What traditional food do you eat in Mid-Autumn Festival?

The traditional food for Mid-Autumn Festival is as follows:

1, moon cake. As the saying goes, "The moon is full on August 15th, and the moon cakes are sweet and fragrant". The custom of eating moon cakes on August 15th has a long history. Although the specific time of eating moon cakes is not fastidious, it can be found through ancient literature and classics that the custom of eating moon cakes is the offering of the ancient royal family to worship the "Moon God" in the Mid-Autumn Festival.

2. osmanthus wine. Every Mid-Autumn Festival, when people are looking up at the moon and tasting moon cakes, osmanthus flowers are also blooming, and its fragrance is intoxicating. Osmanthus fragrans is not only ornamental, but also delicious and edible. Many people will use it to make Osmanthus Jelly or soak osmanthus wine in Mid-Autumn Festival, especially the brewed osmanthus wine. The unique sweet-scented osmanthus fragrance after the entrance is enough to make people intoxicated.

3. crabs. As the saying goes, "the west wind tickles the crab's feet", and the Mid-Autumn Festival is just the time when the mother crab paste is fragrant and tender. Fat and tender crab roe and sweet crab white are enough to make people drool. The custom of eating crabs in Mid-Autumn Festival has a long history. Among the customs of ancient Han Mid-Autumn Banquet, the custom of royal banquet is the most elegant, like the Mid-Autumn Banquet in Ming Dynasty, which has become popular.

4. pomegranate. In ancient times, there was a custom of "autumn dusk and evening moon", in which "evening moon" was to worship the moon god. Until now, this custom still exists. Every Mid-Autumn Festival, of course, sacrifices are needed. The Mid-Autumn Festival is the time when pomegranate is ripe, red as agate, white as crystal, sweet and juicy, and sweet as chalcedony after eating. Moreover, pomegranate has always been regarded as a mascot, meaning longevity, auspiciousness and reunion.