The Mid-autumn Festival is around the corner. As a tradition of Mid-autumn Festival, moon cake is popular during this period that is the necessity for this festival. Previously, people often made moon cake by themselves, but now most people buy it from market. As time goes by, more and more moon cakes that are beautifully made are sold in the market. However, the prices of moon cakes also increase correspondingly. Some people even pay hundreds or thousand yuan to buy a box of moon cake. In my opinion, it is totally not necessary. Moon cakes just a tradition of Mid-autumn Festival that owns good meaning. But more and more people regard it as gift to others and some others buy it to show their wealth, or take it as the symbol of status. These are the reasons that increase the prices of moon cakes. I think it’s not a good phenomenon and we should enjoy this tradition or delicious food simply in such a good holiday.

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中秋节即将来临。在这个传统的节日，月饼作为这个节日的必需品在这一期间很受欢迎。以前，人们经常自己做月饼，但是现在大部分的人到超市购买。随着时间的流逝，越来越多制作精美的月饼在超市出售。然而，月饼的价格也相应上涨。有的人甚至花好几百或上千元买一盒月饼。在我看来，这完全没有必要。月饼只是传统中秋佳节的一种美好含义。但是，越来越多的人把它当做是送人的礼物，有的人买月饼是为了显示其富裕或者是把它当做是社会地位的象征。这些就是月饼价格上涨的原因。我认为这并不是一种好现象，我们应该在这一美好的节日单纯的享受这一传统和美食。