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The legend of Mid-Autumn Festival is 50 words.

Mid-Autumn Festival, also known as Mid-Autumn Festival, August Festival, Moon Worship Festival or Reunion Festival, is one of the traditional festivals in China, which falls on the 15th day of the eighth lunar month every year. The Mid-Autumn Festival began in the Tang Dynasty and prevailed in the Song Dynasty. By the Ming and Qing Dynasties, it had become one of the major festivals in China. The Mid-Autumn Festival has customs such as offering sacrifices to the moon, enjoying the moon, eating moon cakes and enjoying osmanthus. In 2006, the State Council listed the Mid-Autumn Festival in the first batch of national intangible cultural heritage. Legend 1: the Goddess Chang'e flying to the moon and the Goddess Chang'e flying to the moon's "elixir of life" is a well-known love legend. Among all the Mid-Autumn legends, it is the most poignant. Is there any connection between the Goddess Chang'e flying to the moon and Mid-Autumn Festival? There are many stories here. Chang 'e, formerly known as _ E, is the wife of the mythical figure Hou Yi. In the Western Han Dynasty, it was renamed "taboo Liu Heng". The Goddess Chang'e flying to the moon has two versions, both of which are found in Huai Nan Zi. One version is that Chang 'e stole the elixir of life and ran to the moon: "The medicine was eaten by the Queen Mother of the West, but she didn't eat it. _ I stole the fairy and went to the moon to be the moon essence. " The Queen Mother of the West got the elixir of life, and the greedy Chang 'e stole it from her husband and ate it, then ran to the moon and became it. Legend 2: Most of the legends about eating moon cakes and "killing Tartars" in Mid-Autumn Festival are wonderful, but this story of "killing Tartars" is permeated with an unpleasantness, which is related to the uprising at the end of Yuan Dynasty. At the end of the Yuan Dynasty, natural disasters and man-made disasters occurred again and again, and the people were in dire straits. The Mongols' rule over the Han people in the Central Plains is also more severe. In order to prevent rebellion, people are not allowed to hide iron tools, and only ten families can have kitchen knives. These slavery policies aroused the dissatisfaction and strong resistance of the Han people, and various places brewed uprisings and held meetings to "kill the Tatars" and overthrow the Yuan regime. It was ok to have an open party at that time. In order to convey the signal of unified action and ensure confidentiality, Zhu Yuanzhang in the south, later Ming Taizu, chose the opportunity of cake on August 10th and wrapped a note with the signal of uprising in the moon cake. Through this mode of transmission, a huge rise has been formed. Legend 3: Yang Guifei named the "moon cake" and told the legend of its origin, and then told the story of the name. In the early days, there were not many names for moon cakes, such as "Hu Bing" as Li Yuan said, but also "Xiao Bing", "Yue Tuan", "Gong Bing", "Jin Bing" (Song Dynasty) and "Yuan Qu". In the Tang Dynasty, the most popular name was naturally Hu Bing. In the past, the Han nationality called nomadic peoples living in the north of China, such as Xinu, Xianbei, Di, Qiang, Tubo, Turkic, etc. as "conference people". Hu people's unique daily noodles are called "Hu cakes" by China people. This kind of cake is round, with sugar inside and nuts outside. It is delicious. So, how did Hu Bing change its name to mooncake? This is related to Yang Yuhuan-Yang Guifei, one of the four most beautiful women in China. Yang Yuhuan, formerly known as Yang Furong, was the eighteenth son of Li Longji in Tang Dynasty and the concubine of Li Mao, the longevity king. Yang is familiar with temperament, good at dancing, and most importantly, her appearance is outstanding. If she really comes out of the water, men won't be tempted. Li Longji, a lecherous, heard that her 27-year-old daughter-in-law had her own harem, and she was made an imperial concubine and was loved by thousands. One year, I ate Hu cakes and enjoyed the moon with Yang Guifei. Romantic Li Longji pretends to be elegant and thinks that Hu Bing is a bad name. But what should I call it? I can't think of it at the moment. Yang Guifei looked up. At that time, there was a full moon hanging in the air, just a round Hu cake, and she blurted out-moon cake. Hearing this, Li Longji clapped his hands again and again. A kind of "moon cake", hence the name. Source: Xuedou Harle Middle School