10 Mid-Autumn Festival Legend

One: the Goddess Chang'e flying to the moon

In ancient times, there were ten days in the sky at the same time, crops withered and people were miserable. A hero named Hou Yi has infinite power. He sympathized with the suffering people, drew his bow, shot down more than nine suns in one breath, and ordered the last sun to rise and set on time for the benefit of the people. Hou Yi's wife is called Chang 'e, and she spends all her time with her except hunting. Many people with lofty ideals came here to study as teachers, and Meng Peng with ulterior motives joined in.

One day, Hou Yi visited a friend in Kunlun Mountain and asked the Queen Mother for a bag of elixir. It is said that taking this medicine can immediately ascend to heaven. However, Hou Yi was reluctant to leave his wife and temporarily handed over the elixir to Chang 'e for collection. Chang 'e hid the medicine in the treasure chest of the dresser. Three days later, Hou Yi led his entourage out hunting, while Meng Peng pretended to be ill and didn't go out. Shortly after Hou Yi led the crowd to leave, Meng Peng broke into the backyard of the back room with a sword and threatened Chang 'e to hand over the elixir. Chang 'e knew that she was no match for Meng Peng. In a crisis, she turned to open the treasure box, took out the elixir and swallowed it in one gulp. Chang 'e swallowed the medicine and immediately floated off the ground, rushed out of the window and flew into the sky. Because Chang 'e was worried about her husband, she flew to the nearest moon and became a fairy.

In the evening, when Hou Yi came home, the maids cried and told what happened during the day. Hou Yi was surprised and angry, and drew his sword to kill the villain. Meng Peng has escaped. Hou Yi was so angry that he looked up at the night sky and called for Chang 'e. At this time, he found that the moon today was exceptionally bright and there was a swaying figure resembling Chang 'e. Hou Yi missed his wife, so he sent someone to Chang 'e's favorite back garden, put a table of incense, put on Chang 'e's favorite honey and fresh fruit, and sacrificed Chang 'e in the moon palace. After hearing the news that the Goddess Chang'e flying to the moon became an immortal, people set up an incense table under the moon and prayed for good luck and peace to the kind Chang 'e. Since then, the custom of Mid-Autumn Festival in Yue Bai has spread among the people.

Two: WU GANG cut Guangxi.

Legend has it that there are laurel trees in the moon, and Huainanzi once said that "there are laurel trees in the moon". Later, the legend was more specific, and WU GANG, a laurel cutter, was added beside the laurel tree. The legend of WU GANG, a laurel tree in the middle of the month, is the most concrete legend of WU GANG, a laurel tree in the middle of the month, which was recorded in the first volume of Tianzhi before Youyang Za in the Tang Dynasty. It says, "As the old saying goes, there is a laurel tree and a toad in the moon, so different books say that the laurel tree is 500 feet high, and one person often marries it, and the trees are combined. Wu Minggang, a native of Xihe, studied immortals and ordered to cut down trees. " WU GANG once followed the fairy to the sky, but he made a mistake, so the fairy sent him to the moon and ordered him to cut down the fairy tree, the laurel tree. The laurel tree is 500 feet high and can be cut down together. Emperor Yan used this endless labor as a punishment for WU GANG.

Three: Xuanzong travels to the moon

According to legend, Taoist priests Xuanzong, Shen and Hong all enjoy the moon in the Mid-Autumn Festival. Suddenly, Emperor Xuanzong of the Tang Dynasty 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. This time, I suddenly heard a fairy-tale voice, beautiful and wonderful, moving! Tang Xuanzong was always familiar with melody, so he memorized it. This is precisely "this song should only be in the sky, and the world can listen to it several times!" Later, Xuanzong recalled Xian 'e's music and singing in the Moon Palace and composed and choreographed his own music. This is the famous "colorful feather" in history.

Four: Jade Rabbit Mashing Medicine

This legend was first seen in Dong Escape from Han Yuefu: "The Jade Rabbit knelt for a long time and pounded toad pills, and presented a jade plate to your majesty. Take this medicine and you will get a fairy. " According to legend, there is a rabbit on the moon, as white as jade, so it is called "Jade Rabbit". This kind of white rabbit holds a jade pestle and kneels down to pound the medicine into toad pills. Taking these pills can make you live forever. Jade rabbit is probably the earliest playmate of Chang 'e in Guanghan Palace.

