The legend of Mid-Autumn Festival is 50 words.

I. the Goddess Chang'e flying to the moon

According to legend, after Houyi shot the sun, he got a pack of elixir from the Queen Mother and gave it to his wife Chang 'e for safekeeping. Meng Peng took advantage of Houyi's hunting trip to force Chang 'e to hand over the fairy medicine. Chang 'e swallowed the fairy medicine and hurried to the moon. When Hou Yi came back, he could only look up at the night sky, call to the figure in the middle of the month, put on the incense table, put on the fruit, and offer sacrifices to Chang 'e from a distance.

Second, WU GANG cut Guangxi.

According to legend, the osmanthus trees in front of the Moon Guanghan Palace are flourishing, reaching more than 500 feet. WU GANG, a native of Xihe in Han Dynasty, once practiced Buddhism with immortals. When he made a mistake in heaven, the immortal demoted him to the Moon Palace to cut down osmanthus trees. Every time you chop, the chopping place is closed immediately. For thousands of years, this osmanthus tree will never be cut down.

Third, Jade Rabbit smashed medicine.

Legend has it that there is a rabbit in 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.

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Customs of Mid-Autumn Festival:

1, enjoy the moon

Folk Mid-Autumn Festival began in Wei and Jin Dynasties, but it did not become a habit. In the Tang Dynasty, it was quite popular to enjoy and play with the moon in the Mid-Autumn Festival. Many poets wrote poems about the moon in their masterpieces. In the Song Dynasty, the Mid-Autumn Festival centered on appreciating the moon was formed and officially designated as the Mid-Autumn Festival.

Step 2 eat moon cakes

According to Luo Zhong's records, Tang Xizong ate moon cakes on Mid-Autumn Festival, which was very delicious, so he ordered the chef to package moon cakes in HongLing and give them to the new Jinshi. This may be the earliest record of moon cakes we can see.

Step 3 play with lanterns

As early as the Northern Song Dynasty, it was recorded in the Story of the Old Wulin that the Mid-Autumn Festival was a custom, and there was an activity of "putting little red lights into the river to drift and play". Lantern playing in Mid-Autumn Festival is mostly concentrated in the south. For example, the autumn festival in Foshan mentioned earlier has all kinds of colorful lights: sesame lights, eggshell lights, wood shavings lights, straw lights, fish scales lights, chaff lights, melon seeds lights, birds, animals, flowers and trees lights, which are amazing.

Step 4 observe the tides

The custom of watching tide in Mid-Autumn Festival has a long history, which is described in detail in Mei Cheng's Seven Mao Fu in Han Dynasty. After the Han Dynasty, Mid-Autumn tide watching became more popular.

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