The origin and history of moon cakes

Ancient moon cakes were eaten as sacrifices in the Mid-Autumn Festival. It is said that the custom of eating moon cakes in Mid-Autumn Festival began in the Tang Dynasty. It was popular in the court in the Northern Song Dynasty and later spread among the people. At that time, it was commonly known as "small cake" and "moon group". In the Ming dynasty, it became a common dietary custom of the whole people.

Mooncakes have been integrated into local dietary customs and developed into Cantonese-style mooncakes, Beijing-style mooncakes, Suzhou-style mooncakes, Chaozhou-style mooncakes and Yunnan-style mooncakes, which are deeply loved by people all over the country.

In the Northern Song Dynasty, it was popular in the court, but it also spread among the people. At that time, it was commonly known as "small cake" and "moon group". Later, it evolved into a circle, symbolizing a happy reunion, reflecting people's good wishes for family reunion, and also deeply missing their relatives and friends. The royal family in the Northern Song Dynasty likes to eat a kind of "palace cake" in the Mid-Autumn Festival, commonly known as "small cake" and "moon group".

In the Qing Dynasty, eating moon cakes on Mid-Autumn Festival has become a common custom, and the production skills are getting higher and higher. Yuan Mei of the Qing Dynasty introduced in "Suiyuan Food List": "Crispy moon cakes are filled with pine nuts, walnuts, melon seeds, rock sugar and lard, which are not sweet or fragrant, soft or greasy, which is unusual."

Moon cakes in Beijing were first made by Qianmen Zhimeizhai. Across the country, five flavor series of Beijing, Tianjin, Jiangsu, Guangzhou and Chaozhou have been formed, and many local folk customs have also appeared around the Mid-Autumn Festival in Yue Bai and during the period of enjoying the moon.

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Main precautions for eating moon cakes:

1, mooncakes are rich in oil and sugar, and mooncakes filled with duck egg yolk have high cholesterol. Generally speaking, they are all high-calorie foods, and diabetics and obese people should not eat more.

2, patients with cholecystitis and gallstones should not eat more moon cakes, but it will cause disease attacks. Eating too many moon cakes may cause acute pancreatitis, which is acute and a few acute patients can die in a short time.

3. Patients with hypertension, hyperlipidemia and coronary heart disease should never eat more moon cakes. Because the sugar and oil in moon cakes will increase blood viscosity, aggravate the degree of cardiac ischemia and even induce myocardial infarction.

4. Patients with nephritis should not eat salty food, and some moon cakes contain more salt. After eating, they often feel thirsty, and it is easy to drink too much water, which increases the burden on the kidneys, aggravates renal hypertension and is prone to edema.

Infants and young children can't bear a lot of foods with high sugar and fat, because their digestive system is not well developed. Pay attention to control and don't eat too much.

6, due to poor digestion and absorption capacity, eating more may increase the burden on the spleen and stomach, causing indigestion, diarrhea and other diseases.

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