Foods eaten on the Chongyang Festival include: chestnut cake, muffin cake, mochi, crab and mutton.

1, chestnut cake. Chestnut cake for Chung Yeung Festival is made from chestnut puree, which is very popular for its simple production method and soft texture. Chestnut cake can be eaten with a variety of dipping sauces, such as sweet noodle sauce, garlic sauce, chili sauce, etc., the flavor is more rich. At the same time, chestnut cake also signifies the arrival of autumn, which means longevity and happiness.

2. Muffin cake. It is a kind of traditional food for the Chung Yeung Festival, which is made with eggs and sugar as the main ingredients, after fermentation, steaming and other steps. Muffins are delicate, fluffy and delicious, symbolizing longevity and good fortune. Eating muffins on Chung Yeung Festival symbolizes family reunion and happiness and well-being.

3, mochi. Chongyang Festival, in the southwest and other areas, playing patties, eating patties is also a custom. Mochi is a food made from steamed and pounded glutinous rice. Patty cake is made by putting cooked glutinous rice into a stone trough and pounding it into mud with a stone hammer or a bamboo stick (depending on the place, some people use bamboo instead), and generally this type of food can be called patty cake.

4, crab. Before and after the Chongyang Festival, it is when the crabs are full of cream and yellow fat, so there is also the custom of eating crabs on the Chongyang Festival. Steaming crabs, the crab tied into the pot, so that the appearance of the steamed crab more complete; steamed crab, belly up to avoid the loss of crab yolk.

5, mutton. As the saying goes, eat mutton, drink mutton soup, Chrysanthemum Festival to eat mutton, "sheep" and "Yang" resonance, should be the ceremony of Chrysanthemum. And autumn and winter to eat mutton, this time the flavor is delicious and tender.