Enter the Guangzhou National Version Pavilion to visit the characteristic exhibition: Little Cantonese Mooncake, strong home and country

Text/Yangcheng Evening News all -media reporter Sun Lei Gan Rantu/Yangcheng Evening News all -media reporter Deng Bo

The Mid -Autumn Festival is approaching. The Guangzhou National Edition Pavilion takes modern moon cake packaging and moon cake molds as a carrier.

The exhibition is divided into "Source of the Mid -Autumn Festival", "Cantonese -style self -made", "Thanksgiving ceremony for food", "national tide culture self -confidence", "the taste of the same root reunion", "asking heaven and man to reunion" The development and changes of the version, the shape of the material, the characteristics of the craftsmanship, and the cultural heritage, allow the audience to read the customs of the Mid -Autumn Festival in different ages and regions, and experience the strong family conditions contained in the small moon cakes.

The sixth part of the exhibition "Ask heaven and man to reunite"

"Cantonese -style moon cakes have become a cultural symbol"

The term "moon cake" was first seen in the Southern Song Dynasty literature "Old Martial Arts". Moon cakes and vegetable cakes, lotus cakes, hibiscus cakes, and mutton buns are juxtaposed. What really mentioned the Mid -Autumn Festival moon cake is the Ming Dynasty literature. In "West Lake Tour", it is clearly recorded: "August 15th is called Mid -Autumn Festival, the folk is left with moon cakes and reunion."

According to Pan Weizhi, the person in charge of the Cantonese Mooncake Lianxianglou, Cantonese -style moon cakes are accidental. In the late Qing Dynasty and early Republic of China, Chen Weiqing, a cake -making master of Lianxianglou, accidentally boiled the water while cooking lotus seeds. In order not to waste the raw materials, he crushed the lotus seeds as a filling and made a moon cake. Unexpectedly, the "Lotus Rongyue Mooncake" became a hit, and then became the "star product" in the moon cake.

"Reunion -Cantonese Mooncake Culture Special Edition Exhibition" curator Li Xiaoping said: "Cantonese -style moon cakes are the specialty foods that are popular with the public in Lingnan. It has a long history and far -reaching influence and has become a cultural symbol. This exhibition is the exhibition. Moon cakes, especially the historical materials, molds, packaging and other versions of the Cantonese -style moon cakes. We can experience the strong feelings of home country in the Mid -Autumn Festival culture and deep affection. "

"Mooncake molds are materialized carriers of traditional aesthetic consciousness"

In 1906, the "Moon Palace Jade Bunny Pharmaceutical Mooncake Moom" is one of the most precious exhibits in this version exhibition. This late Qing Dynasty moon cake model has a rectangular outer body with a length of 35cm and a width of 29cm. The cake heart is embedded with a circular shape with a diameter of 25cm. The steps of the Moon Palace are clearly visible. The outer circle of the cake heart is also decorated with beautiful flowers and plants patterns, and the style is very elegant.

"Moon Palace Jade Bunny Pharmacy Mooncake Model" with a history of hundreds of years

"Mooncake molds are one of the materialized carriers of Chinese folk aesthetic consciousness. Its shapes and themes are affected by folk customs and regions to varying degrees.

Li Xiaoping said, "From the perspective of the pattern, moon cake molds are generally divided into five categories: Swiss Beast Miscellaneous Treasure, Flowers and Vegetables, Incense Classification, Auspicious Xiangxiang pattern, and Moon Palace toad rabbit. Shapes, characters, birds and beasts, fruits ... Whether it is a moon cake box or a moon cake mold, it is a mirror that reflects the Chinese Mid -Autumn Festival culture. Keep some exquisite boxes and molds, but also retains the artistic life of the people. , Keep the mark of traditional culture. "

Strange shape of moon cake molds

Mooncake packaging witness changes in the era

Cantonese moon cake packaging is also a testimony of the development of the times. In the early days of the founding of New China, the material conditions were limited. Most of the Cantonese moon cake packaging was oil paper and paper bags. There were also folding cardboard boxes. The packaging patterns were harvested, five -star, and Chang'e running the moon as the main element.

After the reform and opening up, the Cantonese -style moon cakes are popular with a square horsetch -shaped iron tank packaging of 18.5cm × 20.1cm. The packaging screen uses auspicious patterns such as Chang'e Ben Moon, Dragon and Phoenix Chengxiang, and Eight Immortals. The orange box of Guangzhou Restaurant was designed in the 1980s. The picture printed on the box was the crystal lamp and rotating stairs of the Guangzhou Restaurant Hall. This packaging has been used to this day, which is enough to evoke the common memories of the three generations of the old and young.

Quite age moon cake box packaging

After the 1990s, the style of Cantonese moon cake packaging became more and more abundant, and it had a more cultural innovation in materials, craftsmanship, and design. Nowadays, many cultural and creative moon cake boxes are not only simple and exquisite in craftsmanship, and low carbonization of materials, but also show the trend of Chinese elements. With the beautiful and unique national style elements, the world shows Chinese fashion and romance.

Source | Yangcheng Evening News • Yangcheng School

Responsible editor | Lu Dejie

Edit | Sun Lei

School pair | Lin Xiao

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