Fresh meat moon cakes have a shelf life of one or two days at room temperature. After this time, fresh meat moon cakes may not taste good. If the weather is hot, fresh moon cakes may go bad if left at room temperature for a day. Fresh meat moon cakes are refrigerated for a little longer, usually about a week.

Moon cakes, also known as moon cakes, cookies, harvest cakes and reunion cakes, are one of the traditional delicacies of Han nationality in China. Moon cakes were originally used as offerings to worship the moon god.

As an offering to worship the moon god, moon cakes have a long history. The word moon cake was first seen in Liang Lumeng by Wu in the Southern Song Dynasty. The combination of moon cakes and local food customs has developed Cantonese cuisine, Jin cuisine, Beijing cuisine, Jiangsu cuisine, Chaozhou cuisine and Yunnan cuisine, which are deeply loved by people all over the country.