What are the customs of eating mooncakes during the Mid-Autumn Festival?

Dividing moon cakes represents separation; the dietary custom of the Mid-Autumn Festival on the 15th day of the eighth lunar month of the Han people.

Su Dongpo, a great poet of the Song Dynasty, praised moon cakes in a poem: "Small cakes are like chewing the moon, with crispy and sweet fillings in them." From this, we can see that moon cakes in the Song Dynasty were filled with butter and sugar.

By the Ming Dynasty, the custom of eating mooncakes during the Mid-Autumn Festival became more common.

"Miscellaneous Notes of Wanshu" written by Shen Bang of the Ming Dynasty recorded: "The furniture of the common people and the common people were made of mooncakes made of mooncakes, ranging in size, and they were called mooncakes." "Zhuizhongzhi" said: "In August, begonias and hostas were appreciated in the palace.

Flowers. From the first day of the Lunar New Year, there are moon cake sellers. On the fifteenth day, every family offers moon cakes and fruits. If there are any leftover moon cakes, they are collected in a dry and cool place and distributed at the end of the year. They are called reunion cakes.

"Historical evolution The Mid-Autumn Festival originated in ancient China, became popular in the Han Dynasty, was finalized in the early Tang Dynasty, and became popular after the Song Dynasty.

The Mid-Autumn Festival is a remnant of the ancient custom of worshiping celestial phenomena and respecting the moon.

During the autumnal equinox, it is the ancient "Moon Sacrifice Festival".

The Mid-Autumn Festival comes from the traditional "Moon Sacrifice Festival".

According to research, the "Moon Sacrifice Festival" was originally set on the "Autumnal Equinox" of the 24th solar term in the Ganzhi Calendar; however, since this day falls on a different day in the eighth month of the lunar calendar every year, there may not necessarily be a full moon, so later it was changed to the "Moon Sacrifice Festival".

The Moon Festival is moved from the Autumn Equinox to the 15th day of the eighth lunar month.

Sacrifice to the moon is a very ancient custom in our country. It is actually an activity of worshiping the "Moon God" by the ancients in some places in my country in ancient times.