Idioms describing "Mid-Autumn Festival myths and legends"

The Goddess Chang'e flying to the moon, Wu Gangfa's ghost, Jade Rabbit Daoyao, Xuanzong's appointment, and the story of worshipping the moon were shared with the moon.

Six myths and legends of Mid-Autumn Festival

Legend of Mid-Autumn Festival 1: the Goddess Chang'e flying to the moon

Legend has it that 10 suns appeared in the ancient sky at the same time, and the earth was scorched. Hou Yi killed nine suns for the people, and the heavenly queen gave him the elixir of life. His wife Chang 'e took these pills while Hou Yi was not looking. Suddenly, she became a fairy and flew to the heavenly palace. The queen mother punished her and let her think in the Guanghan Palace.

Mid-Autumn Legend Story 2: WU GANG's Cutting of Guangxi

Legend has it that there are laurel trees in the moon, and Huainanzi once said that "there are laurel trees in the moon". Later, the legend was more specific, and WU GANG, a laurel cutter, was added beside the laurel tree. The legend of WU GANG, a laurel tree in the middle of the month, is the most concrete legend of WU GANG, a laurel tree in the middle of the month, which was recorded in the first volume of Tianzhi before Youyang Za in the Tang Dynasty. It says, "As the old saying goes, there is a laurel tree and a toad in the moon, so different books say that the laurel tree is 500 feet high, and one person often marries it, and the trees are combined. Wu Minggang, a native of Xihe, studied immortals and ordered to cut down trees. " It means that WU GANG once followed the immortal to the sky, but he made a mistake, so the immortal sent him to the moon and ordered him to cut down the immortal tree-laurel. The laurel tree is 500 feet high and can be cut down together. Emperor Yan used this endless labor as a punishment for WU GANG. In Li Bai's poems, there is a record that "if you want to be in the middle of the month, you will pay for the cold."

Mid-Autumn Legend Story 3: Jade Rabbit Fighting Drugs

This legend was first seen in Dong Escape from Han Yuefu: "The Jade Rabbit knelt for a long time and pounded toad pills, and presented a jade plate to your majesty. Take this medicine and you will get a fairy. " According to legend, there is a rabbit on 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. Jade rabbit is probably the earliest playmate of Chang 'e in Guanghan Palace.

Summary: The stories of the first three Mid-Autumn Festival are full of myths and legends. As for the relationship between the three, there is a saying: According to legend, Yi got the elixir of life from the Queen Mother of the West and gave it to her for safekeeping. When Feng Meng heard about it, he stole it, but if he didn't steal it, it would hurt Heng 'e. In desperation, Heng E swallowed the elixir of life and flew to the sky. Unable to leave the village, Heng E stayed at the Moon Palace. Lonely and unbearable in the Guanghan Palace, he urged WU GANG to cut down the osmanthus tree and let Yutu pound medicine, hoping to make it a soaring medicine, so that he could return to the world as soon as possible and reunite with Iraq.

The following three legends have certain historical prototypes and are closely related to famous historical figures and historical records. Let's continue to savor it!

Legend of Mid-Autumn Festival 4: Xuanzong traveled to the moon

According to legend, Taoist priests Xuanzong, Shen and Hong all enjoy the moon in the Mid-Autumn Festival. Suddenly, Emperor Xuanzong of the Tang Dynasty put forward the idea of visiting the Moon Palace, so Shi Tianzhao did it, and the three of them began to go to Qingyun and roam the Moon Palace. However, the palace is heavily guarded and cannot enter, so it can only overlook the imperial city of Chang 'an. This time, I suddenly heard a fairy-tale voice, beautiful and wonderful, moving! Tang Xuanzong was always familiar with melody, so he memorized it. This is precisely "this song should only be in the sky, and the world can listen to it several times!" Later, Xuanzong recalled Xian 'e's music and singing in the Moon Palace and composed and choreographed his own music. This is the famous "colorful feather" in history.

Mid-Autumn Festival Legend Story 5: The Story of Yue Bai and Diexin

The story of Dixin is a song by Stuart Wang Yun in the late Eastern Han Dynasty. She is very beautiful. She looks very beautiful. Legend has it that the story of Diesim was born. In three years, the local peach blossom and apricot blossom bloomed and withered. At midnight in Yue Bai, the story of Diusim, Chang 'e was ashamed in the moon and hurried into the clouds; Story Diesim has a beautiful figure, blue ears, swaying willows when walking, and more elegant when quiet. The story of diusim is very wonderful. It is precisely because of this beauty that Dong Zhuo and Lu Bu, who are domineering over power, turned against each other and made the turbulent ruling and opposition parties feel a little peace.

Mid-Autumn Festival Legend Story 6: Drinking with the Moon

Li Bai, a poet, described himself in Drinking Alone among Flowers and Moons. "Bring me my shadow, let us three" is a wonderful sentence, which shows his lonely and bold feelings. Shi Lizhi's Solution: "It's empty-minded to drink the bright moon alone." When the poet came to power, the background was a greenhouse, the props were a pot of wine, the role of the poet was only himself, the action was to drink alone, and the words "no blind date" were added. The scene was very monotonous. So on a whim, the poet turned his own shadow, even himself, in the bright moon and moonlight on the horizon into three people, raised a glass and drank, and the deserted scene became lively.