Moisturizing pie Osmanthus rice wine is fragrant. Shanghainese like to drink osmanthus honey wine with their Mid-Autumn Festival banquet.

Because they believe that sweet-scented osmanthus is a symbol of wealth, good fortune, and prosperity for children and grandchildren. Drinking sweet-scented osmanthus honey wine during the Mid-Autumn Festival means celebrating the sweetness of the family and getting together happily.

According to historical records, Qu Yuan, a poet during the Warring States Period more than 2,300 years ago, once wrote beautiful sentences about osmanthus: "Osmanthus wine is served with pepper pulp" and "Pei Wu rides on an osmanthus boat."

In fact, there was a folk tradition of brewing osmanthus wine 500 years ago, and drinking osmanthus wine during the Mid-Autumn Festival, which represents the meaning of reunion, has also become a tradition.

Osmanthus honey wine is naturally light yellow in color, fresh and mellow in quality, sweet and refreshing, and has a unique natural aroma. It is a top quality food companion.

Moreover, drinking it in moderation for a long time has the functions of nourishing, conditioning, nourishing, and maintaining health.

Jinling's famous dish Osmanthus Duck. The fragrance of Osmanthus Duck lingers for thousands of years. Jinling's famous dish Osmanthus Duck is a must-eat Mid-Autumn Festival dish for Nanjing people.

Also known as salted duck, it is a famous specialty of Nanjing. It has a long-standing reputation and is said to have been fragrant for more than 2,500 years.

It has become a secular etiquette in Nanjing to go to the street to buy a bowl of salted duck during festivals or when guests come to your home on weekdays.

In August, the sweet-scented osmanthus is fragrant. At this time, the sweet-scented osmanthus duck soup made with sweet-scented osmanthus not only has the elegant aroma of the sweet-scented osmanthus, but also has the mellow and delicious duck meat. It is moderately salty and can whiten the skin, nourish and moisturize the stomach.

The effect of promoting body fluids.

In addition, during the Mid-Autumn Festival, it is delicious to eat sweet-scented osmanthus duck, a small sugar taro, and pour osmanthus syrup after drinking.

Guijiang, also known as sugar osmanthus, is picked around the Mid-Autumn Festival and pickled with sugar and sour plums.

According to legend, the name Guangxi Pulp was taken from Qu Yuan's "Songs of the Chu - Shao Siming" "Help the North to drink Guangxi Pulp when it is closed".

Water shield and seabass are served on the table Hangzhou's water shield and seabass stew is a dish served at the Mid-Autumn Festival family banquet. The water shield and seabass during the Mid-Autumn Festival are delicious and fascinating.

Water shield is a vegetable soup served at Mid-Autumn Festival and in August. Its roots, stems and leaves are green and fragrant, fresh and delicious, and rich in nutrients. Water shield can be picked in both spring and autumn, and it is better to have more water shield in autumn.

In the Jin Dynasty, Zhang Han borrowed the words "water shield and sea bass" from homesickness, and the historical fact that he abandoned his official position and returned to his hometown made water shield a symbol of homesickness.

At that time, Zhang Han was an official in Luoyang. When he saw the autumn wind blowing, he couldn't help but long for the "wild vegetables, water shield soup and seabass noodles" in his hometown. He said: "The most important thing in life is to succeed in one's ambitions. How can one manage thousands of miles in order to become famous?"

Resigned and returned home.

Since then, water shield has become a symbol of homesickness for wanderers.

From ancient times to the present, the delicious taste of water shield has fascinated many wandering scholars.

The great writer Bai Juyi also wrote, "There are still sea bass and water shields blooming, and I might want to live in Jiangdong in the coming spring."

During the Wanli period of the Ming Dynasty, water shield and seabass stew was listed as a tribute and presented to the court.

Flavor Pie Smoked Duck from Sichuan In western Sichuan, smoked duck is a must-have for the Mid-Autumn Festival, and is most suitable for making in autumn, because the duck has grown up during the Mid-Autumn Festival and is fat and thin.

Clean the duck and smoke it with straw until it turns brown. After taking it out of the oven, make it with brine, add spices, salt, sugar, etc. to cook it into a smoked duck with golden red color, tender meat and rich smoke aroma.

During the Mid-Autumn Festival, Sichuan people not only eat smoked duck, but also have the habit of eating sesame cakes and honey cakes.

Sesame cake is an authentic Sichuan snack with a long history.

In addition to the characteristics of the sesame cakes such as thin skin, rich core, and fragrant aromatics, salt-and-pepper sesame cakes also include Sichuan peppercorns and salt in the ingredients, giving them a special flavor of pure sweetness, slight numbness, and slightly salty flavor.

It is said that at the end of the Yuan Dynasty, when Zhu Yuanzhang launched an army to rebel against the Yuan Dynasty, Zhang Desheng from Hefei was appointed as a vanguard by Zhu Yuanzhang. In order to prepare dry food, he specially made a large "money cake" called sesame cake. He used it to pay the navy army, which greatly boosted the morale of the Yuan army and defeated the Yuan army.

After Zhu Yuanzhang heard the news, he called it "Victory Cake".

The multi-flavored moon of Southern Guangdong Southern Guangdong is known as the hometown of gourmet food. Mooncakes and pastries with sweet, salty, meat, and other flavors are a fusion of Lao Guang’s dietary wisdom.

Not only that, taro puree and melon pulp made from pomelo, persimmon, star fruit, pineapple, pomegranate, olive, banana, taro and pumpkin are also delicacies of Laoguang during the Mid-Autumn Festival.

This is closely related to the cultural connotation, geographical climate and agricultural production of the Mid-Autumn Festival in southern Guangdong.

Among them, there is a proverb about eating taro in the Mid-Autumn Festival and worshiping ancestors with taro, "The river and the stream are opposite each other, and the taro children are afraid of eating." The Milky Way is called Hexi by Chaoshan people.

In 1279 AD, the Mongolian nobles destroyed the Southern Song Dynasty and established the Yuan Dynasty. They ruled cruelly against the Han people and the people were massacred.

In order not to forget the suffering of the Hu people's rule, later generations used taro, which is homophonic with "Hu people", to pay homage to their ancestors. This has been passed down from generation to generation and still exists today.