The simple method of drawing a rabbit holding a mooncake is as follows:

1. First, lightly draw a circle on the drawing paper, and adjust the size of the mooncake as needed to form the shape of the mooncake. Then, next to the mooncake, use a pencil to lightly draw an outline of a rabbit that can hold the mooncake. Above the rabbit and mooncake, draw a curved moon whose shape and size should fit the entire picture.

2. Use colored pencils, watercolor paints, colored pens or markers to fill in the colors of the moon cake, rabbit and moon. Mooncakes are usually brown or yellow, rabbits can be white, gray or other colors, and the moon is usually white or yellow. Add details to the drawn patterns, such as the rabbit's eyes, nose, and mouth, the mooncake pattern, and the fine lines on the moon's surface.

3. Rabbit posture: In order to make the rabbit look more natural, you can try different postures. For example, the rabbit can lie sideways, holding the mooncake in one hand, and the other hand can be placed on the body or on the leg. Mooncake texture: Mooncakes usually have some texture and patterns, and you can add these details to the surface of the mooncake to make the mooncake look more textured and realistic.

4. Color selection: Choosing a bright color to draw rabbits and mooncakes can make the picture more vivid and attractive. At the same time, you can use gradient colors between the rabbit and the mooncake to make the picture more layered. Add background details: You can add some background elements around the rabbit, such as leaves, flowers, stones, etc., to increase the interest and richness of the picture.

5. Pay attention to light and shadow: Light and shadow can increase the three-dimensionality and depth of the picture. You can try adding shadows and lights to the rabbit and mooncake to make the picture more layered and realistic.

The origin of moon cakes is as follows:

1. As early as the Yin and Zhou dynasties, there was a kind of "Taishi cake" with thin edges and thick heart in Jiangsu and Zhejiang to commemorate Taishi Wenzhong. This is the "ancestor" of Chinese mooncakes. When Zhang Qian of the Han Dynasty was on his mission to the Western Regions, he introduced sesame seeds and walnuts to add auxiliary ingredients to the production of moon cakes. At this time, round cakes filled with walnut kernels appeared, called "Hu cakes".

2. On a Mid-Autumn moonlit night in the early years of Tianbao in the Tang Dynasty, Tang Taizong and Yang Guifei were admiring the moon and eating Hu cakes under the bright moonlight. Tang Taizong disliked the unpleasant name of the Hu cakes. To please the emperor, he named it "moon cake".