Mid Autumn Festival – Moon Festival

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This Chinese festival takes place on 15 days of the eighth lunar month. Only the Chinese New Year importance. The festival can be traced back to ancient Xia and Shang Dynasty (2000 BC C 1066. In the Zhou Dynasty (1066 BC C 221) vows ceremonies and worship, instead of the moon winter. Dynasty Tang (618 C. 907 AD), the full moon was observed.

On the 15th day of the eighth month of the moon is full and the most important for the eye. It was in China, which, despite the urban development still largely rural, the Moon Festival is a celebration of the harvest of fruits, vegetables and cereals by the company and food was abundant harvest. There was a time to have fun and celebrate with family members. Since the festival is the Chinese people, seeing the moon with the idea of family and friends away from home, we all want the best. The words of the great poets of the Tang Dynasty, Li Bai is often brought to mind: I lift my head to see the bright moon, and let my head thinking of my old house.

Moon Cakes

It is a story about the moon cake. During the Yuan Dynasty (1280 C 1368) China was ruled by the Mongols. Prominent political figures of the ancient dynasty Sung (960 Planned C 1280 AD), is a secret rebellion. Knowing that the Moon Festival approaches, said that leaders make a special cake round. Hidden in each cake was a message that describes the attack. On the night of the Moon Festival, the uprising was successful and so far, cakes moon consumed in memory.

moon_cake

Moon cakes with a sweet inner generations of nuts, mashed red batter bean, seeds lotus or Chinese dates. A boiled egg yolk can sometimes in the middle of tasting dessert rich to be found. Today there are hundreds of varieties of cakes moon for sale one month before the Moon Festival.

moon_cakes with different fillings

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Mid Autumn Festival – Moon Festival