According to legend, in ancient times in China, emperors had the ritual of sacrificing the sun in the spring and the moon in the fall. In folklore, every August Mid-Autumn Festival, there are also around the custom of worshiping or sacrificing the moon. "The moon is full on the fifteenth day of the eighth month, and the mooncake is fragrant and sweet on the mid-autumn festival," says the famous proverb, which describes the custom of eating mooncakes on the night of the mid-autumn festival in the city and the countryside. Mooncakes were initially used as offerings to the moon god, and then people gradually took the Mid-Autumn Moon Festival moonlight viewing and tasting mooncakes as a symbol of family reunion, and mooncakes slowly became a holiday gift. Mooncakes were originally used by the Tang Dynasty to celebrate the victory of the army. During the reign of Emperor Gaozu of the Tang Dynasty, General Li Jing was victorious in his conquest of the Xiongnu, and returned in triumph on August 15th. At that time, some Turpanese merchants offered mooncakes to the emperor of the Tang Dynasty to celebrate the victory. Li Yuan, the first emperor of the Tang Dynasty, took the gorgeous cake box, took out the cake, pointed to the bright moon in the sky with a smile and said: "I should invite the toad with the Hu cake". After saying this, he distributed the cakes to his ministers to eat together. Wu Zimu of the Southern Song Dynasty, "Dream Leung Records" book, there has been the word "mooncake", but on the Mid-Autumn Festival to taste the moon, eat mooncakes description, is the Ming Dynasty, "West Lake Excursion Zhi Hui" only recorded: "August 15 is called Mid-Autumn Festival, the folk to the mooncake each other, take the reunion of the meaning of the". To the Qing Dynasty, about the moon cake on the record more up, and the production is more and more fine. Mooncake development to today, more varieties, flavors vary from place to place. Among them, Beijing-style, Suzhou-style, Canton-style, Chao-style moon cakes are widely eaten by people in the north and south of China. Mooncake symbolizes reunion, is the Mid-Autumn Festival must eat. On the night of the festival, people also love to eat some watermelon, fruits and other fruits of reunion, praying for family life, sweet and peaceful. Mid-Autumn Festival to eat moon cakes, and the Dragon Boat Festival to eat dumplings, Lantern Festival to eat dumplings, as is the traditional customs of our country's folk. Throughout the ages, people have taken mooncakes as a symbol of good luck and reunion. Every Mid-Autumn Festival, the moon in the sky, the family reunion, tasting cakes and enjoying the moon, talk about heaven and earth, to enjoy the happiness of heaven and earth. Mooncake, also known as Hu cake, Palace cake, small cakes, moon ball, reunion cake, etc., is the ancient Mid-Autumn Festival offerings to worship the moon god, along the way, the formation of the Mid-Autumn Festival to eat mooncake custom Mooncake, in China has a long history. According to historical records, as early as in the Yin, Zhou period, Jiang, Zhejiang, there is a commemorative master Wenzhong's thin side of the heart of the thick "Master Cake", which is China's moon cake "ancestor". Han Dynasty, Zhang Qian's mission to the West, the introduction of sesame seeds, walnuts, moon cakes for the production of additional ingredients, then appeared in the walnut kernel as the filling of the round cake, called "Hu cake". Tang Dynasty, the folk have been engaged in the production of cake masters, the capital Chang'an also began to appear cake store. It is said that one Mid-Autumn Festival night, Tang Taizong and Yang Guifei enjoy the moon to eat Hu cake, Tang Taizong smacked "Hu cake" name is not good, Yang Guifei looked up at the bright moon, the heart surging, out of the mouth and "moon cake", and from then on "moon cake The name of "moon cake" will gradually spread in the folk. Northern Song Dynasty Royal Mid-Autumn Festival like to eat a "palace cake", folk commonly known as "small cakes", "moon ball". Su Dongpo's poem: "small cakes such as chewing the moon, there are crispy and Yi." Zhou Mi, a writer in the Song Dynasty, first mentioned the name "mooncake" in his account of Lin'an, the capital of the Southern Song Dynasty, in the Old Story of Wulin. In the Ming Dynasty, mooncakes were gradually popularized among the people during the Mid-Autumn Festival. At that time, the clever baker, the Chang'e moon mythological story as a food art pattern printed on the moon cake, so that the moon cake has become more popular with the people of the Mid-Autumn Festival of the necessary food. The Ming Dynasty Tian Rucheng "West Lake Excursions" said: "August 15 is called the Mid-Autumn Festival, the folk to the moon cake to send each other, take the meaning of reunion." Qing Dynasty, the production process of moon cakes has improved greatly, the variety is also increasing, for the moon moon cakes everywhere. Yuan Jinglan, a poet of the Qing Dynasty, wrote a long poem entitled "Mooncake Poem", which reads, "The light in the kitchen snatches the frost, and the steam kettle flows with liquid. The mooncake is kneaded with fine flour dust and dotted with rouge traces. Relatives feed each other, the festival is not tolerant of neglect ...... children sit in the reunion, the cups and plates scattered mess," and other lines, from the production of moon cakes, friends and relatives to give each other moon cakes to set up a family feast and enjoy the moon, the narrative is exhaustive. Mid-Autumn Festival night, the moon is bright, the ancients regarded the full moon as a symbol of reunion, therefore, also known as the 15th of August for the "reunion festival". Throughout history, people often use the "full moon, the moon" to describe the "sadness and happiness", living away from home, but also to the moon to send deep feelings. In the Tang Dynasty, poet Li Bai wrote, "Raise your head to look at the bright moon, and lower your head to think of your hometown", Du Fu wrote, "The dew is white from tonight, and the moon is bright in your hometown", and in the Song Dynasty, Wang Anshi wrote, "The spring breeze is greening the banks of the south of the Yangtze River again, and when will the bright moon shine on me again? "The Mid-Autumn Festival is an ancient festival, and moon worship is an important custom of the festival. Ancient emperors had the social system of sacrificing the sun in the spring and the moon in the fall, and the people also had the wind of sacrificing the moon in the Mid-Autumn Festival. Later on, appreciating the moon was more important than sacrificing the moon, and the serious sacrifices were turned into relaxing amusement. Mid-Autumn Moon Festival custom in the Tang Dynasty flourished, many poets in the famous poems of the moon, the Song Dynasty, the Ming Dynasty, the Qing Dynasty, the court and civil moon worship and moon worship activities on a larger scale. Many monuments of "moon worship altar", "moon worship pavilion" and "moon watch tower" remain in different parts of China. Beijing's "moon altar" is the Ming Jiajing years for the royal moon festival built. Whenever the moon rises in the Mid-Autumn Festival, set up a case in the open air, mooncakes, pomegranates, jujube and other fruits and vegetables for the table, after the moon worship, the whole family sat around the table, eating and talking, *** enjoy the moon. Now, the moon worship activities have been replaced by a large-scale, colorful mass moon worship activities. Eating moon cakes is another custom of the festival, moon cakes symbolize reunion. The production of mooncakes has become more and more elaborate since the Tang Dynasty. Su Dongpo wrote in a poem: "Small cakes are like chewing the moon, with crisps and syrups", and Yang Guangfu in the Qing Dynasty wrote: "Mooncakes are full of peach filling, and ice-cream is sweetened with cane sugar frosting". It seems that the moon cake and now has been quite similar.