Brief introduction of Chongyang cake

1, Chongyang cake, also known as "flower cake", is a traditional seasonal food, which is named after it is eaten on the Double Ninth Festival. Common in Jiangsu, Zhejiang and Shanghai, it is not very popular all over the country. In order to eat beautifully, people make the Chongyang cake colorful and sprinkle some sweet-scented osmanthus on the cake surface, so it is also called Osmanthus Jelly.

According to legend, Kang Hai, the top scholar of Ming Dynasty, was a martial artist in Shaanxi. In mid-August, he fell ill in Chang 'an. After the announcement in August, the newspaper reporter who reported the good news took pains to send the good news to the martial arts school, but Kang Hai hasn't arrived home yet. No one at home sent a gratuity, and the newspaper refused to leave until Kang Hai came back. When Kang Hai gets home, it's already the Double Ninth Festival. At this time, he sent a newspaper, paid him, and steamed a pot of cakes as dry food for his return trip. More cakes are steamed and distributed to neighbors. Because this kind of cake was used to celebrate the first place in Kang Hai, it was a good sign that families with children attending school later distributed steamed cakes on the Double Ninth Festival. The custom of eating cakes on the Double Ninth Festival spread like this.