Ten Mid-Autumn Festival delicacies: moon cakes, osmanthus wine, crabs, snails, reunion buns, Ciba, wheat arrows, lotus root boxes, pumpkins and taro.

Moon cake: It symbolizes the full moon, which is a happy reunion and shared by the whole family. It is a must-eat food for Mid-Autumn Festival. The ancients used moon cakes as sacrifices and ate them in the Mid-Autumn Festival. It is said that the custom of eating moon cakes in the Mid-Autumn Festival began in the Tang Dynasty. Before that, the food in the Mid-Autumn Festival was still mainly seasonal fruits and vegetables.

Osmanthus fragrans: There are two beautiful legends about Osmanthus fragrans. I believe everyone is familiar with the story of Wu Gang cutting osmanthus flowers. WU GANG cuts down trees every day, and osmanthus trees are still full of vitality after thousands of years. In the Mid-Autumn Festival, osmanthus trees are even more fragrant.

Crab: As the saying goes, the west wind tickles the crab's feet. It is said that every Mid-Autumn Festival, crab meat is thick and slippery, which is the best time to taste, so it is very popular with people. Crabs are rich in nutrients, especially protein, which is several times higher than pork and fish.

Snail: People believe that eating snails in the Mid-Autumn Festival can improve their eyesight. According to analysis, snail meat is rich in nutrition, and vitamin A contained in it is an important substance of visual pigment. Eating snails can improve your eyesight, which is meaningful.

Reunion steamed bun: During the Mid-Autumn Festival, a reunion steamed bun was branded and shared by the whole family. If the wanderer can't come back, he should keep a copy until he goes home to taste his hometown. Reunion buns, that is, big round moon cakes made by farmers in Guanzhong, Shaanxi Province, are made of refined wheat flour into three to five layers of big round cakes, and various flowers are carved around each layer.

Ciba: Eating Ciba in Mid-Autumn Festival originated in the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period. People regard the Mid-Autumn Festival as a lunar festival next to the Spring Festival, which is called "off-year". On the Mid-Autumn Festival in August, eating and enjoying the moon are metaphors of family unity, happiness and good luck.

Mai Jian: Speaking of Mid-Autumn Festival delicacies in Shandong, on August 15, in Qingyun County, farmers offered sacrifices to the God of the Valley of the Earth, which is called the young Miao society. Besides offering sacrifices to the moon, Zhucheng, Linyi and Jimo also worship their ancestors, and Jimo also eats a kind of holiday food called "Maijian".

Lotus box: Mid-Autumn Festival is the season when fresh lotus is on the market. Lotus roots are as inseparable as lovers, and the homonym is "Lian". It has also become a good product for lovers to pray for love to blossom and bear fruit in the Mid-Autumn Festival and bribe Queen Chang 'e.

Pumpkin: Eating old pumpkins in the Mid-Autumn Festival is very popular in the south of the Yangtze River. At this time, it is the harvest season of pumpkins. It is the biggest and tastes mellow and sweet. There is a custom in Jiangnan, "Eating pumpkins in August and a half is a legend about filial piety."

Taro: Eating taro in Mid-Autumn Festival means to ward off evil spirits and eliminate disasters, and it also means not to believe in evil spirits. Qing Qianlong's Chaozhou Fu Zhi said: "Playing with the moon in the Mid-Autumn Festival, peeling taro to eat is called peeling ghosts." Stripping ghosts and eating ghosts is a great spirit of Zhong Kui's exorcism, which is admirable and deplorable.