What festival is it to eat moon cakes?

Eating moon cakes is the Mid-Autumn Festival.

Offering sacrifices to the moon is a very old custom in China, which is actually the worship of the "Moon God" by the ancients. Eating moon cakes and enjoying the moon during the Mid-Autumn Festival is an indispensable custom to celebrate the Mid-Autumn Festival in northern and southern China. Moon cakes symbolize a happy reunion. People use them as holiday food to worship the moon and give them to relatives and friends.

As an offering to worship the moon god, moon cakes have a long history. In the existing literature, the word moon cake was first seen in Liang Lumeng written by Wu in the Southern Song Dynasty. Combining with local food customs, moon cakes have developed into moon cakes in Guangdong, Shanxi, Beijing, Soviet Union, Chaozhou and Yunnan styles, which are deeply loved by people all over the country.

Mid-autumn festival history

The Mid-Autumn Festival originated in ancient China, was popular in the Han Dynasty, shaped in the early Tang Dynasty, and prevailed after the Song Dynasty. Mid-Autumn Festival is a relic of ancient celestial worship-the custom of worshipping the moon. At the autumnal equinox, it is an ancient "Mid-Autumn Festival", and the Mid-Autumn Festival originated from the traditional "Mid-Autumn Festival".

According to research, "Mid-Autumn Festival" was originally set on the day of "Autumn Equinox" in the 24 solar terms of the Ganzhi calendar. However, because the August day of the lunar calendar is different every year, there may not be a full moon. Later, the Mid-Autumn Festival moved from the autumnal equinox to the fifteenth day of the lunar calendar. Sacrificing the moon is a very old custom in China. In fact, it is a worship activity of the ancient people in some parts of ancient China to "Moon God". Moon cakes are offerings to worship the moon god in the ancient Mid-Autumn Festival, which has been passed down from generation to generation, forming the custom of eating moon cakes in the Mid-Autumn Festival.

In ancient times, every Mid-Autumn Festival, people would put round fruits and vegetables symbolizing a bumper harvest on incense tables, bow to the moon and pray for the safety and good fortune of their families. In ancient times, girls all wanted Yue Bai, hoping that the fairy Chang 'e, who lived in the Moon Palace, could bless herself, and her face was as beautiful as the moon and flowers. Moon cakes have a long history in China.