Photos: Makings of a Mid-Autumn Festival mooncake
By Globaltimes.cn, Published: 2017-09-03 17:44:19
A baker holds a tray in front of mooncake ingredients, such as walnuts, cashews and melon seeds. Photo: VCG
Editor's Note:
China’s Mid-Autumn Festival wouldn’t be the same without the gifting (and regifting) of mooncakes. Zhucheng Mooncake Factory in Qingdao, Shandong Province has nearly 30 years of experience in making the cakes that are often exchanged between friends and family on the holiday. Photos: VCG

Mooncake filling is divvied into 120-gram portions. A finished mooncake weighs 250 grams. Photo: VCG
Bakers encase the filling with dough made of egg white and peanut oil. Photo: VCG
A baker pulls a tray of finished mooncakes from the oven. Photo: VCG
Bakers wrap the pastries for shipping. Photo: VCG