The cakes are filled with sweet bean paste or lotus seed, and at the very heart of each is a boiled egg yolk to symbolize the moon.

月饼里夹着甜豆沙或者莲籽，在馅的正中再放一个煮好了的蛋黄，象征着月亮。

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The offerings include pig's head, fish, sweet bean paste, melons, fruit, boiled dumplings, barley sugar, and guandong candy, a sticky treat made out of glutinous millet and sprouted wheat.

供品有猪头，鱼，豆沙，瓜果，水饺，麦芽糖和关东糖，关东糖是用黄米和麦芽制成的一种粘性很大的糖果。

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They are usually made out of flour and filled with lotus seed paste or sweet bean paste, with cheaper versions filled with sweet potatoes.

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The Dango brothers may yet make their comeback, covered with sweet-bean paste.

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Though they have their differences, they all want to be reborn as tastier dumplings coated with a sweet-bean paste, and to remain side by side, as before, on the same skewer.

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