Traditional Mid-Autumn Festival snacks: osmanthus cake, moon cakes, snails, duck meat and pomegranates.

1. Osmanthus Cake

The Mid-Autumn Festival is the time when the sweet-scented osmanthus blooms. During the Mid-Autumn Festival, many families use osmanthus to make osmanthus cakes or soak it in osmanthus wine. Both osmanthus cake and osmanthus wine exude the unique fragrance of osmanthus without exception.

2. Mooncakes

Mooncakes are also one of the traditional snacks of the Mid-Autumn Festival and can be said to have become the representative of the Mid-Autumn Festival. Although they are all mooncakes, there are many types. Just the types of mooncakes include Cantonese style, Beijing style, Soviet style, Chaozhou style, Yunnan style, etc. People in different regions have different tastes, which also makes mooncakes richer.

3. Snails

In many places in Guangdong, there is also the habit of eating snails during the Mid-Autumn Festival. Around the Mid-Autumn Festival, it is the time when the snails are empty and there are no small snails in the abdomen. Therefore, the meat is particularly plump and it is the best time to eat snails. Moreover, snail meat is rich in nutrients, and the vitamin A it contains is an important substance for the visual pigment of the eyes.

4. Duck meat

During the late Yuan Dynasty, the Mongolian rulers oppressed the Han people, and the Han people decided to overthrow the Yuan people. But at that time, the control was very strict, and we could not organize the struggle openly, but used code words. At that time, the Han people called Mongolians "Dazi", which was homophonic to "duck".

5. Pomegranate

The Mid-Autumn Festival is also the time when pomegranates are ripe. Because the red color of pomegranate resembles agate and the fruit is crystal clear, it became one of the offerings on the table in ancient times, symbolizing longevity, reunion and good fortune. Therefore, choosing to eat pomegranates on the Mid-Autumn Festival also has a good meaning.