Legends of the Mid-Autumn Festival (30 words max)

I. Chang'e Runs to the Moon

Legend has it that Hou Yi got the immortality pill from Queen Mother of the West and gave it to Chang'e for safekeeping. When Hou Yi heard about it, Hou Yi went to steal it, and when he failed to do so, he tried to harm Chang E. In desperation, Chang E swallowed the immortality pill and flew to the moon palace in the sky.

The legend says that there is a laurel tree in the moon. Wu Gang followed the immortals to the heavenly realm, but when he made a mistake, the immortals sent him to the moon, ordering him to cut down the laurel, the tree of immortality. The laurel was 500 feet tall and would close as soon as it was cut, and it was this never-ending labor that the Emperor used as punishment for Wu Gang.

Three, the Jade Rabbit pounding medicine

Legend has it that there is a rabbit in the middle of the moon, white as jade, so it is called "Jade Rabbit". This white rabbit with a jade mortar and pestle, kneeling down to pound medicine into toadstools, taking these pills can be immortal.

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Mid-Autumn Festival Folklore:

In ancient times, in addition to the Mid-Autumn Moon Festival in Zhejiang Province, tide-watching can be regarded as another Mid-Autumn event. Mid-autumn tide-watching custom has a long history, as early as in the Han Dynasty, Mei multiplied the "seven hair" fugue in a fairly detailed account. After the Han Dynasty, the custom of watching the tide in mid-autumn was even more prevalent. Ming Zhu Tinghuan "Additions to the Old Story of Wulin" and Song Wu Zimu "Dream Liang Records" also have tide watching records.

Mid-Autumn Moon Festival night in the public **** place hanging a lot of lanterns, people are gathered together, guessing the riddles written on the lanterns, because it is the majority of young men and women's favorite activities, but also in these activities on the love of the good news, so Mid-Autumn guessing lantern riddles are also derived from a man and woman in love with each other in the form of.

Mid-Autumn Festival Moon Watching and eating mooncakes are essential customs for the Mid-Autumn Festival across China. The word "mooncake" originated from Wu Zimu's "Dream Liang Records" in the Southern Song Dynasty, and was only a kind of snack food at that time. Later on, people gradually combined moonlight appreciation with mooncakes to symbolize family reunion and to send their thoughts. At the same time, the mooncake is also an important gift used to contact feelings between friends during the Mid-Autumn Festival.

Baidu Encyclopedia-Mid-Autumn Festival

Baidu Encyclopedia-Mid-Autumn Festival Folklore