Mid-autumn this day, every family should eat moon cake, so, why should the Mid-autumn Festival eat moon cake? The expert referred to this a few days ago commentate.
Tianjin city astronomy learns the top gem of director Zhao to say, moon cake, weigh cake of group of introduced from the northern and western nationalities or from abroad cake, palace cake, small cake, month, reunion to wait again, it is ancient time the offerings that hold a memorial ceremony for does obeisance to Luna mid-autumn, the edge hands down, formed what eat moon cake mid-autumn is consuetudinary.
Moon cake, there is long history in our country. According to historical data account, be in early period of abundant, week, one belt has river, short for Zhejiang Province a kind of souvenir too the “ of the Bao Xinhou side Shi Wenzhong too division cake ” , this is the ” of “ first ancestor of our country moon cake. When the Western Regions of be sent on a diplomatic mission of Chinese generation Zhang Qian, introduce sesame seed, Hu Tao, be moon cake make added complementary makings, appeared to be the circular cake of stuffing with introduced from the northern and western nationalities or from abroad peach kernel at this moment, the name says ” of “ introduced from the northern and western nationalities or from abroad cake.
Tang Dynasty, folk already had the cake division that is engaged in production, capital Chang'an also begins occurrence confectionery shop. Allegedly, have the evening a year mid-autumn, tang Xuan an administrative unit in Xizang and Yang Guifei enjoy the glorious full moon when cake eating moustache, tang Xuan an administrative unit in Xizang disrelishs “ moustache cake ” name is not Orphean, yang Guifei looks up at bright and clear bright moon, blurt out ” of “ moon cake, from now on the name of ” of “ moon cake circulates gradually in folk.
Northen Song Dynasty is royal the Mid-autumn Festival likes to eat ” of cake of palace of a kind of “ , civilian common calls round ” of month of ” of “ small cake, “ . Su Dongpo has Shi Yun: If “ small cake chews a month, there is crisp He Yi in. ”
Arrived bright generation, eat moon cake to just circulate gradually in folk mid-autumn. The cake division with deft at that time heart, if goddess in the moon goes straight towards a month to wait,often regard design as to imprint on moon cake the fairy tale that concerns with the moon, make moon cake becomes those who accept common people favour mid-autumn cate. Arrived clear generation, the making craft of moon cake had bigger rise, breed also increases ceaselessly. What make moon cake experience as people is increasingly rich, the sort of the moon cake on the market also emerges in endlessly, craft is more and more exquisite.
Zhao Zhihang expresses, eat moon cake mid-autumn, with carrying midday to eat zhongzi, festival of lanterns to eat Yuanxiao, the tradition that is our country folk is consuetudinary, placed the good feeling of people.
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