Tuesday, December 2, 2008

Chinese Food Culture of The Origin of Moon Cakes

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The Moon Cakes is a representative of the Chinese food culture.



Legend has it that in ancient China, the emperor will have memorial day in the spring, autumn festival ceremony on the system. In public, the Mid-Autumn Festival every August, but also about worship, or on the festival customs. "August Shiwu Yue Yuen children, moon cakes and sweet incense," saying this out of the Mid-Autumn Night of the urban and rural customs of the people to eat moon cakes. Moon Festival was first used for offerings from the moon and then there is the Mid-Autumn full moon and tasting moon cakes, as a symbol of family reunion, the moon will slowly become a holiday gift.

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At that time, it was agreed that the Turpan to the emperor of the Tang Dynasty offer a celebration cake. Li Yuan dynasty took over the beautiful cake boxes, and come up with a round cake, and laughter in the air means the moon said: "The cake should be invited Hu toad." The finished cake to eat together Qun Chen.



To the development of the moon today, many more varieties, the flavor varies from place to place. One-Beijing and the Soviet Union-style, wide-tide-moon, and so widely around the north-south China's people like eating.

Moon symbolizes the reunion, the Mid-Autumn Festival is certainly the food products. Night at the festival, people also eat more watermelon, the fruit of the reunion, and other fruits, Qi Zhu happy family life, the sweet, safe ......

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