The Mid-Autumn Festival moon cakes legend began in the yuan dynasty. At that time, the majority of the people to bear the cruel rule of the Yuan Dynasty ruling class, have anti-intifada yuan. Zhu Yuanzhang united the various resistance forces to the uprising. But officers and soldiers searched Zhaoting very tight, very difficult to pass the message. You will come up with a ploy to Liu Bowen, command under the possession of " August fifteen night uprising " possession of a piece of paper inside the pancake, and then sent to all over the rebels, advising them on the evening of August 15th uprising. The day of the uprising to all together, the response, the rebel army as accurately.Soon, Xu Da and Yuan Dynasty, the success of the uprising. The news came, Zhu Yuanzhang was too happy to quickly pass mouth encyclical, in the upcoming Mid-Autumn Festival, let all the officers and men have fun with the citizens, and that war with secret information " moon cakes", as the festive cakes gift ". Thereafter, " moon cakes " making more precise, more variety, big as a disc, a gift to share. After the Mid-Autumn Festival eats the moon cake in folk custom spread. 朱元璋與月餅起義
中秋節吃月餅相傳始於元代。當時，中原廣大人民不堪忍受元朝統治階級的殘酷統治，紛紛起義抗元。朱元璋聯合各路反抗力量準備起義。但朝庭官兵搜查的十分嚴密，傳遞消息十分困難。軍師劉伯溫便想出壹計策，命令屬下把藏有“八月十五夜起義”的紙條藏入餅子裏面，再派人分頭傳送到各地起義軍中，通知他們在八月十五日晚上起義響應。到了起義的那天，各路義軍壹齊響應，起義軍如星火燎原。
很快，徐達就攻下元大都，起義成功了。消息傳來，朱元璋高興得連忙傳下口諭，在即將來臨的中秋節，讓全體將士與民同樂，並將當年起兵時以秘密傳遞信息的“月餅”，作為節令糕點賞賜群臣。此後，“月餅”制作越發精細，品種更多，大者如圓盤，成為饋贈的佳品。以後中秋節吃月餅的習俗便在民間流傳開來。