Moon cakes more than 1,000 years ago
This year's Mid-Autumn Festival, everyone will eat moon cakes, which means reunion! Do you know that our ancestors had moon cakes for more than 1,000 years. Moon cakes were not called moon cakes at the beginning, and their shapes and tastes are different. It is generally believed that moon cakes originated from during the Yin and Zhou dynasties, popular in the Tang Dynasty, and named after the Song Dynasty.
As early as the Tang Dynasty, there were bakers engaged in production among the people, and bakery shops began to appear in Chang'an, the capital of Beijing.
It is said that on the Mid-Autumn Festival of one year, Tang Xuanzong and Yang Guifei ate biscuits while enjoying the moon and eating biscuits, Tang Xuanzong thought that the name "Hubing" was not good, Yang Guifei looked up at the bright moon and was very excited. Surging, "moon cakes" came out casually, and the name "moon cakes" has gradually spread among the people.
A round moon cake is on display at the Xinjiang Museum. This moon cake has a history of 1,400 years. It is the only moon cake type food unearthed in China today.
Mooncakes unearthed in Astana
According to the historical age, it should be a mooncake from the Tang Dynasty. This mooncake was unearthed in the ancient tomb of Astana in Turpan. From the appearance of the mooncake, it is Today's embossing patterns are very similar, with a diameter of 7.5 cm and an earthy yellow color. On the front of the mooncake, there are Persian -style beads pattern and Indian Buddhism lotus pattern, which is a sinicized treasure-like flower pattern.
explained in ancient times. Our ancestors have learned to make moon cakes. Is there any filling in the Tana mooncake? If it is filled, what kind of filling will it be?
In order to uncover the mystery of the Astana mooncake filling, the archaeologists specially carried out X-ray inspection on it.It turns out that the moon cake not only contains stuffing, but also occupies a lot of space in the moon cake. From this point of view, it is really an ancient moon cake.
According to cultural relics protection regulations, various detection methods must be implemented under the premise of ensuring that they are not damaged. If the Astana cake is rashly broken for testing, it will not only violate the cultural relics protection regulations, but also be extremely irresponsible for the unearthed cultural relics and cause irreparable losses. Archaeological experts said that from the perspective of modern archaeological technology, the conditions for directly detecting the ingredients of moon cake fillings are not yet available, so Astana moon cake fillings may become an eternal mystery.
Friends, guess what fillings are in ancient moon cakes?
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