The beautiful paragraphs describing the flavor of mooncakes are as follows:
The skin of the mooncake is soft and smooth, and when you bite it gently, it melts in your mouth like silk. It has a sweet flavor and texture that brings back memories. Whether it is eaten alone or with tea, it can mesmerize people. The mooncake filling is even more varied, with various flavors such as bean paste, lotus seed paste, coconut seed paste, egg yolk, walnut, etc., adding more choices for people's Mid-Autumn Festival.
Especially the egg yolk mooncake, the unique taste is unforgettable. The perfect combination of egg yolk and mooncake crust fills each bite with rich layers of flavor. First the sweetness of the mooncake crust, then the simple texture of the egg yolk, and finally the smoothness of the filling, this wonderful taste experience seems to make people travel back in time to the ancient court.
The green tea mooncake has another flavor. The combination of refreshing green tea and sweet mooncake makes the flavor in the mouth become richer. The fresh aroma of green tea takes away the sweetness and brings a refreshing and crisp feeling that you can't help but enjoy one bite after another.
The flavor of mooncake is the symbol of Mid-Autumn Festival, which carries people's deep thoughts about their families and friends and relatives. This Mid-Autumn Festival, let's taste the mooncake together and ****enjoy this wonderful flavor!
Historical and cultural background of the moon cake:
According to legend, the moon cake originated in the Yin and Zhou Dynasties, and there is a kind of Taishi cake in honor of Taishi Wenzhong's thin sides and thick heart in the folk around Jiang and Zhejiang, which is the prototype of the moon cake. After Zhang Qian's mission to the Western Regions in the Han Dynasty, he brought back sesame seeds, walnuts and other species from foreign countries, which added auxiliary materials to the production of moon cakes, and at this time there appeared round cakes filled with walnut kernels, which were known as hu cakes.
By the Tang Dynasty, moon cakes began to be made in large quantities and gradually became a festival food. According to "The Remains of Kaiyuan Tianbao," Emperor Xuanzong of Tang and Yang Guifei enjoyed the moon together on the day of the Mid-Autumn Festival, and the emperor was very upset because he couldn't find a suitable place to do so.
When Yang Guifei saw this, she brought up a snack called Hu Cake and casually said the name Moon Cake, which immediately raised the emperor's spirits. Since then, the name of the mooncake has spread.
During the Song Dynasty, mooncakes began to take on a stronger meaning. Folk began to use mooncakes as gifts to give to each other as a sign of blessing. At the same time, mooncakes were given more cultural connotations and became an essential food and gift for the Mid-Autumn Festival.
And in the Yuan Dynasty, the symbolism of mooncakes was further strengthened. According to legend, at that time, the people of the Central Plains could not bear the cruel rule of the Yuan Dynasty ruling class, and Zhu Yuanzhang united various resistance forces to prepare for an uprising. However, the imperial court officials and soldiers searched very closely, making it very difficult to pass on news.
Liu Bo Wen, the military advisor, came up with a plan, he asked his subordinates to hide the note of the uprising on the 15th of August inside a cake, and then sent people to transmit it to the rebel army in different places. On the day of the uprising, all the insurgent armies responded. Since then, the mooncake has not only become an important food for the Mid-Autumn Festival, but also a token and symbol of the revolution.