Legends about the Mid-Autumn Festival, short, 50 words or less

Legends of the Mid-Autumn Festival.

1, Chang'e Runs to the Moon:

"Chang'e Runs to the Moon" myth originated from the ancient people's worship of the stars, Chang'e Runs to the Moon story first appeared in the "Return to the Tibetan". Later on, the story was further played out by folklore, and was developed into several versions of the tale. According to the Western Han Dynasty's "Huainanzi", Chang'e ascended to the Moon Palace because she stole the immortality pill that her husband Yi had asked for from the Queen Mother of the West, and flew into the Moon Palace and became a toad pounding medicine.

2, Wu Gang folded laurel:

Wu Gang ascended to the Moon Palace and folded the laurel, according to the Tang Dynasty novel "Youyang Miscellany Chopper", because of the West He man Wu Gang cultivation of immortality made a mistake, so he was punished to cut down the laurel tree in the moon. This laurel tree grows as it is cut, and it can never be cut down.

Mid-Autumn Festival customs:

Moon festival in China is a very ancient custom, in fact, the ancients of the "moon god" a worship activity. In ancient times, there is "autumn sunset" custom. The moon, that is, worship of the moon god. Since ancient times, in some areas of Guangdong, people have in the Mid-Autumn Festival evening worship moon god (worship moon mother, worship moonlight) custom.