2. Gratitude: The Mid-Autumn Festival is a time of gratitude. Mooncakes symbolize people's gratitude for a bumper harvest and a happy life, as well as their care and blessings for their relatives and friends.
3. Sacrifice to the Moon: Moon cakes are also used to worship the moon and ancestors in the Mid-Autumn Festival. In ancient times, people believed that the moon was a symbol of perfection, peace and happiness, and eating moon cakes was a symbol of respect and blessing.
4. Traditional culture: Moon cakes are one of the traditional foods of Mid-Autumn Festival, which represents the essence and continuation of Chinese traditional culture. Through the sharing and tasting of traditional foods, people can better understand and inherit traditional values.