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Mid-autumn reunion sketch how to draw

Paint the filling yellow, the lace brown, and the rest dark brown, so a simple moon cake is ready.

Mooncake, also known as moon ball, harvest cake, reunion cake, etc., is one of China's traditional Han cuisine. 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 on the Mid-Autumn Festival is an indispensable custom of the Mid-Autumn Festival in all parts of China, from the north to the south. Mooncakes symbolize reunion, and people treat them as festive food, offering them to the moon and giving them to friends and relatives.

Mooncakes have a long history as offerings to the moon god. The word "mooncake" was first recorded in the Southern Song Dynasty in Wu Zimu's Mengliang Lu (梦梁錄). Mooncakes have been blended with local dietary customs to develop Cantonese, Jin, Beijing, Suzhou, Chao, and Dian styles of mooncakes, which have been enjoyed by people from all over China, both north and south.

Moon worship is a very ancient custom in China, and mooncakes were the offerings to the moon god in the ancient Mid-Autumn Festival, as well as the seasonal food for the festival. In ancient times, every Mid-Autumn Festival night was held to sacrifice the moon. A large incense table was set up with moon cakes, fruits and other offerings. Under the moon, the statue of the moon god is placed in the direction of the moon, red candles are lit high, the whole family worships the moon in turn, and then the housewife cuts the mooncakes for reunion.