The Mid-Autumn Festival is a traditional festival in China, and there are many traditional foods associated with it. The most famous of these is the mooncake, which is the signature food of the Mid-Autumn Festival, symbolizing reunion and happiness. There are many types of moon cakes, and each place has its own special moon cakes, such as Cantonese moon cakes, Suzhou-style moon cakes, Beijing-style moon cakes, etc.
In addition to mooncakes, there are many other traditional foods for the Mid-Autumn Festival. For example, osmanthus cake is a traditional dessert made with glutinous rice, sugar and osmanthus as the main ingredients, which symbolizes reunion and happiness. During the Mid-Autumn Festival, people also eat grapefruit, because "pomelo" is homophonic with "you", which means that the moon blesses people with peace and auspiciousness. In addition, crab is also one of the delicacies of the Mid-Autumn Festival, which is the season when the crab meat is delicious and full of yellow cream.
In the southern region, there is also the custom of eating taro during the Mid-Autumn Festival, because taro has the homonym of "yutou", which means that life is rich and there is surplus food. In addition, grapefruit, water chestnut, snail, glutinous rice, osmanthus duck and so on are also traditional foods of the Mid-Autumn Festival. These foods are not only delicious, but also symbolize people's yearning and pursuit of a better life.
In short, the traditional food of the Mid-Autumn Festival is rich and colorful, and each place has its own special food. These foods not only satisfy people's appetites, but also inherit the cultural traditions of the Chinese nation.