Mid-Autumn Festival specialties include: moon cakes, Osmanthus Jelly, lotus root boxes, Ciba, pomegranate and so on.

1. Moon cakes

Eating moon cakes in the Mid-Autumn Festival is a long-standing traditional custom in China. The weather is clear and the moon is bright, and Gui Xiang is refreshing. Everyone tastes moon cakes and enjoys the moon, which is a festive reunion with a unique flavor. As a kind of food shaped like a full moon and containing good stuffing, moon cakes appeared in the Northern Song Dynasty. Su Dongpo, a poet and gourmet, has cookies like chewing the moon, and there are crisp and sweet poems in them. As a kind of food, it is called moon cake, which first appeared in the Southern Song Dynasty. By the end of the Yuan Dynasty, moon cakes had become snacks on Mid-Autumn Festival.

2. Osmanthus Jelly

The Mid-Autumn Festival is the time when sweet-scented osmanthus blossoms. During the Mid-Autumn Festival, many people will use osmanthus as the most Osmanthus Jelly or soak osmanthus wine. No matter whether it is Osmanthus Jelly or osmanthus wine, it exudes the unique fragrance of osmanthus.

3. Lotus root box

Eating lotus roots in Mid-Autumn Festival also means sending a reunion, especially eating lotus root boxes. Most people in Jiangsu and Zhejiang slice the lotus root, and the lower ends of each two slices are connected, and the stuffing made of meat and clam is sandwiched in the middle, and the noodles are fried until golden. This is also called lotus root cake, which has the same effect as moon cakes.

4. Ciba

Ciba is the condensation of a circle, which is always accompanied by a circle. The steamer for steaming glutinous rice, the rice bowl for making Ciba, the dustpan for putting Ciba, and the soybeans, peanuts, sesame seeds, etc. all exist with the round. In some places in Sichuan, sweet-scented osmanthus is added to Ciba to make it into laurel Ciba, dipped in it and fried.

5. Pomegranate

The Mid-Autumn Festival is when pomegranate is ripe. Because it is as red as agate, as white as crystal, and its entrance is like crystal grain jade paste, pomegranate has become one of the offerings on the table, symbolizing longevity, reunion and auspiciousness. When this thing is not peeled off, its playability is greater than its visibility. It is cool, round and smooth when touched in the hand, and its visibility is greater than its edibility after being peeled off. It is like a small gem gathered together, which also means a reunion.