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Moon cakes were elaborate sacrifices offered to Moon Goddess at the beginning. As time goes by, people have gradually integrated the activity in praise of the moon with the moon cakes. Now at the Mid-Autumn Festival, people eat moon cakes to express their homesickness and love for their family member, and their hope for a bumper harvest and a happy life, as the moon cake symbolizes family reunion. Moon cakes made in various parts of China have different flavors.

The Chinese Moon Festival, celebrated on the 15th of the 8th lunar month, is one of the most important traditional events for the Chinese and is celebrated wherever Chinese people gather together. It is an occasion for a family reunion and when the full moon rises, families get together to enjoy the occasion, eat moon cakes, and sing moon songs. They gaze at the moon hoping to see Chang Er dancing on its surface, as she is said to do during the Moon Festival.

A quiet night without a cloud is the perfect night for the festival, especially if there is a mild breeze in the air. Then lovers can spend a romantic night together eating mooncake and drinking wine while watching the full moon sail across the sky. If the couple can't be together, they will watch the moon at the same time, eat the moon cakes and feel themselves to be together at the same hour.

If have a chance, do not forget to enjoy delicious Chinese mooncakes.