Selalu kita dengar Moon Cake, Kuih Bulan, every August September. Bulan penuh, crita dongeng minah & arnab kiut atas bulan, yg NASA tak jumpa. But, do you know why Moon Cake tradition goes on until today, and what does it signifies? Jeng jeng jeng... it was a secret weapon!
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Zhu Yuanzhang and Moon Cake Uprising
This is a Mid-Autumn Festival legend really happened. In late Yuan Dynasty (1271 - 1368 AD), people in many parts of the country could not bear the cruel rule of the government and rose in revolt. Zhu Yuanzhang, founder of Ming Dynasty (1368 - 1644 AD), united the different resistance forces and wanted to organize an uprising. However, due to the strict search by government, it was very difficult to pass messages. The counselor Liu Bowen later though out the great idea of hiding notes with “uprise on the night of Mid-Autumn Day” in moon cakes and had them sent to different resistance forces. The uprising turned to be very successful and Zhu was so happy that he awarded his subjects with moon cakes on the following Mid-Autumn Festival. Since then, eating moon cakes has been a custom on Mid-Autumn Festival.
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今天是农历八月十五中秋节，关于中秋节吃月饼的传说故事也有不少，其中一个就是：朱元璋与月饼起义，大家不妨了解一下。
中秋节吃月饼相传始于元代。当时，中原广大人民不堪忍受元朝统治阶级的残酷统治，纷纷起义抗元。朱元璋联合各路反抗力量准备起义。但朝庭官兵搜查的十分严密，传递消息十分困难。军师刘伯温便想出一计策，命令属下把藏有“八月十五夜起义”的纸条藏入饼子里面，再派人分头传送到各地起义军中，通知他们在八月十五日晚上起义响应。到了起义的那天，各路义军一齐响应，起义军如星火燎原。
很快，徐达就攻下元大都，起义成功了。消息传来，朱元璋高兴得连忙传下口谕，在即将来临的中秋节，让全体将士与民同乐，并将当年起兵时以秘密传递信息的“月饼”，作为节令糕点赏赐群臣。此后，“月饼”制作越发精细，品种更多，大者如圆盘，成为馈赠的佳品。
自此以后中秋节吃月饼的习俗便在民间流传开来。
#HappyMidAutumnFestival2019
#中秋节快乐2019🌕
