The steps of making moon cakes with plasticine are as follows:

1. First, take out the white plasticine, knead it into balls and flatten it into cakes.

2. Cut the pattern along the edge of the cake with a knife.

3. Rub a slender strip with black plasticine, bend it into a rectangle and put it in the middle of the moon cake.

4. Take some black plasticine, rub it into long strips, roll it into a spiral shape and stick it on the edge of a rectangle.

5. Make a small rectangular piece and put it in the middle of the moon cake.

6. Carve the words "Mid-Autumn Festival", and that's it.

moon cakes, also known as moon cakes, harvest cakes and reunion cakes, are one of the traditional Han delicacies in China. Moon cakes were originally used as offerings to worship the moon god. Offering sacrifices to the moon is a very old custom in China, and it is actually a worship activity of the ancients to the "Moon God".

Eating moon cakes and enjoying the moon during the Mid-Autumn Festival is an indispensable custom in all 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. Mooncakes are integrated with local food customs, and they have developed Cantonese, Jin, Beijing, Su, Chao and Dian styles, which are loved by people all over China.

Mid-Autumn Festival originated in China 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 comes from the traditional "Moon Festival". At first, the "Moon Festival" was set on the day of "Autumn Equinox", and later it was adjusted to August 15th of the lunar calendar.