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When did Chang'e run to the moon?

On the fifteenth day of the eighth month. According to legend, Chang'e ran to the moon on the fifteenth day of the eighth month of the lunar calendar. The 15th of August is a traditional festival in China - the Mid-Autumn Festival, and there is a legend that the Mid-Autumn Festival is to commemorate the Chang'e moonrun. On this day, people have family reunions, eat mooncakes, worship ancestors, and enjoy the moon in the Mid-Autumn Festival. Legend has it that on August 15 this day is the day of Chang'e Run to the Moon, this day Chang'e took the elixir to fly to the Moon Palace, and has been alone since then, only on the 15th of August this day the Queen Mother opened the grace, so that Chang'e Houyi in the osmanthus tree under the meeting, the ancients have a lot of them said that you can see Chang'e Houyi on the moon, and hear their whispers.