Mid-Autumn Festival

Mid-Autumn Festival, one of the traditional Chinese festivals, the lunar calendar August 15, the legend is to commemorate the Moon.The fall of the second month in August, in ancient times called Zhongqiu in autumn and August being so people known as the Mid-Autumn Festival, also known as Qiuxi, August Festival August a half months Xi, Januarysection, but also because this day the moon full circle, a symbol of reunion, also known as reunion.

The moon cake, celebration originated in the Tang army food. The Gaozu years, the Great General Li Jing crusade Turkic moon cake hidden messenger victorious, triumphant return August 15, Since then, the annual custom of eating moon cake.Was offered cake celebration, business Turpan to the emperor of the Tang Dynasty Gaozu Li Yuan took the the ornate cake box, come up with a round cake, laughing air moon said: "Hu cake should be invited toad. The finished cake to the ministers together to eat.

Southern Song Wu from the animal husbandry "Dream sorghum recorded" book, has the word "moon cake", but Mooncake description of eating moon cake, Ming Dynasty "West Lake Chi will" have documented: so-called "August 15 the Mid-Autumn Festival, the folk of moon cake left, take the meaning of reunion ". To the Qing Dynasty, the records about the moon cake would increase, and the production of more and more sophisticated.