The mooncake

During the last month, Chinese were joyfully eating and sharing nice little cakes called "moon cakes". They celebrated the mid autumn and the moon lady. But this tradition has a more interesting root:

The Mongols were controlling China 800 years ago. However, the Mongols were too oppressive, and Chinese were not happy. So the Chinese rebels had a plan.

Few days before the moon festival, the rebels distributed round small cakes to the other Chinese people. They claimed to celebrate the Emperor longetivity. When the Chinese people received the cake, they found a secret message to organize a rebellion again the Mongols on the moon festival day.

The Mongols were overthrown and the mooncake became a national tradition.