The term moon cake first appeared in Wu Zimu's Dream of Liang Lu in the Southern Song Dynasty, but it was only a snack food at that time. Later, people slowly separated moon viewing from moon cakes, which meant family reunion and missing. At the same time, moon cakes are also important gifts for friends to contact their feelings during the Mid-Autumn Festival.

moon cakes, also known as moon cakes, harvest cakes and reunion cakes, are one of the traditional Han delicacies in China. Moon cakes were originally used as offerings to worship the moon god. Sacrificing the moon is a very old custom in our country, in fact, it is a kind of worship activity of the ancients to the "Moon God". Eating moon cakes and enjoying the moon in the Mid-Autumn Festival is an indispensable custom in the northern and southern parts of China. Moon cakes symbolize a happy reunion. People regard them as holiday food, and use them to worship the moon and give them to relatives and friends.