Why Mid-Autumn Festival to Eat Moon Cakes?  
 

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Question: Why does the Mid-Autumn Non-eat cakes?

Answer : Legend of ancient China, emperors have memorial day in spring, autumn festival on the ritual. In the civil society, during Mid-Autumn Festival, but also about worship festival on month or custom. “August Mochitsuki children round, fragrant and sweet moon cakes,” and this proverb tells the name of urban and rural people in the Mid-Autumn Night custom of eating moon cakes. Mooncake Festival was originally used instructions from Luna’s offerings, then people gradually to the Mid-Autumn moon and tasting moon cakes, as a symbol of family reunion, slowly moon cakes have become a holiday gift.

Moon cakes, initially originated in the Tang troops celebrate a victory of food. Emperor Tang Gaozu years, the great general Li Jing’s campaign against the Huns victorious, triumphant return August 15.

That time, someone doing business in Turpan to the Tang Dynasty Emperor Hsien-cake celebrate a victory. Zu-Li Yuan took gorgeous cake box, took out a round cake, laughing refers to the air the moon said: “The cake should be invited Hu toad.” Having to eat cake and give it courtiers.

“Dream Liang Lu” a book, already has a “moon cakes” word, but the Mid-Autumn Festival to try on, eating moon cakes, a description of the Ming Dynasty’s “West Lake will” only reads: “August 15 Day said that the Mid-Autumn Festival, moon cakes phase of civil society in left, take the meaning of reunion. ” To the Qing Dynasty, on the moon records would increase, and also making more and more sophisticated.

Moon cakes to today, a greater variety, and tastes vary from place to place. One Beijing-style, Soviet-style, Cantonese-style, Chaozhou style moon cakes and other widely throughout the north and south of our country by people like eating.

 
 
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