Five: Drink the bright moon alone.

Li Bai, a poet, described himself in Drinking Alone among Flowers and Moons. The sentence "Bring me my shadow and let the three of us" is wonderfully conceived, which shows his lonely and bold feelings. Shi Lizhi's Solution: "It's empty-minded to drink the bright moon alone." When the poet came to power, the background was a greenhouse, the props were a pot of wine, the role of the poet was only himself, the action was to drink alone, and the words "no blind date" were added. The scene was very monotonous. So on a whim, the poet turned his own shadow, even himself, in the bright moon and moonlight on the horizon into three people, raised a glass and drank, and the deserted scene became lively.

Six: Yue Bai, the story of Dixin

The story of Dixin is a song by Stuart Wang Yun in the late Eastern Han Dynasty. She is very beautiful. She looks very beautiful. Legend has it that the story of Diesim was born. In three years, the local peach blossom and apricot blossom bloomed and withered. At midnight in Yue Bai, the story of Diusim, Chang 'e was ashamed in the moon and hurried into the clouds; Story Diesim has a beautiful figure, blue ears, swaying willows when walking, and more elegant when quiet. The story of diusim is very wonderful. It is precisely because of this beauty that Dong Zhuo and Lu Bu, who are domineering over power, turned against each other and made the turbulent ruling and opposition parties feel a little peace.

Seven: Moon Cake Uprising

It is said that eating moon cakes in the Mid-Autumn Festival began in the Yuan Dynasty. At that time, the broad masses of the people in the Central Plains could not bear the cruel rule of the ruling class in the Yuan Dynasty and rose up against the Yuan Dynasty. Unite all kinds of resistance forces and prepare for the uprising. However, the officers and men of the imperial court searched very closely and it was very difficult to pass on the news. Liu Bowen, a military strategist, came up with a plan and ordered his men to hide a note with the words "Uprising on the 15th of August" in the cake, and then sent people to the uprising troops in different places to inform them to respond to the uprising on the 15th of August. On the day of the uprising, all the rebels responded together. Soon, Xu Da captured the Yuan Dynasty and the uprising was successful. When the news came, Zhu Yuanzhang was so happy that he quickly sent a message that all the soldiers should have fun with the people in the upcoming Mid-Autumn Festival and give the "moon cakes" secretly sent at the time of the war as seasonal cakes to the ministers. Since then, the making of "moon cakes" has become more complicated and varied. Since then, the custom of eating moon cakes in the Mid-Autumn Festival has spread among the people.

Ps: Mid-Autumn Festival, also known as Moon Festival, Autumn Festival, Mid-Autumn Festival, August Festival, Moon Chasing Festival, Moon Appreciation Festival, Daughter's Day or Reunion Festival, is a popular traditional cultural festival in many ethnic groups in China and countries with Chinese cultural circles. It falls on the 15th day of the eighth lunar month. Because its value is only half that of Sanqiu, it is named, and some places set the Mid-Autumn Festival on August 16. [ 1-2]?

The Mid-Autumn Festival began in the early years of the Tang Dynasty and prevailed in the Song Dynasty. By the Ming and Qing Dynasties, it had become one of the traditional festivals in China, which was as famous as the Spring Festival. Influenced by China culture, Mid-Autumn Festival is also a traditional festival for overseas Chinese in some countries in East and Southeast Asia, especially local Chinese. Since 2008, Mid-Autumn Festival has been listed as a national statutory holiday. On May 20th, 2006, it was listed in the first batch of national intangible cultural heritage by the State Council.

Since the Mid-Autumn Festival, there have been customs such as offering sacrifices to the moon, enjoying the moon, eating Yue Bai, enjoying osmanthus flowers and drinking osmanthus wine, which have been passed down to this day and last forever. The Mid-Autumn Festival is a colorful and precious cultural heritage. The full moon is a symbol of people's reunion, a sustenance for missing their hometown and relatives, and hopes for a bumper harvest and happiness. Mid-Autumn Festival, Dragon Boat Festival, Spring Festival and Tomb-Sweeping Day are also called the four traditional festivals in China.