Moon cake, 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, for the production of moon cakes added accessories, then appeared in the walnut kernel as the filling of the round cake, called "Hu cake". Mooncake production from the Tang Dynasty later more and more sophisticated, folk engaged in the production of cake masters, the capital Chang'an also began to appear cake store. Su Dongpo wrote a poem: "small cakes such as chewing the moon, there are crispy and syrup". In the Ming Dynasty, mooncakes were gradually spread among the people during the Mid-Autumn Festival. At that time, the dexterity of the 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

People favored the Mid-Autumn Festival of the necessary food. During the Qing Dynasty, the production process of mooncakes has been greatly improved, and the variety is increasing, for the moon mooncakes everywhere. Yang Guangfu of the Qing Dynasty wrote: "mooncakes full of peach filling, ice cream sweet laying cane sugar frosting". It seems that the moon cake and now has been quite similar.