The Mid-Autumn Festival originated in ancient times, popularized in the Han Dynasty, shaped in the early years of the Tang Dynasty, and prevailed after the Song Dynasty. The Mid-Autumn Festival is a relic of the worship of celestial phenomena in ancient times-the custom of respecting the moon. At the autumnal equinox, it is an ancient "Moon Festival". The Mid-Autumn Festival comes from the traditional "Moon Festival".

offering sacrifices to the moon is a very old custom in our country. In fact, it is a kind of worship activity of ancient people in some places in ancient China. Moon cakes are the offerings to worship the moon god in the ancient Mid-Autumn Festival. Since they were handed down, the custom of eating moon cakes has been formed. In ancient times, every Mid-Autumn Festival, people would put round fruits and vegetables symbolizing bumper harvest on the incense table, bow down to the moon and pray for family safety and good luck.

In ancient times, girls wanted Yue Bai to pray that Chang 'e, an immortal living in the Moon Palace, could bless herself, with a bright face and beautiful flowers. Moon cakes have a long history in China. According to historical records, as early as the Yin and Zhou Dynasties, there was a kind of "Taishi cake" in memory of Taishi Wen Zhong, which was said to be the "ancestor" of China moon cakes.

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moon cakes (pinyin: yuè bǐng), also known as moon cakes, small cakes, harvest cakes, reunion cakes, etc., are seasonal foods of the Mid-Autumn Festival. Moon cakes were originally used as offerings to worship the moon god. Sacrificing the moon is a very old custom in our country, and it is actually a worship activity of the ancients to the "Moon God".

Up to now, Mid-Autumn Festival, eating moon cakes and enjoying the moon are the necessary customs for celebrating Mid-Autumn Festival in 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. ?

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.

Moon cakes have been integrated with local food customs, and developed into Cantonese, Jin, Beijing, Soviet, Chaozhou and Yunnan moon cakes, which are loved by people all over China. On December 1, 217, the Standard for English Translation and Writing in Public Service Field was officially implemented, stipulating that the standard English name of moon cakes is Moon Cake.

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