Saturday, April 25, 2009

moon cake



moon cake beginning from the confectionery offerings and offering homage to the ancestors in the autumn, which is usually the harvest period which is considered important in Chinese culture is based agrikultural. 
Development time of the month cakes evolved from the special offerings to mid-autumn confectionery and gifts but still related to the autumn festival celebration earlier. 
Some legends months revealed that the cake comes from the Ming Dynasty, which is associated with the heroic rebellion led Zhu Yuanzhang Han farmers against the government Mongols. But actually, there was cake months in recorded history at the time of the early Song Dynasty. From here, the cake is already popular months and exist far before the Ming Dynasty was founded.

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