Mid-Autumn Festival is a traditional Chinese holiday. According to Chinese customs, people eat mooncakes on the Mid-Autumn Festival. What are the food customs of the Mid-Autumn Festival? What are the traditional foods of the Mid-Autumn Festival? Let's take a look together. White Dew, one of the 24 solar terms, falls in the eighth month of the lunar calendar. The weather turns cooler, and the dew becomes white. If you want to learn more about White Dew, please follow Huayi Network quickly!

What are the food customs of the Mid-Autumn Festival?

Mooncakes
Mooncakes were originally offerings for worshiping the moon god in ancient times. This tradition has been passed down, forming the custom of eating mooncakes during the Mid-Autumn Festival. The Mid-Autumn Festival is closely linked with mooncakes, and it can be said that this festival is essentially the "Mooncake Festival." Without mooncakes, it would lose its charm, and without the Mid-Autumn Festival, mooncakes would have no "place to shine." Everyone should taste the flavor of mooncakes during the Mid-Autumn Festival. Mooncakes have a long history in China. According to historical records, as early as the Yin and Zhou dynasties, there was a kind of "Taishi Cake" in the Jiangsu and Zhejiang areas, which was a thin-edged and thick-centered cake used to commemorate Tai Shi Wen Zhong. This is considered the "ancestor" of Chinese mooncakes.
Eating taro in Guangdong
In Chaozhou and other areas of Guangdong, there is a custom of worshipping the moon during the Mid-Autumn Festival, mainly by women and children. There is a folk saying: "Men do not circle the moon, women do not offer sacrifices to the灶 (stove)." Locally, there is also a habit of eating taro during the Mid-Autumn Festival. In Chaozhou, there is a folk saying: "When the river meets the mouth, the taro will be eaten until full."
Eating "mai jian" in Shandong
"Mai jian" is a traditional food eaten in the Mid-Autumn Festival in Jimo. It is first made by spreading flour into a pancake, then adding meat or vegetable fillings, and then rolling it into a tube shape with millet stalks and steaming it. When eating, seasonings are added, giving it a very delicious taste.
Eating "ma bing" in Sichuan
In addition to mooncakes, people in Sichuan also make glutinous rice cakes, kill ducks, eat "ma bing" and "mi bing" during the Mid-Autumn Festival. In some places, they also light orange lanterns and hang them at the door to celebrate. Children may also stick incense into a pomelo and dance along the street, called "dancing with the incense ball."

What are the other names of the Mid-Autumn Festival?

August Festival: Because the festival falls on the 15th day of the eighth lunar month, it is called the "August Festival" or "Half of August";
Reunion Festival: The moon is full during the Mid-Autumn Festival, symbolizing reunion, so it is also called the "Reunion Festival."
Autumn Festival: This generally refers to the 15th day of the eighth lunar month, but this is an old name.
Month Night: Most of the activities of the Autumn Festival revolve around the "moon," so it is also commonly known as the "Moon Festival" or "Month Night";
The Mid-Autumn Festival is also known as Month Night, Autumn Festival, Zhongqiu Festival, August Festival, August Meeting, Chase the Moon Festival, Play with the Moon Festival, Worship the Moon Festival, Daughter's Festival, or Reunion Festival.
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