According to legend, in ancient China, emperors had the sun in spring, autumn ritual sacrifice months. In the civil, every August Mid-Autumn Festival, also about worship or sacrifice on the custom of months. "On August 15 children round the Mid-Autumn moon cake and sweet incense," and this name saying Daochu moon night of urban and rural people, the custom of eating moon cake. Upon first moon cake moon festival of sacrifice to, then it gradually mooncake and eat moon cake, as a symbol of family reunion, will become gradually moon cake festival gifts.

Moon cake, first originated in the Tang army celebration party food. Emperor in Tang dynasty years, the big campaign against the Huns victorious General Li Jing, 15 August a triumphant return.

Turpan was some business offering cake to the Tang emperor celebration party. Emperor Li Yuan took the beautiful cake box, took out a round cake, laughing that the air moon said: "The cake should be invited Hu toad." Having to eat cake and give the ministers.

Song Wuzi Mu's "Dreams of" the book have been "moon cake" word, but the taste of the Mid-Autumn months, the description of eating moon cake is the Ming Dynasty, "West Lake Chi will" have written: "August 15 that The Mid-Autumn Festival, moon cake with civil to left, taking the meaning of reunion. " To the Qing Dynasty, on the record would increase the moon cake, and making more and more sophisticated.

Moon cake to today, a greater variety, taste different from place to place. One Beijing-style, Soviet-style, Cantonese, Chaozhou-style moon cake so widely around the country by people like eating north and south.

Moon cake symbolizes reunion, the Mid-Autumn Festival will eat the product. Night at the festival, people also eat some watermelon, fruit, fruit reunion, pray his family happy, happiness, and peace.

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相傳我國古代，帝王就有春天祭日、秋天祭月的禮制。在民間，每逢八月中秋，也有左右拜月或祭月的風(fēng)俗。“八月十五月兒圓，中秋月餅香又甜”，這句名諺道出中秋之夜城鄉(xiāng)人民吃月餅的習(xí)俗。月餅最初是用來祭奉月神的祭品，后來人們逐漸把中秋賞月與品嘗月餅，作為家人團(tuán)圓的象征，慢慢月餅也就成了節(jié)日的禮品。

月餅，最初起源于唐朝軍隊(duì)祝捷食品。唐高祖年間，大將軍李靖征討匈奴得勝，八月十五凱旋而歸。

當(dāng)時(shí)有人經(jīng)商的吐魯番人向唐朝皇帝獻(xiàn)餅祝捷。高祖李淵接過華麗的餅盒，拿出圓餅，笑指空中明月說：“應(yīng)將胡餅邀蟾蜍”。說完把餅分給群臣一起吃。

南宋吳自牧的《夢梁錄》一書，已有“月餅”一詞，但對(duì)中秋嘗月，吃月餅的描述，是明代的《西湖游覽志會(huì)》才有記載：“八月十五日謂之中秋，民間以月餅相遺，取團(tuán)圓之義”。到了清代，關(guān)于月餅的記載就多起來了，而且制作越來越精細(xì)。

月餅發(fā)展到今日，品種更加繁多，風(fēng)味因地各異。其中京式、蘇式、廣式、潮式等月餅廣為我國南北各地的人們所喜食。

月餅象征著團(tuán)圓，是中秋佳節(jié)必食之品。在節(jié)日之夜，人們還愛吃些西瓜、水果等團(tuán)圓的果品，祈祝家人生活美滿、甜蜜、平安。