2. Moon cakes are offerings to worship the Moon God in the ancient Mid-Autumn Festival. Since they were handed down, the custom of eating moon cakes in the Mid-Autumn Festival has been formed. Moon cakes have a long history in China. According to historical records, as early as the Yin and Zhou Dynasties, there was a kind of "Taishi cake" in memory of Taishi Wen Zhong, which was the "ancestor" of China moon cakes.

3. It is said that it originated in the Tang Dynasty. "Experience in Luozhong" once recorded: When the new scholar in the Mid-Autumn Festival gave a banquet in Qujiang, Tang Xizong had a moon cake given to the scholar. The custom of eating moon cakes in the Mid-Autumn Festival is said to have originated in the Tang Dynasty. When Emperor Taizong was in Zhenguan for four years, he conquered the Turks and captured their leaders alive, and returned to Beijing triumphantly on August 15th. To celebrate the victory, Chang 'an, the capital, reveled all night. At that time, a business Tubo presented a cake to Emperor Taizong to celebrate his victory. Li Shimin took the gorgeous gift box, took out Hu Bing and pointed at the moon in the sky, saying, "We should invite toads (that is, the moon) to Hu Bing, and then distributed Hu Bing to the ministers to eat. This Hu Bing is the later moon cake.