Around 1660, Zheng Chenggong lived in Xiamen Kangqing, and most of his soldiers came from Fujian, Guangdong and other places. Before and after the Mid-Autumn Festival, Zheng Chenggong and the staff of the Ministry of War Yatang became more homesick. In order to relieve the soldiers' worries, encourage and boost morale, and help to expel the colonists of the Dutch East India Company and seize Taiwan Province, they carefully studied and designed the Mid-Autumn Festival cake to make all the soldiers happy on a cool Mid-Autumn Festival night.
The custom of Mid-Autumn Festival Bobbing originated in Xiamen, Fujian, and prevailed in Longhai, Zhangzhou, Anhai and kinmen county in Quanzhou. It was recorded in the Annals of Taiwan Province during the Kanggan period in the Qing Dynasty.
During the Mid-Autumn Festival, families or societies in southern Fujian and Taiwan Province will spontaneously hold Mid-Autumn Festival cake fairs. Participants will take turns throwing six dice to win the first prize, the second prize, the flower exploration, the scholar, the juren and the scholar, and get moon cakes of different sizes according to their grades. The rules of the game of Bobbing are simple and fair, full of competitive suspense and life interest, which has always been loved by the general public.
Brief introduction to the rules of Bo cake
A set of mooncake cakes made according to the imperial examination level includes "No.1 scholar" 1 piece, "opposite hall" 2 pieces, "three reds" 4 pieces, "four advances" 8 pieces, "two lifts" 16 pieces and "one show" 32 pieces. They respectively represent the champion, the second place, the flower exploration, the Jinshi, the juren and the scholar. Throw six dice in a big porcelain bowl.
There are 30 types of blog rules: one show, two strokes and three reds, and one red four, two red four and three red four are the cakes respectively. The top prize winner is the appearance of four extra red dots and two red dots, which is called "the top prize winner inserted with golden flowers", and he can get the top prize winner and two pairs of cakes.
The winner of the top prize is four four-point reds, of which four red stripes are more than a few points; The appearance of "Wuzi" overwhelms the four reds, that is, any five of the "five" except the five reds are counted as "Wuzi", and it depends on how many points it takes. "Five reds" means that there are five reds and four points, which overwhelm the "five sons", among which the number of points is greater. Known as "Duitang", the second place and the flower exploration will get cakes from one to six o'clock. In addition, there is a rare "six park reds", that is, six four-point appearances.
The winner of "Liu Pu Hong" will get all the cakes, but generally get along well with each other. The winner only takes the number one scholar and the opposite class, and the rest will be distributed to everyone. "Liu Pu Hei" refers to the appearance of any six identical except six red dots. "Liu Piao Hei" appeared, everyone can turn off the lights and grab cakes, but it is generally no longer used.