Eating moon cakes in the Mid-Autumn Festival originated in the Tang Dynasty. Moon cakes were an offering to worship the moon god in the ancient Mid-Autumn Festival, and it was handed down along the way, forming the custom of eating moon cakes in the Mid-Autumn Festival. 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. 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 implication of eating moon cakes in Mid-Autumn Festival is to eat moon cakes to show "reunion".

Introduction of moon cakes:

Offering sacrifices to the moon is a very old custom in China, and it is actually a worship activity of the ancients to the "Moon God". Eating moon cakes and enjoying the moon in the Mid-Autumn Festival is an indispensable custom in the northern and southern parts of China. Moon cakes symbolize a happy reunion. People regard them as holiday food, and use them to worship the moon and give them to relatives and friends.

As an offering to worship the moon god, moon cakes have a long history. The word moon cake was first included in Wu Zimu's "Dream of Liang Lu" in the Southern Song Dynasty. Mooncakes are integrated with local food customs, and they have developed Cantonese, Jin, Beijing, Su, Chao and Dian styles, which are loved by people all over China.