Full moon
In the Mid-Autumn Festival,China's customs to celebrate the ancient times,"The Book of Rites," on record "Autumn Twilight on Xi",that is,worship of the Moon.In the Zhou Dynasty,during the autumn in both cold and the welcome ceremony held on.Xiangan set up large,put on the moon,watermelon,apples,plums,grapes and other seasonal fruits,cakes and watermelon is by no means small.Would also lotus-shaped watermelon cut.
中秋習(xí)俗
Moon cakes
China's urban and rural masses of the Mid-Autumn Festival has been the custom of eating moon cakes,saying there:"August Shoenji Shiwu Yue,moon cakes and sweet incense." Moon Festival was first used for offerings from the moon,"moon cakes",was first seen in animal husbandry from the Southern Song Wu's "Dream Beam recorded," At that time,it is just as Linghua cake shaped like the food cake.Later,it gradually to the Mid-Autumn full moon and tasting moon cakes together,meaning a symbol of family reunion.