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Tulipalice
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Why we eat moon cake in mid-autumn festival?

14 years ago

Why we eat moon cake in mid-autumn festival?

Mid-Autumn moon cakes(www.honestspace.com), when it began in yuan dynasty, emperor han people against the leaders agreed on August 15, to this day, the moon cakes to exchange the note in transmission of mooncakes. The Mid-Autumn moon cakes in folk custom.(www.honestspace.com)

Later, zhu yuanzhang overthrew the yuan dynasty and finally became the first emperor Ming, qing dynasty of China who followed while capturing, but people still celebrate the overthrow of the alien domination symbol.

Ancient Chinese legend, the emperor had spring, autumn death on offering rites. In every August(www.honestspace.com), folk, also have on or around the worship of the customs on offering. Round "August 15, the midautumn festival moon cake is sweet", this is the Mid-Autumn night of urban and rural people say.we eat mooncakes custom. Mooncakes are used on initial offerings of sacrifice, then god the Mid-Autumn moon, people gradually and enjoy moon cakes, as a symbol of family reunion, slowly mooncakes became the festival gifts.

Moon cakes, initially(www.honestspace.com) originated in the tang dynasty ZhuJie army. TangGaoZu years imperatorial LiJing conquests hsiungnu, August 15 triumph.(www.honestspace.com)

Some business to the tang dynasty emperor turpan offered ZhuJie bread. GaoZu LiYuan took the bread out of the box, luxuriant, refers to the pie moon said: "HuBing shall invite toad". Finish the loaves of the princes eat together.(www.honestspace.com)

Wu song LiangLu dream "self", the "moon cakes" one word, but for the Mid-Autumn festival, eat mooncakes on taste of the Ming dynasty, is described in the west lake tour "volunteers are recorded on August 15:" refers to the Mid-Autumn moon phase yishan, folk, the meaning of reunion. In qing dynasty, the record about the moon is much, and make more subtle.(www.honestspace.com)

Moon cakes, breed more numerous, flavor differences. One Beijing type, su shi, wide type, type etc widely across north China mooncakes people like to eat.(www.honestspace.com)

Mooncakes reunion, is symbolizing the Mid-Autumn festival will feed. In the festival night, people love to eat watermelon, etc QiZhu family reunion of fruit, sweet and happy life, and peace.

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