As an offering to worship the moon god, moon cakes have a long history. The word moon cake was first included in Wu Zimu's "Dream of Liang Lu" in the Southern Song Dynasty. Mooncakes are integrated with local food customs, and they have developed into Cantonese, Shanxi, Beijing, Soviet, Chaozhou and Yunnan mooncakes.
offering sacrifices to the moon is a very old custom in China. Moon cakes are offerings to the moon gods in ancient Mid-Autumn Festival, and they are also seasonal food for the Mid-Autumn Festival. Moon cakes are round and round, and they are shared by the whole family, symbolizing reunion and harmony. In ancient times, the moon was sacrificed every mid-autumn night. Set up a big incense table and place sacrifices such as moon cakes and fruits. Under the moon, put the moon statue in the direction of the moon, and the red candle burns high. The whole family worships the moon in turn, and then the housewife cuts up the reunion moon cake. As an offering to worship the moon god, moon cakes have a long history. The word "moon cake" was first included in Wu Zimu's "Dream of Liang Lu" in the Southern Song Dynasty. Up to now, appreciating the moon and eating moon cakes are the necessary customs for Mid-Autumn Festival in all parts of China. As the saying goes, "August 15th is full, and the moon cakes are sweet and fragrant".
the word moon cake was first seen in Wu Zimu's Dream of Liang Lu in the Southern Song Dynasty, when it was only a snack food. Later, people gradually associate enjoying the full moon together with the mooncakes, symbolizing family reunion and carrying their thoughts. At the same time, moon cakes are also important gifts for friends to contact their feelings during the Mid-Autumn Festival. At that time, moon cakes were rhombic, coexisting with chrysanthemum cakes, plum cakes and five-kernel cakes, and they were "available at all times, so you can call them whenever you want, and don't miss your customers". It can be seen that the moon cakes at this time are not only eaten in the Mid-Autumn Festival. As for the origin of the term moon cake, there is no way to verify it. However, Su Dongpo, a famous scholar in the Northern Song Dynasty, left a poem that "a small cake is like chewing the moon, with crispness and satiety in it", which may be the origin of the name of moon cake and the basis of its practice.