1, moon cakes. Moon cakes are essential for Mid-Autumn Festival. Because of the difference in diet, there are various kinds of moon cakes, such as Cantonese, Beijing, Suzhou, Chaozhou and Yunnan, which are deeply loved by the public. Moon cakes are round and round, symbolizing reunion and harmony, and they are a must-eat item on the Mid-Autumn Festival.

2, Osmanthus Jelly, osmanthus wine. The Mid-Autumn Festival is the time when osmanthus flowers are fragrant. During the Mid-Autumn Festival, many people will use osmanthus to make Osmanthus Jelly or soak osmanthus wine. In Qu Yuan's "Nine Songs", there are poems such as "Help the horse fight and drink cinnamon pulp" and "Drink cinnamon wine and drink pepper pulp". It can be seen that the age of drinking osmanthus wine in China has been quite long.

3. Snail. In many places in Guangdong, the Mid-Autumn Festival will also have the habit of eating snails. Before and after the Mid-Autumn Festival, the snail is empty, and there are no snails in the abdomen. Therefore, the meat is particularly fat, which is the best time to eat the snail. And snail meat is rich in nutrition, and vitamin A is an important substance of eye visual pigment.

4. Shantou. In Jiangsu and Zhejiang, the pronunciation of taro is similar to that of "shipped". Therefore, eating taro in Mid-Autumn Festival is not only to enjoy the delicious food, but also to express the hope of good luck.

5. Duck meat. In Zhejiang, Fujian, Sichuan, Taiwan Province and other places, ducks are a must-have for Mid-Autumn Festival. In August, ducks are well-adjusted, fat and thin, and have a good taste, which has the effect of nourishing yin and enriching blood. One of the sources is that in the late Yuan Dynasty, the Han people called the Mongols homophonic "ducks".