Mid-Autumn Mooncake Gambling
The 300-year-old custom of moon cake gambling dates back to the Qing Dynasty(1644-1911). The inventor, Zheng Chenggong(1624-62),a general of the Ming Dynasty(1368-1644),stationed his army in Xiamen. Zheng was determined to recover Taiwan, which was occupied by Dutch invaders since 1624. When every Mid-Autumn Festival came.the soldiers naturally missed their families and the morale is low. …
