When the moon is full, partners have begun to grab a variety of moon cakes, the traditional Chinese festivals are always inseparable from the food, enjoy the delicious moon cakes for so many years, but do you know why the Mid-Autumn Festival to eat moon cakes? How did moon cakes come about? Tang Dynasty: moon cakes from the Hu cake According to records, the moon cakes first appeared in the Tang Dynasty. During the Tang Dynasty, Li Jing returned from his conquest of Xiongnu on the 15th day of the 8th month, and the Hu people paid tribute to Tian Ke Khan. The toad symbolizes the moon, and the poem means that the moon should be invited to eat the cake together. As a matter of fact, Tang Gaozu worshiped the moon with the cake and served it to his ministers as a celebration food, giving the cake the name Moon Cake. From then on, there were more of these cakes in the palace. It was recorded in the “Luozhong Wenzhi” that during the Mid-Autumn Festival, when the new graduates went to the Qujiang River banquet after being inscribed in the Yanta Tower, Emperor Xi Zong of Tang ordered people to give them moon cakes wrapped in red ling from the imperial dining room, which is the earliest record of moon cakes. Although moon cakes were available in the Tang Dynasty, they were only used as a meal in the palace until the Song Dynasty, when they gradually entered people’s homes and became a popular food. The famous gourmet Su Dongpo once said, “A small cake is like chewing the moon, with crispness and syrup.” With this wonderful taste, small cakes spread to all directions. The Southern Song Dynasty Wu Zimu’s “Dream sorghum record” also has a record of moon cakes are “available at all times, any can be called, not to miss the patron. It can be seen that at this time the moon cakes can be eaten anytime and anywhere, and not linked to the Mid-Autumn Festival. Small cakes like chewing the moon, in the crisp and syrup Ming Dynasty: moon cakes dominate the Mid-Autumn Festival And the custom of eating moon cakes in the Mid-Autumn Festival began in the Ming Dynasty. At the end of the Yuan Dynasty, the people were unhappy, all the way to the uprising, in order to contact around the synchronization of the uprising, Zhu Yuanzhang will be hidden in the instructions of the uprising in the moon cake, and then distributed to all the way to the hands of the uprising, agreed to the night of August 15 together. After the success of the uprising, Zhu Yuanzhang sent down an oracle to let all the generals and soldiers have fun with the people, and the “moon cake”, which was used to secretly transmit information during the uprising, was given to the ministers as a festive pastry, and the custom of eating moon cake at the Mid-Autumn Festival spread among the people. In the “Discretionary”, it is mentioned that “from the first day of August, there were mooncake sellers, and by the 15th day, every family offered mooncakes and melons and fruits. If there are leftover moon cakes, is the whole collection in a dry and cool place, to the end of the year to share the use of, said reunion cake also.” Moon cake reunion symbol is also determined at this time, and developed a Beijing-style, Su-style, Canton style and other flavors. Zhu Yuanzhang moon cake uprising various types of moon cake is indeed delicious, but is high in calories and high fat food, how to eat moon cake healthy, which is also a doorway. 1, eat moon cakes in moderation Moon cakes contain high sugar and fat, eat too much is likely to cause gastrointestinal discomfort and fire, especially the elderly, children or gastrointestinal function is weak, eat more attention, must be moderate. 2, moon cakes do not do breakfast Although the energy of moon cakes is relatively high, but the nutrient content of a single, and high sugar and fat, eat too much is also likely to cause gastrointestinal discomfort, such food is not to meet our breakfast needs for nutrition. 3, moon cakes should not be matched with porridge There are many people in the consumption of moon cakes, are willing to eat with the porridge, think not too sweet or too salty, but also very relieved. In fact, moon cakes and porridge are foods that can quickly raise blood sugar, not only to make diabetics uncomfortable, and the human brain cells are not conducive to reduce the efficiency of fat metabolism. 4, eat moon cakes should be bubble cup of hot tea Hot tea can quench thirst, the second can quench grease, help digestion, Pu-erh tea, green tea, jasmine tea, chrysanthemum tea are a good choice. If you do not drink tea, then plain water or, but must be warm, drinking cold drinks may lead to diarrhea. 5, moon cakes should be small chew eating moon cakes, it is best to cut the moon cakes into small pieces, and to chew slowly, to help digestion. 6, fruit and vinegar with mooncakes Acidic food helps the body to absorb and metabolize fat, and can also appease the stomach and strengthen the spleen, eliminating food accumulation. A moon cake is not only a delicious pastry, but also carries the desire and pursuit of family reunion of the Chinese people for thousands of years.