Ancient moon cakes were eaten as sacrifices in the Mid-Autumn Festival. It is said that the custom of eating moon cakes in Mid-Autumn Festival began in the Tang Dynasty. It was popular in the court in the Northern Song Dynasty and later spread to the people. At that time, it was commonly known as "small cake" and "moon group". In the Ming Dynasty, it became a common dietary custom of the whole people.

Moon cakes are integrated with local food customs, and they have developed into Cantonese, Beijing, Suzhou, Chaozhou and Yunnan mooncakes, which are loved by people all over China.

During the Northern Song Dynasty, it was popular in the court, but it also spread to the people. At that time, it was commonly known as "Xiao Bing" and "Yue Tuan". Later, it evolved into a circle, symbolizing a beautiful reunion, reflecting people's good wishes for family reunion, and also deeply missing relatives and friends. The royal Mid-Autumn Festival in the Northern Song Dynasty likes to eat a kind of "palace cake", which is commonly known as "small cake" and "moon group".

In the Qing Dynasty, eating moon cakes in the Mid-Autumn Festival has become a common custom, and the production skills are getting higher and higher. Yuan Mei, a Qing dynasty, introduced in Suiyuan Food List: "Crispy moon cakes are filled with pine nuts, walnuts, melon seeds, rock sugar and lard, which are not sweet, fragrant, soft and greasy, which is unusual."

The mooncakes in Beijing are first made by Qianmen Zhimeizhai. Throughout the country, five flavor series of Beijing, Tianjin, Jiangsu, Guangzhou and Chaozhou have been formed, and many local folk customs have also emerged around the Mid-Autumn Festival in Yue Bai and enjoying the moon.

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Main precautions for eating moon cakes:

1. Moon cakes are rich in oil and sugar, and those filled with duck egg yolk are high in cholesterol. Generally speaking, they are high-calorie foods, so diabetics and obese people should not eat more.

2. Patients with cholecystitis and cholelithiasis should not eat more moon cakes, which may even cause illness. Eating too much moon cakes may cause acute pancreatitis, which is acute and a few patients with acute diseases can die in a short time.

3. Patients with hypertension, hyperlipidemia and coronary heart disease should never eat more moon cakes. Because the sugar and oil in moon cakes can increase blood consistency, aggravate the degree of cardiac ischemia, and even induce myocardial infarction.

4. Patients with nephritis should avoid salty food, while some moon cakes contain a lot of salt, so they often feel thirsty after eating, easy to drink too much water, aggravate the burden on the kidneys, aggravate renal hypertension and easily appear edema.

5. Infants and young children can't bear a large number of foods with high sugar and fat because of the underdeveloped digestive system. Pay attention to control and don't eat too much.

6, due to poor digestion and absorption ability, eating more may increase the burden on the spleen and stomach, causing indigestion, diarrhea and other diseases.

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