Mid-Autumn Festival eating mooncake symbolism origin Mid-Autumn Festival eating mooncake symbolism origin brief introduction

1, the shape of the mooncake is round, round symbolizes the reunion, the family is full, so people will call the Mid-Autumn Festival reunion festival, because on this day, the mooncake is round, the full moon in the sky on this day is also the most round, all of which symbolizes the fullness and harmony. So it is because of the beautiful symbolism of the mooncake that people have developed this traditional custom to this day, unchanged for ages, and passed it down from generation to generation among their children and grandchildren.

2, Mid-Autumn Festival to eat moon cakes this traditional custom is probably originated in the Yuan Dynasty, the Yuan Dynasty period, Zhu Yuanzhang led some people *** with the revolt against the tyranny of the time, and *** with the agreement in the lunar calendar on the fifteenth day of the month of August, on the day of the uprising, and pass the signal way, is through the moon cake inside plus a small note to carry out. Later, through the efforts of Zhu Yuanzhang and these commoners, the tyranny of the Yuan Dynasty at that time was finally overthrown, and from that time onwards, Zhu Yuanzhang became the first emperor of the Ming Dynasty. Although at a later time, the Qing Dynasty had already been returned to China, people would still **** together to celebrate the day when they had put in all their efforts to overthrow the tyranny. So people eat mooncakes as a traditional custom of the Mid-Autumn Festival, in order to commemorate the day of victory, the happy day of countless people to change their destiny.