『One』 Mooncake Uprising,, the story of about thirty words
The vast majority of the people in the central plains were unable to endure the cruel rule of the Yuan Dynasty ruling class, and have risen up in revolt against the Yuan Dynasty. Zhu Yuanzhang united the various resistance forces within the amount of preparation for the uprising. Yung
Mooncake uprising, originated in the late Yuan Dynasty, and Zhu Yuanzhang uprising has a close connection, since then the custom of eating mooncakes at Mid-Autumn Festival has been spreading in the folklore.
Master Liu Bowen came up with a plan, ordering his subordinates to "August 15 night uprising" note hidden inside the cake, and then sent people to send people around the insurgent army, notifying them in the night of August 15 uprising response. On the day of the uprising, all the rebels responded together, and the rebels were like a prairie fire.
(1) the classic story of the moon cake extended reading:
The moon cake symbolizes reunion, and it should also be the Ming Dynasty began to have written records. If you synthesize the Ming Dynasty about moon cakes and Mid-Autumn Festival folklore, you should be able to see the historical trajectory of the moon cake meaning reunion.
After the Mid-Autumn Festival moon festival, the whole family sits together to share the moon cake and moon fruit (moon festival offerings). Because the moon is full and the cake is full, and the family shares the cake, the symbolism of the moon cake representing family reunion has gradually developed.
Some places also formed a lot of special Mid-Autumn Festival customs. In addition to enjoying the moon, worshiping the moon, and eating mooncakes, there are also fire dragon dances in Hong Kong, piling up pagodas in Anhui, tree mid-autumn festival in Guangzhou, burning pagodas in Jinjiang, watching the cascading moon in Shihu, Suzhou, moon worship in Dai, jumping to the moon in Miao, stealing moon vegetables in Dong, and dancing with a ball in the high mountain tribe, and so on.
"II" A short story about mooncakes
During the Han Dynasty, the emperor sent an envoy named Zhang Qian on a mission to the Western Regions, and he brought back sesame seeds and walnuts, which led to the creation of a round cake filled with walnuts called "hu biscuits". Tang Dynasty, it is said that one year in the Mid-Autumn Festival night, when the moon rises, Tang Taizong and Yang Guifei in the bright moonlight together to enjoy the moon and eat Hu cake. Eating, Tang Taizong suddenly said: "How is the name of this Hu cake so ugly ah?" On the side of the Yang Guifei in order to please the emperor, looked at the bright moon in the sky, and casually replied: "Then call it moon cake!" Since then, the name "moon cake" has been gradually spread in the folklore.
『3』 The origin and allusion of mooncakes (short)
Origin: The custom of eating mooncakes at the Mid-Autumn Festival began in the Tang Dynasty. In the Northern Song Dynasty, it was popular in the court, and then spread to the people, then commonly known as "small cakes" and "moon ball". The development of the Ming Dynasty has become a national **** with the dietary practices.
Mooncakes and food customs around the integration, and the development of Cantonese, Beijing-style, Suzhou-style, Chao-style, Dian-style mooncakes, etc., by the north and south of China people around the favorite.
(3) Extended reading of the classic story of mooncakes:
Related events
On September 13, 2016, the cafeteria of the Second Secondary Vocational School in Xiaoshan District, Hangzhou City, Zhejiang Province, launched a special Mid-Autumn Festival meal of 2 yuan per serving: fried mooncakes with tomatoes. It was snapped up by students within minutes.
On June 20, 2017, the State General Administration of Quality Supervision, Inspection and Quarantine (AQSIQ) and the National Standards Commission (NSC) jointly released a series of national standards for English translation and writing norms in the field of public ****services, which provide a standardized, accurate and authoritative reference for the translation and writing of English in the field of public ****services, and are applicable to the whole country. The official English translation of moon cake is Moon Cake.
On December 1, 2017, the "Norms for English Translation and Writing in the Field of Public **** Services" was formally implemented, stipulating that the standard English name of the moon cake is Moon Cake.
My Mid-Autumn Festival - A Brief History of the Moon CakeThe two words "moon cake" originated from Yang Guifei?
Where do moon cakes come from? Such a question can always be found in the folklore of a large number of legends.
Some say that the Mid-Autumn Moon Festival mooncake originated from "Chang'e Runs to the Moon" and has been around since ancient times; some legends say that the word "mooncake" is attributed to Yang Guifei; and there is also one that links the custom of eating mooncakes on the 15th day of the 8th month with the revolt against the tyranny of the ruler of the Yuan Dynasty. There is also a saying that the mooncake is linked to the rebellion against the tyranny of the Yuan Dynasty rulers; there is even a saying that the mooncake was created in the Qing Dynasty when Emperor Qianlong traveled to the south of the country.
