Mid-Autumn Festival to send moon cakes do not necessarily eat but

Mid-Autumn Festival does not necessarily have to eat moon cakes, Mid-Autumn Festival to eat moon cakes is a traditional folklore, but also a kind of food culture.

Mooncakes were initially used as offerings to the moon god, and then people gradually took the Mid-Autumn Festival to enjoy the moon and taste mooncakes as a great symbol of family reunion. Mooncakes symbolize reunion, and people used them as festive food, offering them to the moon and giving them to friends and relatives. So far, eating mooncakes has been a necessary custom for the Mid-Autumn Festival in all parts of China, north and south, and people have to eat mooncakes on the day of the Mid-Autumn Festival to show that they are "reunited".

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History:

The Mid-Autumn Festival originated in the ancient times, became popular in the Han Dynasty, was finalized in the early years of the Tang Dynasty, and flourished after the Song Dynasty. The Mid-Autumn Festival is derived from the traditional "Moon Festival". Mooncakes were the offerings for worshiping the moon god in ancient times, and the custom of eating mooncakes in the Mid-Autumn Festival has been passed down since then. In ancient times, every Mid-Autumn Festival, people would put round fruits and vegetables on the incense table to symbolize a good harvest, and kneel down to worship the moon to pray for the safety of their families and good luck.

In ancient times, customs varied from north to south and from place to place. The earliest surviving written records of moon worship during the Mid-Autumn Festival can be found in the Tang Dynasty. In ancient times, mooncakes were eaten as offerings during the Mid-Autumn Festival, but their true origin is unknown. The earliest written record of the term "mooncake" is found in the Southern Song Dynasty. It is said that the custom of eating moon cakes at Mid-Autumn Festival began in the Tang Dynasty, when the Northern Song Dynasty popular in the court, and then spread to the people, the development of the Ming Dynasty has become a national **** with the dietary practices.