Explore the creation of mooncakes
Updated 08:12, 30-Aug-2018
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Have you ever eaten a mooncake? As a kind of traditional food, mooncake is a must-have to celebrate the upcoming mid-autumn festival for China, which is also called “zhongqiujie” in Chinese, symbolizing the harvest and full moon on the specific night of the festival. /VCG Photo

Have you ever eaten a mooncake? As a kind of traditional food, mooncake is a must-have to celebrate the upcoming mid-autumn festival for China, which is also called “zhongqiujie” in Chinese, symbolizing the harvest and full moon on the specific night of the festival. /VCG Photo

Looks tasty, but how to make mooncakes? Firstly, you have to make a dough for the mooncake by mixing the powder and yolk. /VCG Photo

Looks tasty, but how to make mooncakes? Firstly, you have to make a dough for the mooncake by mixing the powder and yolk. /VCG Photo

Then, put the stuffing into the dough, and slap it with a kind of tool like seal on the table. After that, blush the dough over with butter and bake it for around thirty minutes – then you get the mooncake made by yourself! /VCG Photo

Then, put the stuffing into the dough, and slap it with a kind of tool like seal on the table. After that, blush the dough over with butter and bake it for around thirty minutes – then you get the mooncake made by yourself! /VCG Photo

Mid-autumn festival is a big thing in China when family members get together on the day. If you want to celebrate the festival on the 15th day of the 8th month of every lunar year, try this, and you may get an unexpected surprise! /VCG Photo

Mid-autumn festival is a big thing in China when family members get together on the day. If you want to celebrate the festival on the 15th day of the 8th month of every lunar year, try this, and you may get an unexpected surprise! /VCG Photo