Sugar cakes imply that life is as sweet as honey.

The reason why sugar cakes are eaten on August 15th is because in modern China, people's living standards are poor. During the Mid-Autumn Festival, some poor people cannot afford moon cakes, so they can only use sugar cakes instead of moon cakes. Over time, eating sugar cakes during the Mid-Autumn Festival has gradually become a unique custom in some places.

Before and after the Mid-Autumn Festival, it is the busy autumn harvest season. In order to replenish the body, people will eat some nourishing food. Sugar cakes are high in calories and sweet in taste, and have become a very favorite delicacy of the poor. In addition, in northern my country, people will start to "put on autumn fat" around the Mid-Autumn Festival to comfort themselves from the cold winter.

How to eat sugar cookies:

In fact, it is very particular. The sugar cake should be eaten while it is hot, but you should not break it open directly to prevent the sugar from getting all over your body. Instead, you should take small bites along the sugar cake, then uncover the upper and lower layers and eat them separately. In Tang Li's memory, on the day of the Mid-Autumn Festival, the sugar cakes could not be started immediately after they were made. They had to wait for her father to "respect the moon" before starting.

Before the Mid-Autumn Festival dinner, the father would set up a table in the yard, bring out the baked sugar cakes and fruits, and light an incense stick towards the full moon. After the incense burned out, the children They will rush forward, grab the sugar cookies and stuff them into their mouths.