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What is the origin of eating moon cakes in Mid-Autumn Festival?
Full moon, full of emotion

For hundreds of years, people in China have been celebrating the Mid-Autumn Festival and eating moon cakes. Moon cakes have the shape of a full moon on the night of Mid-Autumn Festival, which contains people's love and yearning for their families.

There are many folk stories about this festival. However, most people think that the one about Chang 'e is the most touching. Chang 'e is Hou Yi's beautiful wife. After Houyi shot nine suns, a goddess gave him a magical medicine to express her gratitude. Whoever drinks it will get eternal life, and Hou Yi plans to drink it with Chang 'e. But a bad man, Feng Meng, tried to do it, so she drank it alone. She became very light and flew to the moon. Hou Yi was very sad and called her name to the moon every night. One night, he found the moon bright and round, and saw his wife there. He quickly prepared her favorite fruits and desserts in the garden. How he wishes Chang 'e would come back!

After that, people began to enjoy the moon and share moon cakes with their families.