月饼是中秋佳节的必食之品，在我国有着悠久的历史。“巧出饼师心，貌得婵娟月”，小小的月饼不仅醇香松软，让人回味无穷，更是蕴含着浓浓的情谊与祝福。中国的月饼品种繁多，风格因地各异，它究竟是如何发展起来的？又有着怎样的魅力？一起来看看吧。
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Chinese mooncake is the representative food of the Mid-Autumn Festival. It is a kind of round cookie with various fillings and different artistic patterns on the surface.
In Chinese culture, roundness symbolizes completeness and togetherness. The mooncake is not just a food. It’s a profound cultural tradition deep in Chinese people’s hearts, symbolizing a spiritual feeling. At Mid-Autumn Festival, people eat mooncakes together with family, and present mooncakes to relatives or friends to express love and best wishes.
As early as the Shang and Zhou dynasties in what today are Jiangsu and Zhejiang provinces in east China, there was a kind of “Taishi cake” thick at the center and thin at the
edge, which was the origin of the mooncake. In the Han Dynasty, sesame（芝麻）and walnuts were introduced into China, and round cookies filled with these foods appeared. In the Tang Dynasty, the name “mooncake” was used for the first time. In the Northern Song Dynasty, mooncakes got popular in the royal palace. It was not until the Ming Dynasty that the custom of eating these cookies during the Mid-Autumn Festival became popular.
Mooncakes vary according to different regional styles and tastes. Cantonese-style mooncakes are known for their sweetness. Suzhou-style mooncakes 美食食谱阅读have existed for more than a thousand years. They have soft layers of dough（面团）and lots of sugar and lard, making them available in sweet or salty tastes. Beijing-style mooncakes feature the delicate use of sweetness and fine decoration. Chaoshan-style mooncakes are usually larger than other mooncakes with common fillings of red bean paste and potato paste.
Most mooncakes contain high amounts of sugar and oil, which are not healthy. To decrea
se the harmfulness that high fat and calories bring to our body, some foods are recommended to eat together with mooncakes, including tea, sour fruit like grapes, and wine. They help digest, and take away fat in our body. Also, do not eat too much at one time.
1. What is paragraph 2 mainly about?
A. The features of mooncakes.
B. The meaning behind mooncakes.
C. The origin of the Mid-Autumn Festival.
D. The customs of the Mid-Autumn Festival.
2. When did mooncakes become popular as a festival food？
A. In the Han Dynasty.
B. In the Tang Dynasty.
C. In the Northern Song Dynasty.
D. In the Ming Dynasty.
3. What is special about the Chaoshan-style mooncakes？
A. They contain less sugar.
B. They are generally larger in size.
C. They have a much longer history.
D. They feature fine decorative patterns.
4. What is the purpose of the last paragraph?
A. To stress the importance of a healthy diet.
B. To call on people to value traditional culture.
C. To provide suggestions on eating mooncakes.
D. To recommend some new flavors of mooncakes.
参考答案：BDBC
生词
1. profound adj. 深远的
2. walnut n. 核桃；胡桃
3. lard n. 猪油
语块
1. artistic patterns 艺术样式
2. royal palace 王宫
3. red bean paste 红豆沙
知识拓展
1. Cantonese-style mooncakes
广式月饼是广东省汉族的特名点，起源于清朝光绪年间广州城西的一家糕酥馆，即现在的“莲香楼”。它是目前流传最广的一种月饼，有皮薄、馅足、松软、香甜、上档次等特点。广式月饼品种繁多，主要分为莲蓉馅和杂馅两大类。其中，莲蓉馅乃是广州“莲香楼”首创。
2. Suzhou-style mooncakes
苏式月饼起初名为“酥式月饼”，后演化为“苏式月饼”。它属于苏式糕点，皮层酥松、泽美观、馅料肥而不腻，丰富多样。苏式月饼用小麦粉、饴糖、食用植物油或猪油、水等制皮，小麦粉、食用植物油或猪油制酥，经过酥皮、包馅、成型、焙烤工艺加工而成。苏式月饼的制作技艺实际上是古代人民集体智慧的结晶，源于唐朝，盛于宋朝。
3. Beijing-style mooncakes
京式月饼是北方地区月饼类食品的代表品种之一，外形精美，花样众多。它起源于京津及周边地区，主要特点是甜度及皮馅比适中，重用麻油，口味清甜，口感脆松。其主要产品有北京稻香村的自来红月饼，自来白月饼，还有五仁月饼等。
4. Chaoshan-style mooncakes
潮式月饼又称朥饼，是广东省潮汕地区传统糕类名点，属酥皮类饼食，是中国四大月饼流派之一。常见的潮式月饼的主要特点是皮酥馅细，油不肥舌，甜不腻口，其按内馅种类可分绿豆、红豆、乌豆、土豆、紫芋等种类，内核则包括蛋黄或海鲜等。
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