The story of eating moon cakes in Mid-Autumn Festival

Myths and legends are the general names of incredible or supernatural stories in folklore. Myths and legends and folklore are also valuable spiritual wealth of a nation and a country, which occupies a very important position in the history of literature. The following is a legendary story about eating moon cakes in Mid-Autumn Festival. Welcome to read!

Legend 1

Bread should have stuffing. Yutu likes peanuts, sunflower seeds, sesame seeds, almonds and peach kernels. So, she put these in the bread.

There is a laurel tree in the Moon Palace. August 15, if you look closely with the naked eye, you will see the laurel tree. The rabbit's nest is under the osmanthus tree, and the osmanthus tree in Yuegong is in full bloom. A gust of wind passed, osmanthus trees rustled down and the moon palace was full of fragrance. Jade rabbit smelled the fragrance and thought, "Why don't I wrap osmanthus in it?" So, she picked a lot of osmanthus flowers and wrapped them in stuffing to make cakes. When preparing to bake, she looked at the cake she made and said to herself, "Haha, tonight is really like the moon! But something is missing, yes, cassia twig, there is cassia twig on the moon. " So, she put some cassia twigs in the stuffing. This looks good and delicious.

The bread is ready. Of course, it should be given to her friends Chang 'e and WU GANG first. Especially in Wugang, pruning osmanthus trees every day is very tiring. So she gave one to WU GANG and another to Chang 'e.

On the laurel tree, she met WU GANG, and WU GANG took a look. "Oh, it's the moon, even cassia twig." Have a taste, it's delicious! So he asked Jade Rabbit what to do. Jade Rabbit told WU GANG carefully.

And tonight, there happens to be such a person, because he is in a strange place and can't sleep, quietly thinking about his hometown alone in the yard. The moonlit night in autumn is so quiet that you can hear clearly the sound of a needle falling to the ground. At this moment, he heard the dialogue between Yutu and WU GANG.

The following year, on August 15, the wanderer remembered the bread made by Yutu that night and wanted to make it himself. He prepared five kernels, and cut Chengcheng Huang's skin instead of cassia twig. Yes, it's baked yellow, like the moon, with orange peel in the middle, like cassia twig in the moon, called moon cake. Take a bite. It is delicious. The sky is really delicious. He prepared a lot and sent it to distant relatives through the post office.

As a result, the moon cake, a kind of food made by Yutu every year, spread all over the world and became a kind of food for people to commemorate the Mid-Autumn Festival in August and the osmanthus season. Perhaps, even today, Yutu is still making moon cakes and giving them to her good friends Chang 'e and WU GANG every Mid-Autumn Festival.

Legend 2

"Mooncakes send messages". According to legend, before the Yuan Dynasty, the brutal rule of the rulers aroused the general hatred of the broad masses of the people, and uprisings and rebellions were brewing everywhere. In order to maintain his rule and prevent people from rebelling, the ruler stipulated that people were not allowed to hide iron, and only ten families were allowed to share a kitchen knife. During the Mid-Autumn Festival, Zhang Shicheng, the leader of the peasant uprising, wrote the time of the Mid-Autumn Festival uprising on a piece of paper and gave it to all households in moon cakes. When people opened the moon cakes and saw the note, they picked up kitchen knives and gathered for an uprising, which set off a climax against the oppression of the rulers of the Yuan Dynasty. To commemorate the uprising, people eat moon cakes every August 15. So today's Su-style moon cakes are still sandwiched with a long piece of paper, only at the bottom, not in the middle.

Legend 3

Emperor Taizong conquered the northern Turks and put down their repeated crimes, so that his general Li Jing personally led the troops to the frontier fortress, and as a result, he repeatedly made outstanding achievements. On August 15, he returned to Beijing triumphantly, and Chang 'an was full of joy. There is a bud vomiting in Chang 'an. He presented round cakes to Emperor Taizong to celebrate his victory. Emperor Taizong was overjoyed. He took out the round cakes from the beautifully decorated cake box, pointed to the bright moon hanging in the sky and said with a smile, "We should invite toads with Hu cakes." . Then Emperor Taizong and Guan Bai ate round cakes, and the custom of eating moon cakes in the Mid-Autumn Festival was formed.

Legend four

According to legend, in ancient China, the emperor had a system of offering sacrifices to the sun in spring and the moon in autumn. In the folk, every Mid-Autumn Festival in August, there is also a custom about Yue Bai or offering sacrifices to the moon. "August and 15th are full, and Mid-Autumn moon cakes are fragrant and sweet." This famous proverb tells the custom of urban and rural people eating moon cakes on the night of Mid-Autumn Festival. At first, moon cakes were used to worship the moon god. Later, people gradually regarded Mid-Autumn Festival as a symbol of family reunion, and mooncakes gradually became holiday gifts.