Crabs are popular in Mid-Autumn Festival every year, because crabs are the fattest and the most fleshy during this period. The Mid-Autumn Festival is not only accompanied by singing and dancing, but also fragrant osmanthus, bright moon and intoxicating wine. It is a day of universal celebration and joy. Mid-Autumn Festival, as a kind of sacrificial day, the worship of celestial phenomena has gradually developed into a lively gathering to celebrate the harvest of crops.

Where is the tradition of eating crabs in the Mid-Autumn Festival?

There are many traditional cuisines in China. In the Mid-Autumn Festival, crabs are fat and delicious, and we eat crabs in many ways, such as steaming, boiling, frying and frying. Every autumn, crabs are fat and creamy, and they are also popular at Mid-Autumn Festival banquets. After being steamed, crabs are supplemented with wine and vinegar, which is not only delicious, but also has high nutritional value, and has basically become a fixed dish at Mid-Autumn Festival banquets. Therefore, it can be seen that eating crabs in the Mid-Autumn Festival is a traditional custom in China, not because crabs are traditional food in the Mid-Autumn Festival, but because August happens to be the most fertile time for crabs, so crabs have finally become a delicious food.

The story of the Mid-Autumn Festival

The Mid-Autumn Festival originated in ancient times, when emperors offered sacrifices. In ancient times, people had the custom of worshipping the moon and the sun, so it can be said that the Mid-Autumn Festival is a representative festival. The word Mid-Autumn Festival was first seen in Zhou Li, and The Book of Rites and the Moon Order said: "The Mid-Autumn Moon nurtures aging and follows a porridge diet. "The Book of Rites records:" The son of heaven celebrates the sunrise in spring and the moon in autumn ",and the moon in the evening is a sacrifice to the moon, which shows that as early as the Spring and Autumn Period, emperors began to offer sacrifices to the moon and Yue Bai. Later, aristocratic officials and scholars followed suit and gradually spread to the people. In fact, the origin of Mid-Autumn Festival is closely related to agriculture, and the word autumn explains the maturity of crops, which represents the maturity of various crops, fruits and vegetables during this period and ushered in the harvest season.

Mid-Autumn Festival food

When it comes to Mid-Autumn Festival, besides enjoying the moon and drinking sweet-scented osmanthus, there are all kinds of foods. Sweet-scented osmanthus wine is fragrant and delicious, and it is a must-have food for every household, especially sweet-scented osmanthus in August, which has a deep fragrance. In August, crabs are very fat and snails are also rich. Besides, there are reunion buns and cakes.