1, Zhujie cake
It is said that in the early years of the Tang Dynasty, because there were often rebellions in the north, Tang Gaozu Tang gaozu sent a general to put down the rebellion. The general's name was Li Jing, who successfully put down the rebellion in the north and returned triumphantly.
Tang Gaozu tang gaozu was very happy. At the same time, Turpan people also sent Zhu Jie cakes, which are round, that is, the moon cakes we are eating now. That day happens to be the 15th day of August in the lunar calendar.
2, light cake commemoration
When Qi Jiguang, a famous Ming Dynasty soldier, led his troops to fight against the invading enemy in coastal areas, he took the dry food of sugar cakes. Because he won the battle on August 15th, he commemorated the victory with sugar cakes, which were called "light cakes", and later people called them "moon cakes".
3. Mid-Autumn Uprising
At the end of the Yuan Dynasty, Zhu Yuanzhang joined forces with local resistance forces to prepare for an uprising. Liu Bowen, a military adviser, came up with a clever plan. He took advantage of the opportunity of giving each other wheat cakes during the Mid-Autumn Festival, and put a note in the wheat cakes to convey the information of the uprising. He agreed to hold an uprising at the same time on the evening of August 15th.
Later, when the uprising was successful, Zhu Yuanzhang handed down an edict. Every year on the Mid-Autumn Festival, he gave the "moon cakes" that conveyed information that year as holiday cakes to his ministers. Since then, the custom of eating moon cakes on Mid-Autumn Festival has been handed down.
4. Yang Guifei eats moon cakes
It is said that one year in the Mid-Autumn Festival, when Tang Xuanzong and Yang Guifei enjoyed the moon and ate Hu Bing, Tang Xuanzong thought the name of Hu Bing was not nice. Yang Guifei looked up at the bright moon and felt a surge of emotion, and casually came up with "moon cake". Since then, the name of "moon cake" has gradually spread among the people.
5, Taishi cake
According to historical records, as early as the Yin and Zhou Dynasties, there was a kind of "Taishi cake" in Jiangsu and Zhejiang provinces to commemorate Taishi Wen Zhong, which was the "ancestor" of moon cakes in China. When Zhang Sai was sent to the Western Regions in the Han Dynasty, sesame seeds and walnuts were introduced, which added auxiliary materials to the production of moon cakes. At this time, a round cake filled with walnuts appeared, named "Hu cake".
6. Sacrifice the moon
Sacrificing the moon is a very old custom in China. Moon cakes are offerings to worship the moon god in the ancient Mid-Autumn Festival, and they are also food in the Mid-Autumn Festival. In ancient times, the moon was sacrificed every mid-autumn night. Set up a big incense table and place sacrifices such as moon cakes and fruits.