What is the origin of eating mooncakes during the Mid-Autumn Festival? What is the best gift for your girlfriend during the Mid-Autumn Festival?

The word mooncake was first seen in the Dreams of Liang Lu by Wu Zimu in the Southern Song Dynasty. At that time, it was just a snack food. Later, people gradually combined moon-watching with mooncakes. Mooncakes also gradually became an offering to the moon god during the Mid-Autumn Festival in ancient times, and the custom of eating mooncakes during the Mid-Autumn Festival was passed down. It symbolizes family reunion, longing, and praying for family safety and good luck. Now we regard it as a grand traditional festival, where relatives and friends meet, old friends gather, and videos from other places are used to express people's longing for each other. At the same time, everyone will use gifts to express their little thoughts. Let's take a look at what gifts you can bring to your girlfriend and family members during the Mid-Autumn Festival?

Contents of this article

1. What is the best gift for your girlfriend during the Mid-Autumn Festival?

2. What gifts should I buy for visiting relatives during the Mid-Autumn Festival?

3. What is the origin of eating mooncakes during the Mid-Autumn Festival?

What is the best gift for your girlfriend during the Mid-Autumn Festival?

During the Mid-Autumn Festival, you can give your girlfriend mooncakes, chocolates, dolls, cakes or small accessories, etc. The most important and meaningful gift during the Mid-Autumn Festival is mooncakes. You can give some mooncakes with cute or creative shapes, which are not only thoughtful but also ornamental.

The customs of the Mid-Autumn Festival include: appreciating the moon, eating moon cakes, worshiping ancestors, appreciating lanterns, etc. Among them, appreciating the moon and eating moon cakes are national customs.

The Mid-Autumn Festival, along with the Spring Festival, Qingming Festival and Dragon Boat Festival, became one of the "Four Major Traditional Festivals in China" and was listed as a national statutory holiday in 2008.

The Mid-Autumn Festival originated from people's worship of the moon in ancient times, became popular in the Han Dynasty, and became popular after the Song Dynasty.

What gifts should I buy for visiting relatives during the Mid-Autumn Festival?

Mid-Autumn Festival gifts can be given to relatives, such as moon cakes, specialties, nutritional products, tobacco, alcohol, tea, and fruits. In addition to moon cakes, it is also a good idea to give some nutritional products and specialties to older elders to taste something other than moon cakes. Tobacco and alcohol can be stored for a long time and can be taken out to entertain guests when they come.

The Mid-Autumn Festival originated from the ancient people's worship of celestial phenomena and evolved from the ancient custom of "worshiping the moon".

The autumnal equinox of the 24 solar terms is the "Moon Festival" in ancient times. Later, the moon festival gradually evolved into moon appreciating and praising the moon.

The word "Mid-Autumn" was first recorded in Han Dynasty documents, and the Mid-Autumn Festival began to gradually spread to various regions of China during the Han Dynasty.

What is the origin of eating mooncakes during the Mid-Autumn Festival?

The word mooncake was first seen in the Southern Song Dynasty Wu Zimu's "Dream of the Southern Song Dynasty". At that time, it was just a snack food. Later, people gradually combined moon-watching with mooncakes. Mooncakes also gradually became an offering to worship the moon god during the Mid-Autumn Festival in ancient times. The custom of eating mooncakes during the Mid-Autumn Festival has been passed down. It symbolizes family reunion, sustenance of thoughts, and praying for family safety and good luck.

The box of mooncakes should be opened to keep them ventilated. Because mooncakes contain a lot of fat, they should be kept away from light to prevent oxidation of fat.

Mooncakes are rich in fat and sugar, and are easily moldy and deteriorated when exposed to heat and moisture. They need to be stored in a low temperature, cool and ventilated place.

To preserve the taste of mooncakes with soft skin, high moisture content and easy to spoil, it is best to store them in the refrigerator together with the packaging. Generally, mooncakes should not be stored for too long.