Mooncakes are round, symbolizing reunion and signifying a beautiful reunion. It reflects people's good wishes for family reunion.
　　The custom of eating mooncakes during the Mid-Autumn Festival is said to have originated in the Yuan Dynasty. At that time, the people in the Central Plains could not bear the cruel rule of the ruling class of the Yuan Dynasty and rose up in rebellion against the Yuan Dynasty.
Zhu Yuanzhang united various anti-rebel forces to prepare for an uprising. However, the court officials and soldiers searched very strictly, and it was very difficult to pass on messages.
Military strategist Liu Bowen devised a strategy, ordering his subordinates to hide notes with the words “Uprising on the night of August 15th” inside mooncakes, and then sent people to deliver them to various rebel armies in different places,
notifying them to respond to the uprising on the night of August 15th. On the day of the uprising, rebel armies responded together.
　　Soon, Xu Da captured Dadu, and the uprising was successful. When the news came, Zhu Yuanzhang happily issued an oral decree, allowing all officers and soldiers to celebrate with the people during the upcoming Mid-Autumn Festival, and using the "mooncakes" that were used to secretly transmit information when the army was raised as festival cakes to reward the ministers. After that, the production of "mooncakes" became more refined, and there were more varieties.
After that, the custom of eating mooncakes during the Mid-Autumn Festival spread among the people.
　　The meaning of reunion in mooncakes should also have started in the Ming Dynasty. If we comprehensively look at the information about mooncakes and Mid-Autumn Festival customs in the Ming Dynasty, we can see the historical trajectory of mooncakes taking on the meaning of reunion: After the Mid-Autumn Festival moon worship, the whole family sits together to share mooncakes and moon fruits (offerings for moon worship). Because the moon is round and the cake is also round, and it is shared by the whole family, the meaning of mooncakes representing family reunion has gradually formed.
Our company wishes everyone a happy Mid-Autumn Festival and a happy reunion!