First of all, moon cakes, also known as moon cakes, harvest cakes and reunion cakes, are one of the traditional Han cuisines in China. [1] Moon cakes were originally used as offerings to worship the moon god.
Offering sacrifices to the moon is a very old custom in China, and it is actually a worship activity of the ancients to the "Moon God". Eating moon cakes and enjoying the moon in the Mid-Autumn Festival is an indispensable custom in the northern and southern parts of China. Moon cakes symbolize a happy reunion. People regard them as holiday food, and use them to worship the moon and give them to relatives and friends. [2][3]
As an offering to worship the moon god, moon cakes have a long history. The word moon cake was first included in Wu Zimu's "Dream of Liang Lu" in the Southern Song Dynasty.
Mooncakes are integrated with local food customs, and they have developed Cantonese, Jin, Beijing, Su, Chao and Dian styles, which are loved by people all over China.
Chinese name
mooncake
foreign name
Moon Cake
another name
Reunion cakes, cookies, moon cakes
Main raw materials
Flour, eggs, sugar, food additives, various fillings, additives
Main nutritional components
Protein, unsaturated fatty acids, vitamin E, energy.
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Sacrificing the moon is a very old custom in China. Moon cakes are offerings to worship the moon god in 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. Under the moon, put the moon statue in the direction of the moon, and the red candle burns high. The whole family worships the moon in turn, and then the housewife cuts up the reunion moon cake.
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As an offering to worship the moon god, moon cakes have a long history. The word "moon cake" was first included in Wu Zimu's "Dream of Liang Lu" in the Southern Song Dynasty. Watching the moon and eating moon cakes are the necessary customs for Mid-Autumn Festival in all parts of China. As the saying goes, "August 15th is full, and the moon cakes are sweet and fragrant". [3]
Dietary customs of the Mid-Autumn Festival on the 15th day of August in the Han lunar calendar. Su Dongpo, a great poet in the Song Dynasty, praised moon cakes with a poem, "Little cakes are like chewing the moon, and there are crisps and fillings in them", from which we can see that the moon cakes in the Song Dynasty have been filled with ghee and sugar.
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In the Ming Dynasty, the custom of eating moon cakes on Mid-Autumn Festival became more common. Ming and Shen Bang's Miscellaneous Notes of Wan Department contained: "The furniture of ordinary people is a kind of moon-made bread, which varies in size and is called moon cake." "Deliberation in Records" said: "In August, begonia and Hosta flowers were enjoyed in the palace. From the first day of the first lunar month, there are mooncake sellers, and on the 15th, every family offers mooncakes, melons and fruits. If there are any moon cakes left, they should be collected in a dry and cool place and used separately at the end of the year, which is called reunion cake. "
After Yuan and Ming dynasties, the custom of eating and giving mooncakes in Mid-Autumn Festival became increasingly popular, and mooncakes had the symbolic meaning of "reunion". From Qing Dynasty to modern times, mooncakes have made new progress in quality and variety. Different raw materials, preparation methods and shapes make moon cakes more colorful, forming Beijing-style, Soviet-style and Guangdong-style varieties with their own characteristics. Moon cakes are not only unique holiday foods, but also exquisite cakes that are always available in the four seasons, which are very popular among people.
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The word moon cake was first seen in Wu Zimu's Dream of Liang Lu in the Southern Song Dynasty, when it was only a snack food. Later, people gradually associate enjoying the full moon together with the mooncakes, symbolizing family reunion and carrying their thoughts. At the same time, moon cakes are also important gifts for friends to contact their feelings during the Mid-Autumn Festival. At that time, moon cakes were rhombic, coexisting with chrysanthemum cakes, plum cakes and five-kernel cakes, and they were "available at all times, so you can call them whenever you want, and don't miss your customers". It can be seen that the moon cakes at this time are not only eaten in the Mid-Autumn Festival. As for the origin of the term moon cake, there is no way to verify it. However, Su Dongpo, a famous scholar in the Northern Song Dynasty, left a poem that "a small cake is like chewing the moon, with crispness and satiety in it".
I like eating Wuren moon cakes best. Personally, I like this kind of moon cakes very much. I hope it will help you and hope to adopt it.