On the night of the full moon in August, the Mid-Autumn Festival arrives as scheduled. The Han people in Qinghai, as in other parts of the country, have a deep respect for this traditional festival of reunion. At this moment, Mai Lang has returned to the warehouse, and the days are as quiet as water. For this symbolizing reunion, every family carefully prepares, grinds new noodles, and makes all kinds of mooncakes. Those who are on the road, have a side hustle or work part-time are traveling thousands of miles to return home just to spend the night with their loved ones. 
The Mid-Autumn Festival moon cakes in Qinghai are different from those in other places, and its production process is extremely exquisite. Choose fresh dough, ferment it with leavened dough, and then add alkaline noodles to prepare. In the production process, vegetable oil, brown sugar, turmeric, fragrant beans and various food colorings are skillfully added to make the dough show a colorful color of red, green, yellow and white. After layering, various patterns are arranged on the surface with colored dough, and nuts such as almonds and walnuts are embedded to make the steamed mooncakes bright and eye-catching, and the fragrance is overflowing. There are large and small mooncakes, the big one can only be steamed one, while the small one can be steamed four to six. The ingenious women even made peach patterns on the big moon cakes, as well as dragon snakes with scales and armor, which imply "giving birth to children and being rich", as well as auspicious patterns such as "five blessings and longevity" and "unicorn sending children", which are lifelike. 
When night falls and the bright moon rises, the family will place these newly made mooncakes, melons and fruits in front of the desk and offer them to the bright moon with devotion to the bright moon. When the moon rises in the middle of the sky, the elders of the family light lamps and candles, burn incense, and prostrate to pray to thank the moon fairy for the health, peace and harvest of the world. Afterwards, the family will meet with the neighbors to share melons and fruits and drink freely to the moon. The moonlight is sprinkled on the small courtyard of the farmhouse, the flowers and shadows are swaying, and the laughter and laughter are coming and going. This is perhaps the warmest and most beautiful moment in the world. Search Topic Full Time Challenge in February