When did Chang 'e run to the Moon Palace?

Legend has it that Hou Yi was banished from the world after shooting nine suns. Chang 'e told Hou Yi to go to the Queen Mother of the West to get the elixir of life. Hou Yi got two packs of medicine and planned to take them with Chang 'e. When Chang 'e rested after the game, he took them with him before flying to Guanghan Palace.

Chang 'e is a fairy in ancient China mythology. The myth of "the Goddess Chang'e flying to the moon Goddess" originated from the ancient people's worship of stars, and the story of Chang 'e first appeared in "Returning to Tibet". Later, the story was further developed by the people and evolved into several story versions. The fairy tale of "the Goddess Chang'e flying to the moon" in the book Huai Nan Zi in the Western Han Dynasty is because she ate the elixir that her husband Yi asked the Queen Mother of the West, flew into the Moon Palace and became a toad.

In the evolution of the story, Chang 'e became the daughter of one of the three emperors and five emperors in ancient times (Emperor Jun), and Hou Yi's wife (whether Da Yi and Hou Yi are the same person is still controversial), with extraordinary beauty. It is said that Chang 'e was originally named Heng E, but it was renamed Chang 'e and Chang 'e in order to avoid Liu Heng in the Western Han Dynasty. Before the Eastern Han Dynasty, there was no data showing that Chang 'e and Yi were husband and wife. It was not until Gaoyou annotated Huai Nan Zi that Chang 'e was Yi's wife.

It is said that Chang 'e and Yi started monogamy. In order to commemorate them, later generations interpreted the story of the Goddess Chang'e flying to the moon, and many folk legends, poems and songs were circulated. According to myths and legends, Chang 'e landed on the moon and became immortal by stealing the elixir from the Queen Mother of the West, and lived in the Guanghan Palace above the moon.

Later, in Taoist mythology, Chang 'e and Xing Jun, the moon god, became one. Taoism regards the moon as the essence of Yin, respects it as the Empress of the Moon, or the Emperor of the Moon Palace as a filial and wise king, and creates female idols.

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Legend of Funiu Mountain

Legend has it that before the Goddess Chang'e flying to the moon, a man of God entered the Heavenly Palace with her black cow and was sent by the Queen Mother to cultivate land in the Flat Peach Garden. On one occasion, Chang 'e went to the Heavenly Palace to borrow Niu Gengdi, but the heavenly queen didn't agree. The black cow quietly came to the Moon Palace with Chang 'e's belt in her mouth. The queen mother was furious when she learned that she drove the black cow into the East China Sea and was punished. The kind Chang 'e sent a toad to save the black cow from the sea.

The heavenly queen sent heavenly soldiers and generals to catch black cows. The black cow plunged into the crypt and hid, and was sealed by the ferocious heavenly soldier. The black cow Yungong has become a huge bull, but it has never been able to break through the land. Since then, the flat ground has swelled 800 Li of Funiu Mountain.