Mooncakes are to Mid-Autumn Festival what mince pies are to Christmas. The seasonal round cakes traditionally have a sweet filling of lotus seed paste or red bean paste and often have one or more salted duck eggs in the center to represent the moon.

Eating moon cakes in the Mid-Autumn Festival is as essential as eating a hundred-fruit pie in Christmas in the West. Round moon cakes are usually filled with sweet lotus seed stuffing or red bean stuffing, and a golden salted duck egg yolk is added in the center of the stuffing to represent the moon.

And the moon is what this celebration is all about. Mid-Autumn Festival falls on the 15th day of the 8th month, it is the time when the moon is said to be at its brightest and fullest.

And the moon is the theme of Mid-Autumn Festival celebration. People celebrate the Mid-Autumn Festival on August 15 of the lunar calendar every year. It is said that the moon on this day is the brightest and roundest in a year.