Description fragment of moon cake

The description fragment of the moon cake is as follows:

1, moon cakes are like Xiao Bao arguing about a transparent dress and sleeping in a pink bed. Nanjing Zen

2, Mid-Autumn Festival full moon, moon cakes are sweet. Ping 'an stuffing, happy skin, RMB box, platinum rope. Send blessings as express delivery and attach business cards as reunion.

The golden moon cakes give off a faint fragrance, which makes my mouth water.

4. Five kernels include almonds, walnuts, peanuts, sesame seeds and melon seeds. It makes my mouth water and I can't wait to swallow it in one gulp.

Moon cakes, also known as moon cakes, harvest cakes and reunion cakes, are one of the traditional delicacies of Han nationality in China. Moon cakes were originally used as offerings to worship the moon god.

Offering sacrifices to the moon is a very old custom in China, which is actually the worship of the "Moon God" by the ancients. Eating moon cakes and enjoying the moon in Mid-Autumn Festival is an indispensable custom in northern and southern China. Mooncakes symbolize a happy reunion. People regard them as holiday food, use them to worship the moon and give them to relatives and friends.

Cultural practices

Sacrificing the moon is a very old custom in China. Moon cakes are offerings to worship the moon god in ancient Mid-Autumn Festival, and they are also seasonal food for Mid-Autumn Festival. In ancient times, a moon festival was held every year on the night of Mid-Autumn Festival. Set up a big incense table and place sacrifices such as moon cakes and fruits. Under the moon, put the moon statue in the direction of the moon, and the red candle burns high. The whole family takes turns in Yue Bai, and then the housewife cuts the reunion moon cakes.

As an offering to worship the moon god, moon cakes have a long history. The word "moon cake" was first recorded in Wu's Dream in the Southern Song Dynasty. Watching the moon and eating moon cakes is an essential custom in Mid-Autumn Festival in all parts of China. As the saying goes, "Moon cakes are sweet and fragrant when they are full on August 15th".

Dietary customs of the Mid-Autumn Festival on the 15th day of August in the Han Chinese calendar. Su Dongpo, a great poet in the Song Dynasty, once praised moon cakes with a poem, "A small cake is like chewing the moon, with crisp inside and stuffing inside", which shows that moon cakes in the Song Dynasty already have ghee and sugar stuffing.