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Traditional Su style moon cake

Mid-Autumn Festival is approaching. In the past, with the full moon symbolizing family reunion in Chinese tradition, moon worship has been one of the must do's during the festival. Another important thing is enjoy the moon cake together.

Su style moon cake is from Suzhou, very common among Jiangsu and Zhejiang province. It has two tastes: sweet and salt, under these two tastes, there are lots of kinds, such as rose, bean paste, spiced salt, meat, shrimp...The most classic is meat moon cake, before every festival, people will prepare to buy it in advance and you can see such a long line in front the door of shop.