How many boxes of mooncakes are best to send during the Mid-Autumn Festival? What is the meaning of sending mooncakes during the Mid-Autumn Festival?

How many boxes of mooncakes are best to send during the Mid-Autumn Festival? What is the meaning of sending mooncakes during the Mid-Autumn Festival?
Introduction: Giving gifts during the Mid-Autumn Festival is an important custom. So how many boxes of mooncakes are best to give during the Mid-Autumn Festival? What is the meaning of giving mooncakes during the Mid-Autumn Festival? Autumn is the season of harvest. As the eighth month of the lunar calendar arrives, the autumn atmosphere gradually becomes stronger. The autumn breeze brings coolness, and days like this should be beautiful every day. Mr. Shui Mo will accompany you through every day of the eighth lunar month of 2018.

How many boxes of mooncakes are best to send during Mid-Autumn Festival?

You can send one box or two boxes.
Generally speaking, sending mooncakes is a gift of reunion. One box is usually enough for the whole family, or two boxes are fine, but it is not recommended to send too many boxes. Mooncakes have a limited shelf life, and it would be a waste if they are not eaten up.
If you want to be polite, and the mooncake gift box is relatively large, and you are also buying other things, you can just give one box; if you are not giving anything else, just give two boxes.
Some people also recommend giving two boxes, thinking it would be more of a "reunion" gift. One box of ordinary ones, and one box of special ones (2 is a good number in China. The ordinary ones are mainly for making up the number, because everyone can have a share. The special ones are more expensive, have special flavors, and are for trying new things).

What is the meaning of giving mooncakes during the Mid-Autumn Festival?

Giving mooncakes during the Mid-Autumn Festival symbolizes "reunion". Mooncakes, also known as Hu cakes, palace cakes, Yuetuan, harvest cakes, reunion cakes, etc., were offerings to the moon god during the Mid-Autumn Festival in ancient times. According to legend, in ancient my country, emperors had the ritual of worshiping the sun in spring and the moon in autumn. Among the folks, there is also the custom of worshipping or offering sacrifices to the moon during the Mid-Autumn Festival in August. "The moon is full on the fifteenth day of the eighth month, and the Mid-Autumn mooncakes are fragrant and sweet." This famous proverb describes the custom of people in urban and rural areas eating mooncakes on the night of the Mid-Autumn Festival.
Mooncakes were originally used as offerings to the moon god. Later, people gradually regarded the Mid-Autumn Festival moon-watching and mooncake tasting as a symbol of family reunion. Gradually, mooncakes became a must-have gift for the festival.

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