One of the traditional Chinese festivals origin of the Mid-Autumn Festival - Chang'e Run to the Moon

Legend has it that, in ancient times, there were ten suns in the sky at the same time, sunburned crops withered, the people did not want to live, a hero named Hou Yi, great strength, he sympathized with the suffering people, climbed to the top of the Kunlun Mountains, transported all the power, pull open the bow, shot down more than nine suns in one breath, and strictly ordered the last sun to rise and fall in a timely manner, to the benefit of the people.

So Hou Yi was honored and loved by the people, he married a beautiful and kind wife named Chang'e. Hou Yi in addition to the art of hunting, all day long and his wife together, people are envious of this couple of love.

Many people came to learn from Hou Yi, and Peng Meng, who had a bad heart, also came to learn from him.

One day, Hou Yi went to the Kunlun Mountains to visit friends and seek Taoism, and coincidentally met the Queen Mother passing by, so he asked the Queen Mother for a packet of immortality medicine. It is said that if you take this medicine, you can instantly ascend to heaven and become immortal. However, Hou Yi could not leave his wife behind, so he temporarily gave the immortality pill to Chang'e to treasure. Chang'e hid the medicine in the treasure box of the dresser, but was unexpectedly seen by the villain Peng Meng, who wanted to steal the medicine to become immortal himself.

Three days later, Houyi led a group of disciples to go out hunting, and Peng Meng pretended to be sick and stayed behind. Shortly after Hou Yi left, Peng Meng broke into the backyard of the house with a sword in his hand and forced Chang E to hand over the immortality pill. Chang'e knew that she was no match for Peng Meng, and in a moment of crisis, she made a snap decision, turned around, opened the treasure box, and took out the Pill of Immortality and swallowed it in one gulp. Chang'e swallowed the medicine, her body immediately floated away from the ground, rushed out of the window, and flew to the sky. As Chang'e was attached to her husband, she flew down to the closest to the earth on the moon and became immortal.

In the evening, Hou Yi returned home and his maids cried about what happened during the day. Houyi both shocked and angry, drew the sword to kill the villains, Peng Meng early escape, Houyi angry chest thumping, grief, looking up at the night sky calling his wife's name, then he was surprised to find that today's moon is exceptionally bright and bright, and there is a swaying figure resembles Chang'e. He desperately chased towards the moon, and the moon is the closest to the earth. He desperately chased the moon, but he chased three steps, the moon back three steps, he retreated three steps, the moon into three steps, no matter how can not catch up with the front.

Hou Yi had no choice but to send someone to Chang'e's favorite garden, set up incense, put on her favorite fruit and honey, and sacrificed to Chang'e, who was fond of her in the Moon Palace. When the people heard the news of Chang'e's journey to the moon, they set up incense under the moon and prayed to the kind Chang'e for good luck and peace.

Since then, the custom of moon worship on Mid-Autumn Festival has spread among the people.