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A mooncake () is a Chinese baked item traditionally eaten during the Mid-Autumn Festival (中秋節). The festival is primarily about the harvest, while a legend connects it to moon watching, and mooncakes are regarded as a delicacy. Mooncakes are offered between friends or on family gatherings while celebrating the festival. The Mid-Autumn Festival is widely regarded as one of the four most important Chinese festivals.
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Within Vinony's link graph, 월병 is referenced by 1,013 other articles, and connects out to king cake, egg yolk and ice cream.
It is catalogued under topics including Autumn traditions, Cakes and Chinese confectionery.
Its subject is documented across 49 Wikipedia language editions.
Key facts
- Food.name
- Mooncake
- Food.image
- File:Mooncake 3-4, lotus seed paste.jpg
- Food.image_alt
- Mooncake
- Food.caption
- A Cantonese mooncake filled with lotus seed paste
- Food.type
- Pastry
- Food.course
- Dessert
- Food.country
- China
- Food.region
- East Asia and Southeast Asia
- Food.main_ingredient
- Crust: lard or vegetable oilFilling: red bean or lotus seed paste, salted egg yolk, may or may not have additional ingredients
- Food.serving_size
- 100 g
- Food.calories
- 416
- Food.calories_ref
- (approximately)
- Food.commons
- Category:Mooncakes
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Wikidata facts
- Subclass of
- confection
- Country of origin
- Taiwan
- Image
- Mooncake.jpg
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- Commons gallery
- Mooncake
- Commons category
- Mooncakes
- Unicode character
- 🥮
- course
- dessert
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