in the Moon Palace to bless their own face like the moon, beautiful as a flower, the mooncake has a long history in China.