Mid legend - one of the Moon

Mid legend - one of the Moon

According to legend, in ancient times the sky 10th at the same, crops wither helpful, hard times, a name of a hero, mighty, he sympathized with the suffering of the people, boarded the Kunlun Peak, transports enough god, drew his bow, shot down over nine sun, and ordered the last sun to rise and fall, to benefit the people.

Therefore shot by the people's respect and affection, Hou Yi married a beautiful and kind-hearted wife named Chang E. In addition to Yi Chuan skill hunting, and his wife living together, people are envious of this biography of the loving couple.

Many Patriots come to Toushi Arts, evil intents Peng Meng also mixed in.

Day turned to the Kunlun Mountains and friends seek Road, the coincidence of the Queen, the Queen Mother obtained a packet of immortality. It is said that taking a drug can instantly ascend to heaven immortal. However, Hou Yi could not bear to leave his wife, he had temporarily immortality to the Chang E collection. Chang E hid the treasure box at her dressing table, only to be seen by Peng Meng, he wanted to steal the elixir own immortality.

Three days later, Hou Yi led his disciples to go hunting, Peng Meng dismal faked illness, stayed. Everyone was left to be Yi Soon Peng Meng, sword in hand into the inner chamber backyard, coercion Chang E to hand over the elixir. Chang E knew he was not to defeat Peng Meng, critical when she decisive turnaround open the treasure box, took up the elixir and swallowed. Chang E swallowed the medicine, the body immediately floated off the ground, out of the window and flew towards heaven. Since Chang E worried about her husband, then fly to the moon from the earth recently become immortal.

The evening turned home, the maid had cried the day's events. Yi both frightened and angry, sword out going to kill the villain, Peng Meng escaped earlier, Hou Yi angry wringing, distraught, looking up at the night sky calling his wife's name, when he was surprised to find that the moon was especially bright bright, but there is a movement figure resembles Chang E. He tried to chase after the moon, but he went three steps, three steps back moon, he steps back, three steps into the moon, no matter how also fail to recover front.

Hot helpless, and miss his wife had sent to Chang E loved the back garden, put incense table, put her usual favorite fresh fruit honey, remember the Moon Palace Chang E's own miss. After the people who know acclamation immortal message, they have decorations on the table in the next month, to pray for good fortune and peace Chang E.

Since then, the Mid-Autumn Festival Baidoa, the custom spread of the civil.

Two legends of the Mid-Autumn Festival - Wu Gang won

There is also a legend about the Mid-Autumn Festival: Legend lush Moon Palace Gui Shusheng long before the moon, there are more than five hundred feet high, below a man often cut it, but each time had to go after the cut and immediately place the collapse. For thousands of years, so together with the cut over, the tree Guishu Yong far can not be chopped down. It is said that a man named Wu Gang felling is the Han River, has followed fairy seminarians to heaven, but he made a mistake, put the fairy relegate him to the moon, the day to do this job so futile to show punishment . Li Bai's poem "to use GUI mid holders pay for the cold" records.

Mid legend ter - the emperor and moon cake uprising

Mid-Autumn Festival to eat moon cake legend began in the Yuan Dynasty. At that time, the majority of the people of the Central Plains unbearable cruel rule of the Yuan Dynasty ruling class, one after another uprising against Yuan. Zhu Yuanzhang joint rostrum resistance forces to the intifada. But officers and soldiers searched very tight, very difficult to deliver the message. Liu Bowen consigliere came up with a plan, under the orders of the "August 15 night Uprising" possession of a piece of paper inside the pancake and then sent to the rest of the rebel army, informing them of the uprising in the evening on August 15 response . The day of the uprising, and the brightest together Yijun response, the rebels as accurately.

Soon, Xu Da to capture Dadu, the success of the uprising. The news of the emperor happy quick pass down oral instructions, in the upcoming Mid-Autumn Festival, so that all the soldiers with the public and secret transfer "moon cake" message when revolted year, as seasonal cakes reward ministers. Since then, the "moon cake" made more sophisticated, more variety, if the disk has become a gift to share. After the Mid-Autumn Festival to eat moon cake will be in the folk custom spread.