1. Prepare the workbench and ensure that the surface is clean and tidy.
2. Take out colored clay and divide it into small pieces to make different kinds of moon cakes.
3. Round a piece of clay, then flatten it with a palm or a rolling pin to make it round or flat, so as to simulate the shape of moon cakes.
If you want to make traditional moon cakes, you can use the moon cake mold to press the clay out of the moon cake pattern. If there is no mold, you can carve patterns or patterns on clay with a knife or scissors.
If you want to color the moon cakes, you can use acrylic pigments and brushes to color the clay. When the colored mud is dry, use other colored mud as the filling part of the moon cake, such as red bean paste or lotus seed paste.
6. Wrap the stuffing clay on the clay outside the moon cake to ensure the full combination of the two.
7. Dry the prepared clay moon cakes in a ventilated place. The time depends on the thickness of clay, and usually takes several hours to a day.
8. After completely drying, protective varnish can be applied as required to increase luster and prevent clay from cracking.
What is a moon cake?
Moon cakes, also known as moon cakes, harvest cakes and reunion cakes, are one of the traditional delicacies of Han nationality in China. Moon cakes were originally used as sacrifices to worship the moon god. Because moon cakes are also round and shared by families, the implication that moon cakes represent family reunion has gradually formed.
Offering sacrifices to the moon is a very old custom in China, which is actually the worship of the "Moon God" by the ancients. Eating moon cakes and enjoying the moon in Mid-Autumn Festival is an indispensable custom in northern and southern China. Mooncakes symbolize a happy reunion. People regard them as holiday food, and use them to come to Yue Bai 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" first appeared in Liang Lumeng written by Wu, a poet in the Southern Song Dynasty. Moon cakes are combined with local food customs, forming styles such as Guangdong, Shanxi, Beijing, Jiangsu, Chaozhou and Yunnan, which are deeply loved by people all over the country.