Who is often in The Myth of Yuan Ye?

The "Chang 'e" in Yuan Ye Myth is the moon goddess (wife of Di Jun) of Chang 'e's previous life.

Chang 'e, the master of the sun and the goddess of the moon, and Chang 'e, namely Chang 'e and Huang 'e, are named Chang 'e Xi, who is the goddess of the moon.

In the ancient myth Shan Hai Jing, the emperor is the highest god, and his second wife is He Chang. He was born on the tenth day of October, but he is usually born in December. The so-called "born in December" actually means that the calendar system of December is formulated according to the law of the moon's profit and loss. He is responsible for reconciling yin and yang and is one of the creators.

Explanation:

Di Jun's wife, often born on the 12th day of the lunar calendar, is the goddess of the moon. Chang 'e is the daughter of Yaodi and the wife of Yi, whose real name is Heng 'e. After the legend that she flew to the moon, Chang 'e was called Chang 'e, so Chang 'e was not the earliest moon god. Often people. The most famous moon god in China is Chang 'e. According to later research, Nu Wa, Nu Wa, Chang 'e and Chang 'e are actually the same person.

How did Chang 'e fly to the moon? According to Huai Nan Zi, Hou Yi went to the Queen Mother of the West to ask for the elixir of life, but Chang 'e stole it and fled to the moon, becoming a toad and a moon essence. Later, the toad became a rabbit, so the toad and the rabbit coexisted in the middle of the month. In the Eastern Han Dynasty, toad was expelled, leaving only the Jade Rabbit in the Moon Palace, and no one mentioned toad after Wei and Jin Dynasties.

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Related history

The combination of yin and yang is convenient for people to use. According to the solar terms in the solar calendar, the time is known according to the months in the lunar calendar when farming. However, there is a very troublesome thing, that is, the running cycles of the sun and the moon are uneven and cannot be agreed. It takes about 365 days for the sun to go around the earth, while it takes about 28 days for the moon to go around the earth, with more than 10 days a year. If you don't adjust it, it won't be long before it will lead to seasons and months.

For example, the oscillation of 20 12 is in February, and it may be in March in a few years, which is caused by the unsynchronized operation of the sun and the moon and the uneven yin and yang. The solution to this problem is to set a leap, that is, every few years (three years), add a month to the twelve months of a year, which is called a leap month. Having said that, we can understand why Chang 'e is called "the mother of women and the moon", because Chang 'e is responsible for making the lunar month.

So she must ensure that the lunar month can be in harmony with the sun season, that is, to reconcile yin and yang, so she named it "Nvhe".

Shan Hai Jing said: "There is a country with women and a country with mothers. ..... intercept the sun and the moon in the northeast corner, so that they do not appear alternately, and they are short and long. " That's what I'm saying. Northeast China is equivalent to the end of a year in time, and the accumulation of the operation of the sun and the moon in a year, so it is called "making it invisible" to set a leap month (the first generation of leap month is set at the end of the year, called March) to synchronize the sun and the moon.

It can be seen that Chang is still engaged in the work of maintaining the order of the universe, so he also belongs to the god of creation.

Extended source: Baidu Encyclopedia-Changxi