One of them is that moon cakes originated from sticky rice cakes in the Yangtze River valley in Qin and Han Dynasties, which were called Ciba. They took shape in Sui and Tang Dynasties and flourished in Song Dynasty.

The second statement: Moon cakes first appeared in the Southern Song Dynasty, but there was no necessary connection between them and the Mid-Autumn Festival at that time. They just appeared in the food market as steamed food.

the third statement: mid-autumn moon cakes appeared in the Ming dynasty. At that time, there was a kind of moon cakes made of fruit stuffing in Beijing. Since then, people have started to make moon cakes themselves on the Mid-Autumn Festival on August 15th, to eat them at home or to give them to relatives and friends to express their reunion and congratulations.

Fourthly, the moon cakes originally originated from the food of Zhu Jie, an army in the Tang Dynasty. During Tang Gaozu's reign, General Li Jing conquered the Huns and returned home in triumph on August 15th. At that time, Turpan people who were doing business presented cakes to the emperor of the Tang Dynasty. Gao Zu Li Yuan took the gorgeous cake box, took out the round cakes, smiled at the bright moon in the sky and said, "We should invite toads with Hu cakes.". After that, share the cake with the ministers.