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Origin of Mid-Autumn Festival

The Mid-Autumn Festival has a long history, and like other traditional festivals, it has also developed slowly. Ancient emperors had rituals to worship the sun in spring and the moon in autumn. As early as in the book "Zhou Li", the word "Mid-Autumn Festival" already existed. 's records. Later nobles and literati also followed suit. During the Mid-Autumn Festival, facing the round and bright moon in the sky, watching and worshipping, and expressing feelings, this custom spread to the people and formed a traditional activity until the Tang Dynasty. , This custom of worshiping the moon is more valued by people, and the Mid-Autumn Festival has become a fixed festival. "Tang Shu. Taizong Ji" records that "August 15th Mid-Autumn Festival", this festival prevailed in the Song Dynasty, until the Ming and Qing Dynasties, has been As famous as New Year's Day, it has become the main festival in my country.

During the Mid-Autumn Festival, moon cakes were made in the Qing Palace. In addition to eating them, the emperor also gave them to concubines, officials, eunuchs and others. Palace moon cakes are available in several forms, such as red, white, tumbled, and pulped.

The fillings of moon cakes are also various, sweet ones include bean paste, minced fruit, lotus seed paste, jujube paste, pineapple, coconut kernels, etc., and salty ones include five kernels, egg yolk, golden hook ham and so on.