Dietary customs of the Mid-Autumn Festival on the 15th day of August in the Han lunar calendar. Su Dongpo, a great poet in the Song Dynasty, praised moon cakes with a poem, "Little cakes are like chewing the moon, and there are crisps and fillings in them", from which we can see that the moon cakes in the Song Dynasty have been filled with ghee and sugar. In the Ming Dynasty, the custom of eating moon cakes on Mid-Autumn Festival became more common. Ming and Shen Bang's Miscellaneous Notes of Wan Department contained: "The furniture of ordinary people is a kind of moon-made bread, which varies in size and is called moon cake."

"Deliberation in Records" said: "In August, begonia and Hosta flowers were enjoyed in the palace. From the first day of the first lunar month, there are mooncake sellers, and on the 15th, every family offers mooncakes, melons and fruits. If there are any moon cakes left, they should be collected in a dry and cool place and used separately at the end of the year, which is called reunion cake. "

development of history

The Mid-Autumn Festival originated in China in ancient times, popularized in the Han Dynasty, shaped in the early years of the Tang Dynasty and prevailed after the Song Dynasty. The Mid-Autumn Festival is a relic of the worship of celestial phenomena in ancient times-the custom of respecting the moon. At the autumnal equinox, it is an ancient "Moon Festival". The Mid-Autumn Festival comes from the traditional "Moon Festival". According to textual research, the original "Moon Festival" was set on the day of "Autumn Equinox" in the twenty-four solar terms of the Ganzhi calendar;

However, because this day is different in August of the lunar calendar every year, there may not always be a full moon. Later, the "Moon Festival" was transferred from "Autumn Equinox" to August 15th of the lunar calendar. Offering sacrifices to the moon is a very old custom in China. In fact, it is a worship activity of the ancient people in some places in ancient China to the "Moon God".