Knowledge expansion:
1, Mid-Autumn Festival, also known as Moon Festival, Autumn Festival, Mid-Autumn Festival, August Festival, Moon Chasing Festival, Moon Appreciation Festival, Daughter's Day or Reunion Festival, is a popular traditional cultural festival in many ethnic groups and countries in China Chinese character cultural circle, which falls on the 15th day of the eighth lunar month;
2. Because its value is only half that of Sanqiu, it is named, and some places set the Mid-Autumn Festival on August 16.
Mid-Autumn Festival began in the early years of Tang Dynasty and prevailed in Song Dynasty. By the Ming and Qing Dynasties, it had become one of the major festivals in China, which was as famous as the Spring Festival.
4. Since the Mid-Autumn Festival, there have been customs such as offering sacrifices to the moon, enjoying the moon, Yue Bai, eating moon cakes, enjoying osmanthus and drinking osmanthus wine, which have been passed down to this day and lasted for a long time.
Moon cakes are Mid-Autumn Festival foods in East Asia, and they are called Bánh trung thu in Vietnam. The custom of eating moon cakes in Mid-Autumn Festival began in the Tang Dynasty. In the Northern Song Dynasty, moon cakes were called "palace cakes", which were popular in the court and also spread to the people, commonly known as "small cakes" and "moon groups". Later, it evolved into a circle, meaning reunion and beauty. Moon cakes were originally cakes shaped like a full moon, with a round appearance, indicating reunion. Later, they also had square or other shapes. Eating moon cakes on Mid-Autumn Festival is a traditional folk custom in China, just like eating zongzi on Dragon Boat Festival and glutinous rice balls on Lantern Festival.