is the answer true? "Killing Tartars on August 15th" is a legend of eating moon cakes in Mid-Autumn Festival, but it is not its real origin. For a similar example, eating zongzi on the Dragon Boat Festival, most of us think that this custom is related to paying homage to the patriotic poet Qu Yuan, but zongzi was originally a delicacy of the Cold Food Festival, and later it became a special delicacy of the Dragon Boat Festival, just like it had nothing to do with Qu Yuan, and killing Tartars had nothing to do with eating moon cakes.
I've also heard the story of killing Tartars on August 15th. It tells the story that at the end of the Yuan Dynasty, farmers persecuted by the Tartars sent letters through cakes and met on August 15th, picking up farm tools to get rid of the Tartars who used to bully themselves. Later, this pie gradually became a familiar moon cake. According to legend, this story is also related to Zhu Yuanzhang and strategist Liu Bowen. Because I am a literate man, I come from the hometown of Liu Ji (Liu Bowen), so I can't be unfamiliar with this story. When I was in primary school, we also had a collection of Liu Bowen stories, and I really took it as a story at that time. There is no need to believe all the legendary stories. Although the man with great ingenuity in that story is also very divorced from the legend, there is definitely a discrepancy between reality and legend.
This story turned out to be a folk story in Henan province, and it is a story of people bravely fighting against power. Later, it may be because the resistance to the ruler's power was in line with the wishes of the peasants in the feudal period, so this story spread more and more widely and became the origin of eating moon cakes in the Mid-Autumn Festival. The background of the story is the end of Yuan Dynasty and the beginning of Ming Dynasty, but the origin of moon cakes can be traced back to the Tang Dynasty, so it can be concluded that this is not the real origin of moon cakes.
second, the origin of moon cakes
in the existing literature, the word moon cakes was first included in Wu Zimu's "Meng Liang Lu" in the Southern Song Dynasty. It is said that the custom of eating moon cakes in the Mid-Autumn Festival began in the Tang Dynasty, and it was popular in the court in the Northern Song Dynasty, and then spread to the people. At that time, it was commonly known as "small cakes" and "moon groups", and it became a food custom of the whole people in the Ming Dynasty. After the moon cakes, they merged with the local food customs, and gradually developed into Guangdong, Beijing, Suzhou, Chaozhou and Yunnan styles, which were loved by people all over China.
From this information, we can know the following information.
Moon cakes probably began in the Tang Dynasty, and it took many years to find them than in the late Yuan and early Ming Dynasties.
It was popular in the court in the Northern Song Dynasty. Even if it originated in the Song Dynasty, it was earlier than the legend of killing Tartars on August 15th.
Mooncakes became a national delicacy in the Ming Dynasty, which is perhaps the reason why this legend spread most widely. Don't forget that Zhu Yuanzhang, the protagonist of this story, is the emperor of this dynasty.
in ancient times, our people had a tradition of worshipping the moon god. The Mid-Autumn Festival comes from the "Moon Worship Festival" handed down from ancient times. It is said that Yue Bai, a young girl, can pray for Chang 'e to bless herself, with a bright face and beautiful flowers.
Third, personal feelings
2122 is a very special year, and the Mid-Autumn Festival and Teacher's Day collide. Of course, it doesn't matter. The Mid-Autumn Festival is coming. You can see all kinds of moon cakes on all kinds of shopping software. No matter what the origin of moon cakes is, the Mid-Autumn Festival and moon cakes are already bound, and it will be a bit strange not to eat moon cakes in the Mid-Autumn Festival. The moon cakes of 499.99 have also been in the news, not because they are expensive, but because of the price. It is said that the control of mooncakes above 511 is much stricter, so the price of high-priced mooncakes has been changed to 499, but some mooncakes have to pay more than 611 yuan for freight, although they only cost 499.
The original meaning of moon cakes is the same as its shape. The round shape of moon cakes reminds people of reunion. "People have joys and sorrows, and the moon is full of rain and shine," but on the Mid-Autumn Festival, the moon is full and people are reunited. Moon cakes are still to be eaten, and finally I hope this traditional thing will not change its taste.