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The Moon Cake was filled with sweet red bean pasted or crushed lotus seeds embedded with a salted coked duck's egg. People compare moon cakes to the plum pudding and fruit cakes which are served in the English holiday seasons. Nowadays, there are hundreds varieties of moon cakes on sale a month before the arrival of Moon Festival. |
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Legendary,
during the Yuan dynasty (A.D. 1280-1368) China was ruled by the Mongolian
people. Leaders from the preceding Sung dynasty (A.D. 960-1280) were
unhappy at submitting to the foreign rule, and set how to coordinate the
rebellion without being discovered. The leaders of the rebellion, knowing
that the Moon Festival was drawing near, ordered the making of special cakes.
Backed into each moon caked was a message with the outline of the attack.
On the night of the Moon Festival, the rebels successfully attached and
overthrew the government. Today, moon cakes are eaten to commemorate this
legend and was called the Moon Cake.