中国中秋月餅Chinese Mid --- Autumn Moon Cakes

中秋节在中国古代很早就有了，到了中国唐朝已成了习俗，到了宋朝，成了重要节日。 中国古代对中秋节是很重视的。这一天大家要聚在一起赏月，吃月食。有流传这样的说法：“中秋月食，塞外羊肥，胜芳蟹满，菊花茶，桂花酒。”，讲的是过中秋节需要品偿的月食。月饼在中国古代叫“胡饼”，在中国汉代就已经有了，当时只是一种点心。一直到了中国明代、清代，月饼才普及，成为中秋美食。月饼在中国不同地方，制作的方式也不同。中国江南一带有苏式鲜肉月饼较出名，馅是纯肉馅，酥皮，鲜香，十分美味。中国广东一带有蛋黄连蓉月饼，有连子香。中国云南有火腿月饼，馅是中国宣威火腿，鹹鹹的。

The Mid-Autumn Festival has existed in ancient China for a long time. It has become a custom in the Tang Dynasty and an important festival in the Song Dynasty.Ancient China extremely attached great significant to Mid-Autumn Festival. On this day, everyone will get together to enjoy the moon and eat the edibles. There is a popular saying: "Mid-Autumn edibles, border fat sheep, Shengfang fat Crab, chrysanthemum tea, osmanthus wine." This sentence is about an edibles that needs to taste during the Mid-Autumn Festival.The moon cakes were called "Hu Bing" in ancient China. They were already eaten in the Han Dynasty. At that time, they were just a kind of snacks. The  moon cakes became popular until the Ming and Qing Dynasties and became a delicacy of the Mid-Autumn Festival.The moon cakes are made in different ways in different regions of China. In the south of the Yangtze River, Chinese moon cakes with fresh meat, which are famous for their pure meat fillings, crispy skin, delicious fragrance and delicious taste. In Guangdong, China, it has egg yolk moon cakes with the fragrance of Lianzi. In addition, in Yunnan, China, it has ham and moon cakes filled with Chinese Xuanwei ham, which tastes salty.