Moon cakes, also known as moon cakes, cookies, harvest cakes and reunion cakes, are one of the traditional delicacies of Han nationality in China. Moon cakes were originally used as offerings to worship the moon god.
Sacrificing the moon is a very old custom in China, and it is actually a worship activity of the ancients to the "Moon God". Today, eating moon cakes and enjoying the moon in Mid-Autumn Festival is an indispensable custom in all parts of China. Mooncakes symbolize a happy reunion. People regard them as holiday food, 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 Liang Lumeng written by Wu in the Southern Song Dynasty. The combination of moon cakes and local food customs has developed Cantonese cuisine, Jin cuisine, Beijing cuisine, Jiangsu cuisine, Chaozhou cuisine and Yunnan cuisine, which are deeply loved by people all over the country.
Most moon cakes are stored at room temperature and ready to eat. For example, moon cakes with ice cream need to be taken out of the refrigerator to thaw for a period of time, which tastes better.
Wuren moon cake: soybean milk.
Cut Wuren moon cake into cubes, and put it into the beater together with soybeans when beating soybean milk. This kind of moon cake soybean milk increases the sweetness of soybean milk without adding sugar, and the aroma of nuts makes this soybean milk more delicious. At the same time, nuts such as walnuts and melon seeds in Wuren moon cakes have higher nutritional value with soybean milk.
The above content comes from Baidu Encyclopedia-Mooncakes.