The moon cake uprisingThe Mid-Autumn festival to eat moon cakes began in the yuan dynasty. At that time, the central plains the masses of the people unbearable ruling class and the brutality of the yuan dynasty rule, have anti-intifada yuan. Zhu yuanzhang joint rostrum resistance forces to the uprising. But the court officers and soldiers search is very tight, very difficult to impart information. Strategist liu bowen has come up with an idea, with the slogan "August 15 night uprising" in the note inside the pancake, and then sent separately to around the rebel army, of inform them in response to August 15 night uprising. On the day of the uprising, each response to rebel.Soon, managed under the yuan dynasty, the uprising was a success. News, zhu yuanzhang hurriedly happily make announcement.that, in the upcoming Mid-Autumn festival, let all the soldiers and the people, and then started a secret message "moon cakes", as a seasonal cakes reward ministers. Since then, the "moon cakes" made more sophisticated, more variety. Mooncakes are to Mid-Autumn festival after it became popular in the folk.