Why Do We Eat Mooncakes During The Mid-Autumn Festival? | SAYS In A Nutshell

Chinese people send mooncakes to each other every Zhōng Qiū Jié, which is the Mid-Autumn Festival, also known as the lantern or mooncake festival.

There are a few famous tales about the custom’s origins. One of them being mooncakes were used to hide notes. It contained the date of a revolt against the Yuan Dynasty, which eventually helped the Han Chinese overthrow their Mongolian rulers.