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The meaning of moon cakes on Mid-Autumn Festival
Moon cakes are round, symbolizing reunion, meaning reunion happy. It reflects people's best wishes for family reunion.
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Moon cakes are round, symbolizing reunion, meaning reunion happy. It reflects people's best wishes for family reunion.
According to legend, eating moon cakes on the Mid-Autumn Festival began in the Yuan Dynasty. At that time, the vast majority of the people in the Central Plains could not stand the cruel rule of the ruling class of the Yuan Dynasty and resisted the Yuan Dynasty.
Zhu Yuanzhang united various resistance forces to prepare for an uprising. However, the court officers and soldiers were rigorously searched and it was very difficult to transmit information.
Military strategist Liu Bowen came up with a way. He ordered his subordinates to hide the note with "Night Uprising on August 15" in the pastry, and then sent people to the insurgents everywhere.
Inform them to respond to the uprising on the evening of August 15. On the day of the uprising, all the insurgents responded together.
Soon, Xu Da captured Yuan Dadu and the uprising was successful. When the news came, Zhu Yuanzhang was very happy, and quickly verbally instructed that in the upcoming Mid-Autumn Festival,
Let all officers and soldiers spend the rest of their lives with the people, and give the ministers the "moon cake" that secretly transmits intelligence when they start the army as a reward. Since then, the production of "moon cakes" has become more and more refined, and more and more varieties.
After the Mid-Autumn Festival, the custom of eating moon cakes spread among the people.
The moon cakes with the meaning of reunion should have been from the Ming Dynasty. If you integrate the moon cake information and folk customs of the Ming Dynasty Mid-Autumn Festival, you can see the historical track of moon cake reunion.
After the Mid-Autumn Festival, the family gathered to eat moon cakes and fruits. Because moon cakes are also round, the family eats them separately, so moon cakes representing the reunion of the whole family have gradually formed.
I wish you a happy Mid-Autumn Festival and a happy reunion!
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