What is the symbolism of eating patties at Mid-Autumn Festival?

1. Eating mochi on Mid-Autumn Day originated more than 2,000 years ago during the Spring and Autumn and Warring States Periods, and it is a traditional custom handed down to this day to commemorate the great general of the State of Chu, Wu Zixu.

2, mochi is a kind of token, holy food, August mid-autumn pounding mochi, eating mochi moon activities that is a metaphor for family unity and happiness, good luck. Mochi sticking into a ball, a metaphor for the unity of the family and unity; mochi sweet, a metaphor for life sweet happiness; even early in the morning to play mochi, the earlier you get up, also represents the next year's harvest the greater; mochi into a round size, a metaphor for people, "destiny", celebrations, good luck and reunion; in Sichuan, the oldest people have the Mid-Autumn Festival to eat mochi habit.

3, in the rural areas of Sichuan, the Mid-Autumn Festival patties are made out of this way. The night before, you have to soak the glutinous rice, after a whole night of soaking, the glutinous rice has absorbed all the water, a grain is white and fat. The housewife early in the morning to fish out the rice out of the water control and draining, put on a drawer cloth loaded with a steamer pot with high fire to steam the glutinous rice. These are the prelude to the most important process of making mochi is to play mochi. This work is usually done by the village strong young man to complete. Steamed glutinous rice is put into a large stone mortar and pounded with a wooden stick. The stick in the hands of the young man is about as thick as his wrist, and is usually made of solid logs.

4, in fact, in addition to the August 15 Mid-Autumn Festival, patties are also many places in the south of the New Year's essential food, just like the northern rice cakes, meaning a year more than a year higher. Whether it is the first or fifteenth day of the year, for the foodie who rides the waves, mochi is a good choice. If you don't have the chance to go to Sichuan to experience making mochi this Mid-Autumn Festival, you can at least have a plate of it. In addition to mooncakes, eating mochi for Mid-Autumn Festival is also a good choice.