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What are the Mid-Autumn Festival specialties?

1. Eating mooncakes

"Luozhong Jiwen" records that Emperor Xizong of the Tang Dynasty ate mooncakes during the Mid-Autumn Festival and found them delicious, so he ordered the imperial kitchen to wrap the mooncakes with red silk and give them to Xinke Scholars. This may be the earliest record of moon cakes that we can see. By the Song Dynasty, mooncakes had elegant names such as "Lotus Leaf", "Golden Flower", and "Hibiscus", and their production methods became more refined. The poet Su Dongpo praised it in a poem: "Small cakes are like chewing the moon, with crispy and sweet cakes in them." The shortcake is pastry, and the sweet cake is sugar. You can imagine its sweet, crispy and fragrant taste.

2. Glutinous rice glutinous rice cake

This kind of delicacy is more common in the south. This is a kind of delicacy made from glutinous rice. The glutinous rice is first ground into powder and then rolled into small rounds. The ball will have some lotus paste filling inside. It looks round and has a good meaning of being round and round. It has a soft and waxy texture and a unique flavor, but it is a bit sticky to the teeth.

3. Lotus root box

This is Yangzi’s favorite thing. It is a kind of fried food, similar to the leek box. The lotus root box has a charming aroma and a very crispy texture. It's crispy and will draw string when you take a bite. Of course, when making this lotus root box, you have to choose the kind of crispy lotus root that is better. The taste of pink lotus root is not that good. The lotus root box also has the connotation of "beautiful reunion", and it is one of the delicacies that can rival the Mid-Autumn mooncakes!

4. Reunion steamed buns

When you hear the word steamed buns, everyone should be able to guess that steamed buns are from the Northeast. Yes, they are the characteristics of Shaanxi. Although it is a kind of steamed bun, its structure is a bit special and comes in various shapes. Shaanxi locals used to make this kind of reunion steamed bun to celebrate the Mid-Autumn Festival.

5. Shandong Maijian

Shandong people love to eat noodles, so during the Mid-Autumn Festival, delicacies made with noodles are naturally indispensable. Shandong Maijian is the local Mid-Autumn Festival. It is an indispensable delicacy during the season. It uses flour pancakes, which are then fried and then wrapped with a layer of fillings. They are rolled into a tube shape, long, and very filling. It tastes very filling and refreshing.