In fact, a little research shows that these claims, although vivid and interesting, are not supported by historical evidence and can hardly be considered as real events in history.
From the visible history, the earlier record of the word "mooncake" is found in the Southern Song Dynasty in Wu Zimu's Mengliang Records. And the connection between mooncakes and the Mid-Autumn Festival was not clearly documented until the Ming Dynasty.
"Large moon cakes" since ancient times
Ming Dynasty "Imperial Capital Scenery" pointed out that the moon cake for the Mid-Autumn Festival "moon festival" used, "the festival fruit cake will be round, divided into melons will be the teeth of the wrong petal carving, such as the lotus flower! ...... (moon) cake has a diameter of two feet.
It can be seen that the moon cake in the Ming Dynasty has been roughly the same as the moon cake we see today, but also appeared "diameter two feet" of the large moon cake. A foot of the Ming Dynasty is about thirty centimeters, when the diameter of more than sixty centimeters of moon cakes have been made.
『肆』 About the moon cake legends and stories, know the tell ~
Legend of the moon cake
Moon cake has a long history. According to historical records, as early as in the Yin, Zhou period, Jiangsu and Zhejiang areas within a memorial to the master Wen Rongzhong's side of the thin heart thick "master cake", which is China's moon cake "ancestor". Han Dynasty, Zhang Qian's mission to the West, the introduction of sesame seeds, walnuts, for the production of moon cakes added accessories, then appeared in the walnut as the filling of the round cake, called "Hu cake".
Tang Dynasty, it is said that one year on the night of the Mid-Autumn Festival, Emperor Xuanzong of Tang and Yang Guifei to enjoy the moon to eat Hu cake, Emperor Xuanzong smacked the "Hu cake" name is not good, Yang Guifei looked up at the bright moon, the heart surging, out of the mouth and the "moon cake", and since then The name "moon cake" will be gradually spread in folklore.
The Northern Song Royal Mid-Autumn Festival like to eat a kind of "Palace cake", folk commonly known as "small cakes", "moon ball". Song Dynasty writer Zhou Mi, in the account of the Southern Song capital of Lin'an, "the old story of Wulin" in the first mention of the name "moon cake".
In the Ming Dynasty, the mooncake was gradually spread among the people. At that time, the ingenious baker, the Chang'e moon myth as a food art pattern printed on the mooncake, so that the mooncake has become more popular with the people of the Mid-Autumn Festival of the necessary food.
During the Qing Dynasty, the production process of mooncakes has improved greatly, and the variety is increasing, for the moon cakes everywhere. Qing Dynasty poet Yuan Jinglan has a long "mooncake poem", which has "into the kitchen light over the frost, steam kettle gas flow liquid. The mooncake is kneaded with fine flour dust and dotted with rouge traces. Chi Li phase feed, festival things are not allowed to neglect ...... children sitting reunion, cups and plates scattered mess," and other lines, from the production of moon cakes, friends and relatives to give each other moon cakes to set up a family feast and enjoy the moon, the narrative is exhaustive.
The story of the mooncake
It is said that the mooncake was eaten at the Mid-Autumn Festival in the Yuan Dynasty. At that time, the people of Zhongyuan Yuan Yuan were unwilling to tolerate the cruel rule of the ruling class of the Yuan Dynasty, and they revolted against the Yuan Dynasty. Zhu Yuanzhang united all the forces of resistance to prepare for the uprising.
But the imperial court officials and soldiers searched very closely, it is very difficult to pass the news. Liu Bowen, the military advisor, came up with a plan, ordering his subordinates to hide the "August 15 night uprising" note hidden inside the cake, and then sent people to send people around the insurgent army, notifying them in the night of August 15, uprising response.
(5) Extended reading of the classic story of the mooncake:
The mooncake is the ancient mid-autumn offerings to worship the moon god, and is also the mid-autumn festival seasonal food. The mooncake is round and round, and is shared by the family, symbolizing reunion and harmony. In ancient times, every Mid-Autumn Festival night was held to worship the moon. A large incense table was set up with moon cakes, fruits and other offerings. Under the moon, the statue of the moon god is placed in the direction of the moon, red candles burning high, the whole family in turn to worship the moon, and then by the housewife cut the reunion moon cake.
The mooncake as an offering to the moon god has a long history. The word "mooncake", in the existing literature, was first included in the Southern Song Dynasty Wu Zimu's "Mengliang Lu". To this day, enjoying the moon and eating mooncakes on the Mid-Autumn Festival is an essential part of the Mid-Autumn Festival in all parts of China, and as the saying goes, "The moon is full on the 15th day of the 8th month, and the Mid-Autumn mooncakes are fragrant and sweet.
