What else can we eat during the Mid-Autumn Festival besides mooncakes? What are the types of mooncakes?

The Mid-Autumn Festival originated from the worship of celestial phenomena, which evolved from the moon worship in ancient times. The Mid-Autumn Festival has customs such as worshiping the moon, appreciating the moon, eating moon cakes, playing with lanterns, appreciating osmanthus, and drinking osmanthus wine. Among them, Beijing-style moon cakes are one of the representative varieties of moon cakes in the northern region. They originated in Beijing, Tianjin and surrounding areas. They have the characteristics of exquisite appearance, thin and soft skin, and distinct layers. What other types of moon cakes are there? Let's learn more about them.

Contents of this article

1. What else can we eat during the Mid-Autumn Festival besides mooncakes?

2. What types of mooncakes are there?

3. What flavors of mooncakes are there?

What else can we eat during the Mid-Autumn Festival besides mooncakes?

In addition to moon cakes, people can also eat sesame cakes, honey cakes, glutinous rice cakes, and various seasonal fresh fruits and vegetables, such as watermelon, grapefruit, persimmon, grapes, pomegranates, apples, pumpkins, sweet potatoes, water chestnuts, taro, peanuts, radishes, lotus roots, etc., as well as osmanthus cakes and osmanthus wine.

The Mid-Autumn Festival originated from the worship of celestial phenomena and evolved from the ancient autumn moon worship. The customs of the Mid-Autumn Festival include worshiping the moon, appreciating the moon, eating moon cakes, playing with lanterns, appreciating osmanthus flowers, and drinking osmanthus wine.

The Mid-Autumn Festival originated in ancient times, became popular in the Han Dynasty, took shape in the early Tang Dynasty, and became popular after the Song Dynasty.

The Mid-Autumn Festival is a combination of autumn seasonal customs. It uses the roundness of the moon to symbolize family reunion, expresses longing for hometown and relatives, and prays for a good harvest and happiness.

What are the types of mooncakes?

There are many types of mooncakes, the most common ones include Cantonese-style mooncakes, Chaozhou-style mooncakes, Su-style mooncakes, Yunnan-style mooncakes, Shanxi-style mooncakes, Beijing-style mooncakes, Quzhou-style mooncakes, Anhui-style mooncakes, Taiwanese-style mooncakes, and Hong Kong-style mooncakes. Different types of mooncakes have different styles, flavors, and tastes.

In addition to different styles, mooncakes also have different flavors. Common mooncake flavors include sweet, salty, salted egg yolk, salty and sweet, spicy, five-nut, red bean paste, sesame, ham, etc.

Cantonese mooncakes originated in Guangdong and surrounding areas. They are one of the famous local specialties in Guangdong Province. They are characterized by thin skin, softness, sweetness and rich fillings.

Beijing-style mooncakes are one of the representative varieties of mooncakes in the northern region. They originated in Beijing, Tianjin and surrounding areas and are characterized by exquisite appearance, thin and crispy skin, and distinct layers.

What flavors of mooncakes are there?

Mooncakes come in many flavors, such as sweet, salty, salty-sweet, and spicy. The fillings of mooncakes include: osmanthus, dried plums, five kernels, red bean paste, rose, lotus paste, rock sugar, ginkgo, meat floss, black sesame, ham, egg yolk, etc. Mooncakes are also called moon cakes, small cakes, harvest cakes, and reunion cakes. They are one of the traditional foods of the Han Chinese.

Mooncakes are integrated with local eating habits. Mooncakes can be divided into five major schools: Cantonese style, Chaozhou style, Shanxi style, Beijing style, and Su style mooncakes.

Non-traditional mooncakes include French mooncakes, snow skin mooncakes, ice cream mooncakes, fruit and vegetable mooncakes, seafood mooncakes, coconut milk mooncakes, tea mooncakes, etc.

Traditional mooncakes include Chaozhou-style mooncakes, Su-style mooncakes, Taiwanese-style mooncakes, Hong Kong-style mooncakes, Anhui-style mooncakes, Qu-style mooncakes, Qin-style mooncakes, etc.