How to understand the myths and legends of traditional festivals?

The Goddess Chang'e flying to the moon's myth "Goddess of the Goddess Chang'e flying to the moon" originated from ancient people's worship of stars, and the Goddess Chang'e flying to the moon's story first appeared in "Returning to Tibet". Later, the story was further developed by the people and evolved into several story versions. Chang 'e boarded the moon palace. According to Huai Nan Zi in the Western Han Dynasty, it was because she ate the elixir of life that her husband Yi asked Xi Wuniang for, flew into the Moon Palace and became a toad.

WU GANG won the laurel and WU GANG won the laurel of the Moon Palace. According to the novel Youyang Miscellany in the Tang Dynasty, it was precisely because of the mistake of cultivating immortals that WU GANG, a man from the Western Regions, was fined to cut down a laurel tree in the middle of the month. This osmanthus tree grows with cutting, and it will never stop cutting. Li Bai wrote in the poem "A Gift to Cui Hu Si Wen Kun Ji": "If you want to spend Gui Yue, entertain the poor."

Jade Rabbit Potting Medicine Rabbit Potting Medicine on the Moon Palace was first seen in Qu Yuan's Tian Wen, "Why do you care and slaughter in your stomach?" . It means that Gu and Tu are in the belly of the moon. What good is it for the moon? How did the rabbit get to the moon palace? Gu is a toad and Tu is a white rabbit. Fu Xuan in the Jin Dynasty also said: "What's in the moon, the white rabbit is taking medicine." According to Mr Wen Yiduo's textual research, this "white rabbit mashing medicine" was changed from "toad mashing medicine".

There is a jade rabbit beside Chang 'e. It is said that Chang 'e became lighter. When she started to take off, she picked up the white rabbit she had been feeding in fear. The white rabbit went to the moon with her. Yutu has a pestle in the Moon Palace, and at night she pounded the elixir into the mortar. After this myth was spread to Japan, it became a jade rabbit mashed rice cake.

According to Xuanzong's story, Tang Xuanzong, Shen and Hong all watched the moon in the Mid-Autumn Festival. Suddenly Xuanzong put forward the idea of visiting the Moon Palace, so Shi Tianzhao did it, and the three of them began to go to Qingyun and roam the Moon Palace. However, the palace is heavily guarded and cannot enter, so it can only overlook the imperial city of Chang 'an. At this moment, I suddenly heard the voice of a fairy. Tang Xuanzong was always familiar with melody, so he remembered it. This is exactly: "this song should only be in the sky, and people can listen to it several times!" " Later, Xuanzong recalled Xian 'e's music and singing in the Moon Palace, composed and choreographed his own music, and created a famous colorful feather in history.