"Mom, you see, I made a Chinese moon cake"

Xinhua News Agency client Zhengzhou, September 13 (Reporter Liu Zhenkun) On the night of the Mid -Autumn Festival, the clouds flowed against the sky, and the moon shot stars from time to time.

The joyful laughter came from Zhengzhou Ruiguang Cultural and Creative Industrial Park. The lively Mid -Autumn Festival is being held here. In addition to local citizens who come to the market to enjoy the moon, there are several foreign students. When the reporter arrived, they were experiencing the craftsmanship of handmade moon cakes.

The Mid -Autumn Festival market lights like the moon -shaped light

"This is the first time I have made moon cakes by myself. It is really beautiful. I look forward to what it looks like after being cooked." Maxim, a public communication major from the School of Journalism and Communication of Zhengzhou University, laughed to show his friends to show his own hand. Moon cakes, "I was particularly confused when I first ate moon cakes, why must I eat such foods these days. Later, my friends told me that there is a cultural meaning behind the moon cake, symbolizing the reunion of my family. I went to the moon cake, because it was really delicious, especially the five kernel stuffing. "

Under the guidance of the cake master, the international students knead the color dough in their hands into a ball -shaped shape to prepare for the wrap filling.

"I also like the five kernel stuffing." Said Lee Volin Ding from Tajikistan said that before he came to China, he ate a variety of flavors of moon cakes and heard the story of Chang'e running to the moon.

"In 2014, one day, my Chinese teacher brought a lot of moon cakes to the classroom, with five kernels, and salted egg yolks. It was the first time that I ate moon cakes, and I was very impressed." The teacher told them a lot of stories about the Mid -Autumn Festival, and took everyone to go out to shoot the moon. From that time, he began to understand Chinese culture through moon cakes and moon.

"During the Mid -Autumn Festival, everyone ate round moon cakes and looked at the round moon. The family was together. There was a" round "character, isn't it interesting!" Friends talked about Mid -Autumn Festival culture. "In the Chinese restaurant in our country, I once saw the local Chinese enjoy the moon and eat moon cakes on the day of the Mid -Autumn Festival. I also told the story of my childhood. Let me be interested in the Mid -Autumn Festival. "During the speech, Li Wojidin made a Soviet moon cake.

"You can rub it a few more times to make the moon cake look more round." Erina, an international trading major studying at Zhengzhou University, is doing while guiding other students. "I made moon cakes by myself last year. A Chinese friend invited me to spend Mid -Autumn Festival with her family. Her mother took us to make moon cakes. There were many walnuts, melon seeds, and raisins in the bread.

In the process of making moon cakes, international students take a group photo

"The first time I have eaten this kind of moon cake, it is really delicious, so I was thinking, why not go through the Mid -Autumn Festival every day, so that you can eat delicious moon cakes every day." Maxim's words Everyone laughed.

He then told reporters that he came to China for almost ten years, and his feelings of the Mid -Autumn Festival have also changed a lot: at the beginning, he looked at the people around him to celebrate the holiday and felt that it had nothing to do with himself. Slowly, there are more and more friends who have met in China, and their understanding of Chinese culture is getting deeper and deeper, and I have begun to look forward to the Mid -Autumn Festival. There are holiday joy, moon cakes sent by Chinese friends, everyone will express their blessings, like a family.

Mid -Autumn Festival blessing to friends last year/respondents to the picture

The moon cake is released, exuding the fragrance of food.

Everyone starts taking pictures, and some can't wait to taste it. Ellina took her own moon cake and made a video call with her mother in Ukraine: "Mom, you see, I just made a Chinese moon cake, very fragrant."

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