Moon Cakes

Although different parts of China have different ways to celebrate the Mid-Autumn Festival, eating the moon cake remains one of the main activities and is practised by all the Han Chinese. Usually the moon cake is round in shape and is made of sweet lotus seed paste with egg yolks inside. Obviously, the egg yolk represents the moon. There are also other flavors to choose from such as sesame, almond, walnut kernels, red beans and jujube pastes, etc. Recent years you can see also ice cream moon cakes. Sending moon cakes as festive presents is common among the Chinese people, even businessmen.


Moon Cakes

Moon Cakes are generally packed in square tin boxes
There was a very old story about sending moon cakes as presents. Approaching the end of the Yuan Dynasty (14th century) in China, the revolutionaries were planning to overthrow the Mongolian government. However, spreading important messages among the Chinese public was almost unthinkable. They thought of one way to do it safely while getting as many Chinese people as possible to support their revolution without being discovered by the Mongolians. They left messages on paper about their plan and put inside the moon cakes and sent them to many families as presents for the Mid-Autumn Festivals. This way, the Chinese would discover the notes inside the cake when they ate them and thus were informed about the uprising. They finally won the battle and overthrew the Mongolians.  

Some suggested shops for moon-cakes in Hong Kong:
Kee Wah Bakery
Wing Wah

Hong Kong Government defining Moon cakes


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