Legends and Stories of Mid-Autumn Festival

1, Chang'e to the moon

Legend has it that Chang'e stole her husband Hou Yi from the Queen Mother of the West to beg for the medicine of immortality, flew to the moon palace. But the jeweled buildings, high above the cold, the so-called "Chang'e should regret stealing the elixir, the blue sea and the sky night and day," is precisely the feeling of loneliness of the mood of her portrayal. Later, Chang'e told her husband that she regretted: "Tomorrow is the full moon, you use flour to make pills, such as the shape of the full moon, placed in the northwest of the house, and then continuously call my name. At the third watch I shall be able to come home." On the following day, he did as his wife told him, and Chang'e flew from the moon and the couple was reunited. The custom of making mooncakes for Chang'e on the Mid-Autumn Festival was also formed from this.

2, Wu Gang felled the cinnamon

Legend has it that there is a cinnamon tree in the moon, "Huainanzi" has said that "there is a cinnamon tree in the moon", and later the legend is more specific, and the cinnamon tree is added to the side of the cinnamon felled by the person Wu Gang. The moon in the laurel tree and Wu Gang's legend, to the Tang Dynasty Duan Cheng style "Youyang Miscellany Chopper" before the collection of Volume 1, "Tianzhang" contained the most specific, which said: "The old saying that the moon in the cinnamon, there are toads, so the book said that the moon laurel is high five hundred zhang, under the one person who often hacked it, the tree created with the closure.

People surnamed Wu Gang, West River people, learning Xian has been, banished to cut down the tree." The meaning is that Wu Gang had followed the immortals to cultivate and reached the heavenly realm, but he made a mistake, so the immortals sent him to the moon and ordered him to cut down the immortality tree, the laurel. The laurel is 500 feet high and will close as soon as it is cut. The Emperor used this never-ending labor as a punishment for Wu Gang. Li Bai's poem, "I want to cut down the laurel in the moon, and hold it as a salary for the cold".

3, the Jade Rabbit pounding medicine

This legend is first seen in the Han music - Dong escape line: "Jade Rabbit long kneeling pounding medicine toad pills, served His Majesty a jade plate, take this medicine can get immortal." According to legend, there is a rabbit in the middle of the moon that is as white as jade, so it is called "Jade Rabbit". This white rabbit held a jade mortar and pestle and knelt down to pound medicine into toadstool pills, which could be taken to live a long life and become immortal. I'm afraid that the Jade Rabbit is Chang'e in the Palace of Canton cold in the earliest playmate it.

4, Xuanzong tour of the moon

Legend has it that Emperor Xuanzong of Tang and Shen Tianshi and Taoist Hongdu Mid-Autumn Moon, suddenly Emperor Xuanzong rose up to the idea of touring the Moon Palace, so Tianshi for the law, the three of them, a start on the green clouds, roaming the Moon Palace. But the palace before the tightly guarded, can not enter, can only be outside overlooking the Imperial City of Chang'an. At this time, suddenly heard the sound of the fairy burst, beautiful and strange, just like moving! Tang Xuanzong has always been familiar with the music, so silent memory in mind. This is exactly "this song should only be on the sky, the earth can get a few times heard!" Later, Emperor Xuanzong recalled the music and song of the moon palace fairy e, and composed his own music and dance, which is known as the "Neishang Yuyi Song" in history.

5, Diaochan moon worship

Diaochan is the end of the Eastern Han Dynasty Stuart Wang Yun's songstress, the national color, has the appearance of the city. Legend has it that the sable cicada was born in the world, three years the local peach and apricot blossom is withered; sable cicada midnight moon worship, the moon Chang'e ashamed of themselves, hastily hidden in the clouds; sable cicada body posture beautiful, fine ear Biehuan, the line when the wind swinging willow, static when the elegant, sable cicada's beauty, a great view. It is because of this beauty, so that the power of Dong Zhuo, courageous and unscrupulous Lv Bu turned against the enemy, making the chaos of the dynasty a little peace of mind.

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