How to make mooncakes from colored clay:

1. First, take out the white plasticine, knead it into a ball, and flatten it into a cake shape.

2. Use a knife to cut out patterns along the edge of the cake.

3. Use black plasticine to roll a thin strip, bend it into a rectangle and place it in the middle of the moon cake.

4. Take some black plasticine, roll it into a long strip, roll it into a spiral shape, and stick it to the edge of the rectangle.

5. Make another small rectangular piece and place it in the middle of the mooncake.

6. Carve the words "Mid-Autumn Festival" and it's done.

Moon cakes, also known as moon cakes, harvest cakes, reunion cakes, etc., are one of the traditional Han Chinese delicacies in China. Moon cakes were originally used as offerings to worship the moon god. Sacrifice to the moon is a very ancient custom in China. It is actually an activity of worship of the "Moon God" by the ancients.

Eating mooncakes and admiring the moon during the Mid-Autumn Festival are indispensable customs in the Mid-Autumn Festival in northern and southern China. Moon cakes symbolize reunion, and people regard them as festive food, using them to worship the moon and give them to relatives and friends. Mooncakes have been integrated with the dietary customs of various places, and have developed into Cantonese-style, Jin-style, Beijing-style, Soviet-style, Chaozhou-style, Yunnan-style mooncakes, etc., which are loved by people from all over the north and south of China.

The Mid-Autumn Festival originated in ancient China, became popular in the Han Dynasty, was finalized in the early Tang Dynasty, and became popular after the Song Dynasty. The Mid-Autumn Festival comes from the traditional "Moon Sacrifice Festival". Initially, the "Moon Sacrifice Festival" was set on the "Autumnal Equinox", and later it was adjusted to the 15th day of the eighth lunar month.