Moon Cakes in the Mid-Autumn Festival

Moon Cakes

Different Kinds of Moon Cakes

Like a Full Moon

Moon Cakes Made in China

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Mouth is Watering

Romantic Moon cakes

What in it ?

   There is a story about the moon-cake. It was said that during the Yuan dynasty (A.D. 1280-1368) China was ruled by the Mongolian people. Leaders from the preceding Sung dynasty (A.D. 960-1280) were unhappy at submitting to the foreign rule, and set how to coordinate the rebellion without being discovered. The leaders of the rebellion, knowing that the Moon Festival was drawing near, ordered the making of special cakes. Backed into each moon caked was a message with the outline of the attack. On the night of the Moon Festival, the rebels successfully attached and overthrew the government. Today, moon cakes are eaten to commemorate this legend and was called the Moon Cake.
   Nowadays, there are thousands varieties of moon cakes on sale a month before the arrival of Moon Festival. Moon cakes were elaborate sacrifices offered to Moon Goddess at the beginning. As time goes by, people have gradually integrated the activity in praise of the moon with the moon cakes. Now at the Mid-Autumn Festival, people eat moon cakes to express their homesickness and love for their family member, and their hope for a bumper harvest and a happy life, as the moon cake symbolizes family reunion. Moon cakes made in different parts of China have different flavors. In terms of the places of production, there are Beijing, Guangdong, Suzhou, Taiwan, Yunnan, Hong Kong and Chaozhou moon cakes; in terms of tastes, there are sweet, salty, sweet and salty, and spicy moon cakes; and in terms of fillings, there are five kinds of kernels, sweetened beam paste, crystal sugar, sesame seeds and ham. Some moon cakes have pulp crust; some have sweet crust; and the others have thin and crisp crust. Tourists from all over the world must not forget to taste various kinds of delicious moon cakes at the Mid-Autumn Festival.
   Chinese people love this festival. Foreigners also like to  make a China Tour to experience the traditional Chinese festival, Mid-autumn Festival, from which they can learn more about the kindness of Chinese people, the profound history, culture, art and folk story of China.

Mid-Autumn Festival

  Mid-Autumn Festival, is one of the most popular traditional festivals in China. It is a well-known harvest festival celebrated by Chinese people which could date back over 3,000 years ago.The Mid-Autumn Festival is held on the 15th day of the eighth lunar month (which falls between the last), a date when the moon is supposedly in its fullest and roundest shape. In the Zhou Dynasty (11th century-256 B.C.), people held ceremonies to greet winter and worship the moon when the moon became full in mid autumn. The custom was passed down to the Northern Song Dynasty (960-1127) when the 15th day of the eighth lunar month was formally named the Mid-Autumn Festival.
   The traditional food of this festival is the moon cake. Now when the festival comes, people would sit together, maybe on the grass, on the roof of the building, on the top of the mountain, beside the lake… to enjoy the delicious moon cakes, appreciate the bright full moon, celebrate the bumper harvest and enjoy the family love and happiness. To the Chinese people, the full moon symbolizes family reunion, so does the "moon cakes." Hence the Mid-Autumn Festival is also called the Family Reunion Festival.
   A China tour to enjoy Mid-autumn Festival by tasting moon cakes, listening to famous fairy tales - Chang'e Flying to the Moon, taking part in sacrifice rite, a reunion part ... which offer you a impressive experience of Chiese fesitival culture .