After a long period of evolution and development, moon cakes have a long history in China. There are five styles with the deepest historical culture, namely: Beijing style, Yunnan style, Guangdong style, Soviet style and Chaozhou style.

These five groups all have their own unique regional cultural characteristics: Beijing-style moon cakes reflect the culture of the imperial capital, with exquisite materials and fine workmanship, and the fillings are good at vegetarianism, and the oil and stuffing are mainly vegetarian; Cantonese-style moon cakes reflect the cultural background of Lingnan's opening, with rich varieties, light oil and heavy sugar. Suzhou-style moon cakes originated in Jiangsu and Zhejiang provinces, with rich taste, heavy oil and sugar, preference for crispness and exquisite shape, which embodies the beautiful characteristics of wuyue. Chaozhou moon cakes embody a strong and elegant Chaoshan culture. Moon cakes are flat and white, with crispy sugar inside and crispy at the entrance. Yunnan-style moon cakes are famous for their unique and rich cloud leg stuffing.

Due to the differences in culture and life in different regions, the varieties of moon cakes have their own styles in appearance, taste and taste, and the patterns of moon cakes are constantly being renovated and the varieties are also increasing. Therefore, in addition to five types of gangs, there are many small gangs in the Jianghu: Ning-style moon cakes in Ningbo, Shanghai-style moon cakes, Cymbidium moon cakes in Xiamen and Demao Palace in Ann.