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Playdough making moon cake steps

Playdough making moon cake steps are as follows:

1, first take out the white playdough, knead it into a ball, and flatten it into a cake shape.

2, along the edge of the cake with a knife to cut out the pattern.

3. Roll a thin strip of black playdough and bend it into a rectangle in the center of the mooncake.

4: Take some of the black playdough, roll it into a long strip, roll it into a spiral, and stick it to the edge of the rectangle.

5. Make another small rectangular piece and place it in the center of the mooncake.

6. Carve the words "Mid-Autumn Festival" on the mooncake, and you're done.

Mooncakes, also known as moon cakes, harvest cakes, reunion cakes, etc., are one of the traditional Chinese delicacies. Mooncakes were originally used as offerings to worship the moon god. Moon worship is a very ancient custom in China, which is actually a kind of worship activity of the ancient people to the "moon god".

Eating mooncakes and enjoying the moon at Mid-Autumn Festival is an indispensable custom of Mid-Autumn Festival in all parts of China. Mooncakes symbolize reunion, and people treat them as festive food, offering them to the moon and giving them to friends and relatives. Mooncakes have been blended with local dietary customs to develop Cantonese, Jin, Beijing, Suzhou, Chao, and Dian styles of mooncakes, which are loved by people in all parts of North and South China.

The Mid-Autumn Festival originated in the ancient times of China, popularized in the Han Dynasty, stereotyped in the early years of the Tang Dynasty, and flourished after the Song Dynasty. The Mid-Autumn Festival is derived from the traditional "Moon Festival", which was initially set on the day of the "Autumn Equinox" and later adjusted to the 15th day of the 8th month of the lunar calendar.