Filled round snacks, a seasonal food during the Chinese Mid-Autumn Festival (August 15th in the lunar calendar).

1. Mooncakes are a symbol of the Chinese nation.

?2. Mooncakes are Chinese delicacies.

?3. Moon cakes are cultural foods.

?4. Mooncakes express family affection, love and nostalgia.

?5. Mooncakes are a bridge of friendship.

?6. Mooncakes are a symbol of "team spirit".

?7. Moon cakes are a symbol of "success and harvest".

?8. Mooncakes symbolize the Chinese nation’s love for peace and life.

?9. Moon cakes symbolize standing tall and seeing far.

?10. Moon cakes can help people remember history and remember their ancestors.

Mooncakes are one of the most famous traditional Chinese pastries and are a customary food during the Mid-Autumn Festival.

Moon cakes are round and round, and are eaten by the whole family, symbolizing reunion and harmony.

In ancient times, mooncakes were eaten as sacrifices during the Mid-Autumn Festival.

It is said that the custom of eating mooncakes during the Mid-Autumn Festival began in the Tang Dynasty.

It was popular in the court during the Northern Song Dynasty, and later spread to the people. At that time, it was commonly known as "small cakes" and "moon balls".

By the Ming Dynasty, it had become a common dietary custom for all people.

Mooncakes are integrated with the dietary customs of various places, and have developed into Cantonese-style, Beijing-style, Soviet-style, Chaozhou-style, Yunnan-style mooncakes, etc., which are loved by people from all over the north and south of China.

Food customs during the Mid-Autumn Festival on the 15th day of the eighth month of the Chinese lunar calendar.

Su Dongpo, a great poet of the Song Dynasty, praised moon cakes in a poem: "Small cakes are like chewing the moon, with crispy and sweet fillings in them." From this, we can see that moon cakes in the Song Dynasty were filled with butter and sugar.

In the Yuan Dynasty, it is said that people took advantage of the opportunity of giving mooncakes as gifts and put notes in the mooncakes, agreeing to act simultaneously on August 15th to kill and drive away the Mongolian "Tatars".

By the Ming Dynasty, the custom of eating mooncakes during the Mid-Autumn Festival became more common.

"Miscellaneous Notes of Wanshu" written by Shen Bang of the Ming Dynasty recorded: "The furniture of the common people and the common people were made of mooncakes made of mooncakes, ranging in size, and they were called mooncakes." "Zhuizhongzhi" said: "In August, begonias and hostas were appreciated in the palace.

Flowers. From the first day of the Lunar New Year, there are moon cake sellers. On the fifteenth day, every family offers moon cakes and fruits. If there are any leftover moon cakes, they are collected in a dry and cool place and distributed at the end of the year. They are called reunion cakes.

"After the Yuan and Ming dynasties, the custom of eating mooncakes and giving mooncakes as gifts during the Mid-Autumn Festival became increasingly popular, and mooncakes had the symbolic meaning of "reunion".

From the Qing Dynasty to modern times, mooncakes have experienced new developments in quality and variety.

Differences in raw materials, preparation methods, shapes, etc. make mooncakes more colorful, forming distinctive varieties such as Beijing style, Soviet style, and Cantonese style.

Mooncakes are not only a unique holiday food, but also become a popular pastry for all seasons.

The word mooncake was first seen in Wu Zimu's "Meng Liang Lu" in the Southern Song Dynasty. At that time, mooncakes were rhombus-shaped and existed at the same time as chrysanthemum cakes, plum blossom cakes, five-nut cakes, etc., and they were "available in all four seasons.

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It can be seen that mooncakes at this time are not only eaten during the Mid-Autumn Festival.

As for the origin of the term mooncake, there is no way to verify it.

However, Su Dongpo, a famous scholar in the Northern Song Dynasty, left a poem that said, "Small cakes are like chewing the moon, with crisp and glutinous rice in them." Perhaps this is the origin of the name of moon cakes and the basis for the making of moon cakes.

There are a lot of records about moon cakes since the Ming Dynasty. The moon cakes at this time were already round and were only eaten during the Mid-Autumn Festival. They were the main offerings during the Mid-Autumn Festival that became popular among the people from the Ming Dynasty onwards.

"A Brief Introduction to the Scenery of the Imperial Capital" says: "If you offer sacrifices to the moon on August 15th, the fruit cakes must be round." "If a household sets the moonlight in the direction of the moon, and worships towards the moon, the moonlight paper will be burned, the offerings will be removed, and the family will disperse.

Must be. Moon cakes and fruits are given to relatives, and the cakes are two feet in diameter. Moon cakes symbolize reunion, and it should be seen from the Ming Dynasty's information about moon cakes and Mid-Autumn Festival folk customs.

The historical trajectory of moon cakes meaning reunion: after the Mid-Autumn Festival, the whole family sat around and shared moon cakes and fruits (moon sacrifice offerings). Because the moon cakes are also round, and they are eaten by the whole family, moon cakes gradually formed.

It represents the meaning of family reunion. According to folklore, Cixi likes to eat mooncakes very much. However, because the words "mooncake" and "mooncake" sound similar, Cixi thought it was indecent, so she changed the name to "Mooncake".

During Cixi's reign, there were three big days: August 14th was "Welcome the Moon" and August 16th was "Send Moon". These three days were the Mid-Autumn Festival.