Mid-autumn festival idiom story

Mid-Autumn Festival, also known as Moon Festival, Autumn Festival, Mid-Autumn Festival, August Festival, Moon Chasing Festival, Moon Appreciating Festival, Daughter's Day or Reunion Festival, is a popular traditional cultural festival in many ethnic groups and countries in the Chinese character cultural circle in China, and 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. There are many legends and stories about the Mid-Autumn Festival, such as: the Goddess Chang'e flying to the moon, Wugang, Guigui, Yutu, and so on. Let's introduce these classic stories!

Idiom stories about Mid-Autumn Festival:

? 1, the Goddess Chang'e flying to the moon

According to legend, there were ten suns in the sky in ancient times. At that time, ten suns took off together, which made the earth dry and the sea dried up, making people miserable. At this time, there was a hero named Hou Yi. He was very powerful and could shoot all kinds of beasts with a bow of ten thousand Jin. He sympathized with many people who suffered from the sun, so he raised his bow and shot down nine suns in one breath. And strictly order the sun to rise and fall on time on the 10 th to benefit the people. From then on, Hou Yi's name spread all over the world, and later he married the virtuous and beautiful Chang 'e, and the couple were very loving. One day, on the way to visit friends in Kunlun Mountain, Hou Yi met the Queen Mother of the West. The queen mother admired Hou Yi's personality, so she gave him a pack of elixir of life and told him that he could live forever as long as he took the medicine. Hou Yi could not bear to be separated from his wife. After returning home, he gave the elixir to Chang 'e for safekeeping.

Unexpectedly, Meng Peng, Hou Yi's apprentice, was up to no good, trying to steal the elixir and live forever. One day, when Hou Yi was out hunting, he sneaked into Chang 'e's room, took out his sword and forced her to hand over the elixir. When Chang 'e had to swallow all the elixirs, she immediately became as light as a swallow, went straight to the sky and ran to the moon. ? When Hou Yi learned about this, he was heartbroken and deeply grieved. At night, he looked up at the moon and felt that the moon was particularly round and bright today. He also saw a shadow on the moon, much like Chang 'e, so Hou Yi burned incense in the backyard and put Chang 'e's favorite food to sacrifice to the moon to express his thoughts for his wife. The story soon reached people's ears, and then they began to burn incense to Chang 'e Yue Bai and pray for peace. As the day in the Goddess Chang'e flying to the moon happens to be August 15, people designate it as the Mid-Autumn Festival.

? 2. WU GANG won the crown.

There is a man named WU GANG in Xihe. He has a wish, that is, to become an immortal. But he is a very impatient person. He has the idea of being a fairy, but he has no patience and doesn't study hard. It's too hot to learn blacksmith's craft for three days, too much trouble to be an apprentice in a cloth shop for five days, and then I simply go home and learn farming. But he still has no patience. No sooner had he planted the seeds than he wanted to see the fruits at once. After listening to the old man's words, he finally waited until the seeds germinated. He dug up the soil from time to time to see if it was growing. The seedlings died and the land was barren. WU GANG's behavior made the emperor very angry. The emperor had him taken to the Moon Palace and told him to cut laurel trees on the moon. As long as he cuts down the laurel tree, he can become a fairy.

This osmanthus tree, also known as' 300 axes', can be cut down by a patient person who calmly cuts 300 axes. The impatient man cut it for nothing. Cut a gap, and as soon as the axe is taken away, the gap will be restored immediately. But Wu Gang is too lazy. He has no patience and no motivation. He always cuts down trees for a while and then slacks off for a while. As long as he is lazy, the osmanthus tree grows again, and day after day, the osmanthus tree is still intact. WU GANG cut laurel trees in the Moon Palace all the year round, but he couldn't cut them down. When the bright moon is in the sky, there are some shadows on it. It is said that WU GANG is cutting laurels.

? 3. Jade rabbit mashes medicine

Legend has it that a long time ago, there was a pair of rabbits who practiced for thousands of years and became immortals. They have four lovely daughters, all pure white and well-behaved.

One day, the Jade Emperor summoned the male rabbit to the Heavenly Palace. He reluctantly left his wife and children and went through the clouds to the Heavenly Palace. Just as it came to the worse heaven, it saw the Taibai Venus leading the heavenly soldiers to walk away with Chang 'e. The Rabbit Fairy didn't know what had happened, so she asked a nearby god who guarded the worse heaven. When Rabbit Fairy heard about her experience, she felt that Chang 'e had suffered innocently and sympathized with her. But my strength is meager. What can I do to help? Think of how lonely and sad Chang 'e is alone in the moon palace. If only there were company, suddenly she remembered her four daughters, so she flew home at once.

Rabbit fairy told the mother rabbit about Chang 'e and said that she would send a child to accompany Chang 'e. Although the mother rabbit deeply sympathizes with Chang 'e, she is reluctant to part with her precious daughter, which is equivalent to cutting off the meat in her heart! Several daughters are reluctant to leave their parents, and they are all in tears. The male rabbit said seriously, "If I am locked up alone, will you accompany me?" Chang 'e was tied up to save the people. Can we not sympathize with her? Son, we can't just think about ourselves! "

The children understood their father's heart and expressed their willingness to go. The male rabbit and the female rabbit laughed with tears in their eyes. They decided to let their youngest daughter leave.

Xiaoyu Rabbit bid farewell to her parents and sisters and went to the Moon Palace to live with Chang 'e!