It is said that during the Tang Dynasty, in order to conquer the northern Turks and quell their repeated invasions, Li Yuan, the emperor of the Tang Dynasty (also said to be Li Shimin, the emperor of the Tang Dynasty) ordered his general Li Jing to personally lead his troops to fight at the frontier fortress. As a result, he repeatedly performed extraordinary feats, and on August 15th,

On this day, he returned to Beijing in triumph.

To celebrate the victory, cannons were fired and music played inside and outside Chang'an City in Kyoto, and soldiers and civilians caroused all night long.

At that time, there was a Tibetan who went to Chang'an for business and specially presented round cakes to the emperor to celebrate his victory.

Emperor Gaozu was overjoyed. He took the ornately decorated cake box, took out the colorful round cakes, pointed at the bright moon hanging in the sky and said, "We should invite toads with the Hu cakes." Then he distributed the round cakes to the civil and military officials.

Since then, the custom of eating mooncakes during the Mid-Autumn Festival has been passed down.

Related stories: A long time ago, there were ten suns in the sky, which caused the earth to crack and the sea water to dry up.

The people had no water to drink and could not live any longer.

The hero Hou Yi shot down nine suns in one breath and saved people.

So the Queen Mother gave the elixir to Hou Yi, and Hou Yi gave the elixir to his wife Chang'e for safekeeping.

There was a bad guy who wanted to steal the elixir while Hou Yi was not at home.

In order to protect the elixir, Chang'e swallowed it in one gulp.

Immediately, she was as light as a swallow and flew up.

She couldn't bear to leave Hou Yi, so she lived in the moon closest to the earth.

There was only a little rabbit accompanying Chang'e on the moon.

When people found out, they put fruits and biscuits in the yard, praying for Hou Yi and Chang'e's early reunion, and for their family's safety and happiness.

This happened every year from then on, and the custom of admiring and worshiping the moon during the Mid-Autumn Festival was passed down.