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Festival Reunion · Sharing the Beautiful Beauty from Thousands of Miles
The Mid-Autumn Festival originated from the worship of ancient celestial phenomena, because the moon on the Mid-Autumn Festival is "the largest and roundest".
People regard the full moon as a symbol of reunion, expressing their longing for their hometown and relatives, and praying for a good harvest and happiness. The Mid-Autumn Festival was determined to fall on the 15th day of the eighth lunar month in the Song Dynasty. It was announced as a national intangible cultural heritage in 2006.
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The Mid-Autumn Festival is a traditional festival in China. The festival customs vary from place to place, but one thing is the same, and that is the famous Mid-Autumn Festival food - moon cakes. Taking the moon as its name and the circle as its shape embody the Chinese people’s cultural tradition and good wishes of reunion and harmony.
There are many kinds of mooncakes on the Kunming market, how should we choose? For this reason, the editor "angrily" ate hundreds of spring city mooncakes and found that these 5 are the most popular. Let's see if there is one that is your favorite?
No.1
Yunshan Mooncake
As an old Kunming native, if I only eat one kind of mooncake during the Mid-Autumn Festival to commemorate the solar terms, it must be Yunshan Mooncake. Yunnan mooncakes have a long history, dating back to the late Ming and early Qing dynasties. They were first called "Yunnan buns" and are considered one of the "most Kunming" delicacies. They are also a delicious business card of Yunnan-style pastries.
Yunnan mooncakes are made from the best parts of Xuanwei ham, cut into small pieces, and filled with winter honey, lard, white sugar, etc. The flour is also very particular, and the authentic one must use purple wheat flour from Chenggong, Kunming. . The baked mooncakes have a brown and slightly hard appearance and are crispy but not falling apart when eaten, so they are commonly known as "hard-shell ham cakes".
needs special explanation. Only mooncakes made with Xuanwei ham can be called cloud leg mooncakes. Others can only be called ham mooncakes.
The cloud leg mooncake has a golden or brownish-red hard shell on the surface, Thousand-layer puff pastry and the stuffing is wrapped in it. It has the fragrant salty flavor of ham and the sweetness of fine winter honey, with a rich flavor. A must-have delicacy for the Mid-Autumn Festival.
No.2
Flower Mooncake
Kunming is a veritable "Flower City" with flowers blooming all year round, so how can Mid-Autumn mooncakes be without the blessing of flowers?
Yunnan flower mooncakes have long been famous. Together with Yunnan mooncakes, they are the representatives of Yunnan-style mooncakes and are the snacks with the most Yunnan characteristics. Its history can be traced back to the Qing Dynasty more than 300 years ago. It is said that its unique flavor has always been a favorite of the palace and was deeply loved by Emperor Qianlong.
Yunnan flower mooncakes are made with edible roses unique to Yunnan. You can feel a unique flower fragrance when you enter it, which is refreshing. The petals are full of tenacity and have endless aftertaste.
Because flowers contain more nutrients than ordinary vegetables, regular consumption of flowers has high health care value, and it also has beauty benefits.
No.3
Five-nut mooncake
Five-nut mooncake can be said to be a classic among mooncake classics. It has endured for a long time and is one of the favorite mooncake flavors of Kunming people. But if you want to ask what the five kernels of and are, I guess many people can't tell you all about it. Today, I will give you a general introduction.
In the new version of the mooncake standard promulgated in 2005, it is clearly stipulated that only mooncakes processed into fillings using five main raw materials: walnut kernels, almonds, olive kernels , melon seeds, and sesame seeds can be called "five-nut mooncakes." Oh~
Wuren mooncakes are nuts or seeds and are rich in nutrients. The natural fragrance of the five nuts is blended into one cake. It is crispy, delicious and has a unique flavor. Wuren mooncakes have always had many fans; and plants Sexual seeds are high in unsaturated fatty acids, mostly , oleic acid, , and linoleic acid. Eating them is good for the body.
No.4
Sand-washed mooncakes
Sand-washed mooncakes are deeply loved by Kunming people. The so-called "washed sand" is actually "bean paste". Because the washed sand filling is made of beans, it has the fragrance of beans. Layers of pastry wrap the filling center, and there is usually a red seal on the outer shell, which is full of visual beauty.
Similar to the washed sand filling, there is also a kind of jujube paste filling . The color of the filling is very similar, and it looks like it is dark and filled with the whole pancake. The jujube paste filling is sweet with a hint of bitterness unique to red dates.
For old Kunming people, washing sand and jujube paste mooncakes are the gourmet memories of that era. The outer skin is soft and sweet, the filling has a dense texture, a long flavor, and is rich in nutrients.
No.5
Red and White Mooncakes
Mid-Autumn Mooncakes come in many flavors, but there are two cakes that Kunming people must eat on Mid-Autumn Night. These are red and white mooncakes.
The red cake is made of soba noodles and the filling is white sand (white sugar) or washed sand (bean paste); the white cake is made of pastry shortbread or is made of flour with a white crust and the filling is Ham. The red and white mooncakes have a simple appearance, but they are the purest taste of Kunming.
Because the red and white mooncakes are larger, they are especially suitable for families to share and eat together to reunite.
and above have different types of mooncakes with different flavors. You can choose and buy according to your own taste. In addition, in addition to the classic flavors mentioned today, there are also many new flavors, such as chicken conong mooncakes, beef ganba mooncakes, etc. Wait, you might as well buy it and try it.
Tomorrow is the Mid-Autumn Festival, a traditional Chinese festival. Here, the editor wishes everyone a happy Mid-Autumn Festival, family reunion, and all the best!
Reposted from: Kunming Cultural Tourism
Source: Kunming released
