Chinese bakery product traditionally eaten during the Mid-Autumn Festival
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Mooncake
A Cantonese mooncake filled with lotus seed paste
Type
Pastry
Course
Dessert
Place of origin
China
Region or state
East Asia and Southeast Asia
Main ingredients
Crust: lard or vegetable oil Filling: red bean or lotus seed paste, salted egg yolk, may or may not have additional ingredients
Food energy (per 100 g serving)
Approximately 416 calories (1,740 kJ) kcal
Media: Mooncake
Mooncake
Chinese name
Traditional Chinese
月餅
Simplified Chinese
月饼
Hanyu Pinyin
yuèbing, yuèbǐng
Literal meaning
Moon cake/biscuit
Transcriptions
Standard Mandarin
Hanyu Pinyin
yuèbing, yuèbǐng
Wade–Giles
yüeh-ping
IPA
[ɥêpìŋ]
Wu
Romanization
[ɲyɪʔpiɲ]
Gan
Romanization
Ngiet7 biang3
Hakka
Romanization
Ngat biang
Yue: Cantonese
Yale Romanization
yuht béng
Jyutping
jyut6 beng2
Southern Min
Hokkien POJ
go̍eh-piáⁿ
Vietnamese name
Vietnamese alphabet
bánh Trung thu
Chữ Nôm
餅中秋
Khmer name
Khmer
នំព្រះច័ន្ទ
A mooncake (simplified Chinese: 月饼; traditional Chinese: 月餅) is a Chinese bakery product traditionally eaten during the Mid-Autumn Festival (中秋節).[1] The festival is primarily about the harvest while a legend connects it to moon watching, and mooncakes are regarded as a delicacy. Mooncakes are offered between friends or on family gatherings while celebrating the festival. The Mid-Autumn Festival is widely regarded as one of the four most important Chinese festivals.
There are numerous varieties of mooncakes consumed within China and outside of China in overseas Chinese communities. The Cantonese mooncake is the most famous variety. A traditional Cantonese mooncake[2] is a round pastry, measuring about 10 cm (4 in) in diameter and 3–4 cm (1+1⁄4–1+1⁄2 in) thick, with a rich thick filling usually made from lotus seed paste (other typical fillings include red bean paste or mixed nuts) surrounded by a thin, 2–3 mm (approximately 1/8 of an inch) crust and may contain yolks from salted duck eggs.[3]
Mooncakes are usually eaten in small wedges, accompanied by tea. Today, it is customary for business people and families to present them to their clients or relatives as presents,[4] encouraging the market for high-end mooncakes.
Just as the Mid-Autumn Festival is celebrated in various Asian localities due to the presence of Chinese communities throughout the region,[5] mooncakes are enjoyed in other parts of Asia too. Mooncakes have also appeared in western countries as a form of delicacy.[6][7][8]
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