The origin of mooncakes (legend)
The Mid-Autumn Festival originated in ancient times, popularized in the Han Dynasty, stereotyped in the early years of the Tang Dynasty, and flourished after the Song Dynasty. The Mid-Autumn Festival is a remnant of the ancient celestial worship - the custom of honoring the moon. At the time of the autumnal equinox, it is an ancient "moon festival". The Mid-Autumn Festival is derived from the traditional "Moon Festival".
According to evidence, the original "Moon Festival" was set in the 24th solar term "Autumn Equinox" this day, but because of this day in the eighth month of the lunar calendar every year on different days, may not always have a full moon, and later will be "! Moon Festival" by the "Autumn Equinox" to the 15th day of the eighth month of the lunar calendar. Moon Festival, in our country is a very ancient custom, in fact, is the ancient times of some of the ancient people of our country on the "moon god" of a worship activity.
(6) The classic story of the mooncake extended reading:
The mooncake symbolizes reunion, which should be documented in writing from the Ming Dynasty. If the Ming Dynasty about the moon cake and the Mid-Autumn Festival folklore information, should be able to see the moon cake meaning reunion of the historical trajectory: Mid-Autumn Festival after the moon festival, the whole family are sitting around together to share the moon cake and moon fruit (moon offerings).
Because the moon is round, the cake is also round, and is shared by the family to eat, so gradually formed a moon cake on behalf of the family reunion symbol. In some parts of Guangdong, there is a custom to worship the moon on the Mid-Autumn Festival, mainly for women and children, and there is a proverb that says, "Men don't worship the moon, women don't worship the stove".
In ethnic minorities, the same prevalence of moon worship custom. Jiangnan folk in the Mid-Autumn Festival people customs are also diverse, Nanjing people love to eat moon cakes in Mid-Autumn Festival, we must eat dance fire dragon Jinling famous dishes osmanthus duck. People in Sichuan Province, in addition to eating moon cakes, but also to hit the poi, kill ducks, eat hemp cake, honey cake.
『7』 Simple to write the origin of the moon cake 100 words, not a short story
Origin:
The word "moon cake" was first seen in the Southern Song Dynasty, Wu Zimu "Dream Liang Records", then only a snack food. Later on, people gradually combined moonlight appreciation with mooncakes to symbolize family reunion and to send their thoughts. At the same time, mooncakes are also an important gift used to contact feelings between friends during the Mid-Autumn Festival.
The mooncake symbolizes reunion, which should also be documented from the Ming Dynasty. If the Ming Dynasty about the moon cake and the Mid-Autumn Festival folklore, should be able to see the historical trajectory of the moon cake meaning reunion: the Mid-Autumn Festival after the moon festival, the whole family are sitting around together to share the moon cake and moon fruit (moon offerings).
(7) the classic story of the moon cake extended readingContraindications and take:
moon cakes more oil, sugar, to duck egg yolk as the filling of the moon cake high cholesterol, in general, is a high-calorie food, diabetic patients, obese people should not eat more.
Purchase of moon cakes:
In the selection of the Mid-Autumn Moon Festival moon cakes, look, smell is not to be missing, high-quality moon cakes, the form should be the surface and the side of the rounded edges of the slightly convex, clear grain marks, no leakage of filling phenomenon. From the color point of view, the good moon cake surface was shiny golden yellow, side part of the crust was creamy yellow, no bubbles on the surface of the crust, no burnt ring around the bottom.
The origin of mooncakes (short story)
The custom of eating mooncakes at the Mid-Autumn Festival began in the Tang Dynasty. In the Northern Song Dynasty, it was popular in the court, and then spread to the people, when the version was commonly known as "small cakes" and "right moon ball". The development of the Ming Dynasty has become a national **** with the dietary practices.
The moon cake is initially used to worship the moon god's offerings. Moon worship, in our country is a very ancient custom, in fact, the ancients of the "moon god" a worship activity. To date, the Mid-Autumn Festival and eating mooncakes and enjoying the moon is a necessary custom of the Mid-Autumn Festival in all parts of China, north and south.
The word "mooncake", in the existing literature, was first recorded in the Southern Song Dynasty in Wu Zimu's "Meng Liang Lu". Mooncakes have been blended with local dietary customs to develop Cantonese, Jin, Beijing, Suzhou, Chao, and Dian styles of mooncakes, which are loved by people all over China, both in the north and the south.
The word "mooncake" first appeared in the Southern Song Dynasty in Wu Zimu's "Mengliang Lu", which was only a kind of dim sum food at that time. Later, people gradually combined moonlight viewing with mooncakes to symbolize family reunion and to send thoughts.