1. The reason for eating mooncakes in Mid-Autumn Festival is that mooncakes symbolize a happy reunion. People regard them as holiday food, use them to worship the moon and give them to relatives and friends.

Mid-Autumn Festival has the meaning of reunion. At first, moon cakes were used as offerings to worship the moon god. Later, people gradually combined the Mid-Autumn Festival with tasting moon cakes as a symbol of family reunion. On the Mid-Autumn Festival, the moon in the sky is round, big and very bright. The most traditional moon cakes are round, symbolizing reunion and beauty, and reflecting people's good wishes for family reunion.