homemade moon cakes

The moon reunites and people reunites. Fu Hongyu wishes all the elves a happy life and a peaceful and happy reunion!

Mooncakes have a long history in our country. According to legend, in ancient China, emperors had a ritual system of worshiping the sun in spring and the moon in autumn. According to historical records, as early as the Yin and Zhou Dynasties, there was a thin border and thick heart "Taishi cake" in memory of Taishi Wen Zhong in Jiangsu and Zhejiang. This was the "ancestor" of my country's mooncakes. When Zhang Qian was sent to the Western Regions in the Han Dynasty, he introduced sesame seeds and walnuts to add accessories to the making of mooncakes. At this time, round cakes filled with walnut kernels appeared, called "Hu cakes". Nowadays, there are many kinds of mooncakes and unique styles. Do you know the origin of mooncakes? There is also a beautiful and romantic legend here...

It is said that when the seven fairies returned to the celestial palace, they left a son for Dong Yong. On the 15th of the eighth month of the lunar calendar that year, the child felt itchy when he saw his fellow village friends playing under the osmanthus tree at the head of the village, so he walked over to join in the fun.

However, as soon as he walked over, the children all avoided him. He looked for Li Gouwa, but the Gouwa walked away. He found a stone, and the stone scattered its feet and ran away. Wang Tiezhu also scolded him: "You are a wild boy with no mother and no education. We will not play with you."

When he heard this, he turned his head and ran to the old locust tree outside the village and burst into tears. He cried and shouted,"My God, my good mother, where are you? Come and pick up your poor son!" The child's cry reached the sky, alarming the kind god Wu Gang. Wu Gang saw how pitiful the motherless child was and felt that the crying seemed to tear his heart.

Wu Gang hurriedly dressed up as a village man, came down from the sky, walked to the child, and comforted him kindly. However, no matter how good Wu Gang said and coaxed him, the child cried so hard that he wanted his mother. He cried and said to Wu Gang: "Good uncle, other children all have mothers. Their mothers love them and love them. Why don't I have a mother? Where is my mother?"

Wu Gang saw that the child missed his mother so urgently, and his heart softened. So while sending a message to the Seven Fairy, he quietly took out the cloud climbing shoes and said to the child, whose eyes were red from crying: "Child, uncle will tell you a way. These are a pair of cloud climbing shoes. If you want to see your mother, you have to wear them under the full moon."

When the child heard this, he knew that he could find his mother, and he was happy. He quickly bowed to Wu Gang and thanked him: "Uncle, I thank you first. When I find my mother, I will go to see you with my mother."

So child