The Goddess Chang'e flying to the moon is one of the myths and legends in traditional festivals in China. According to legend, a long time ago, there were ten suns in the sky, which was extremely hot and people lived in dire straits. Later, the immortal shot down nine suns, leaving only one sun shining on the earth in the sky. This immortal is called Hou Yi. Because of his perfect merit, he was awarded Cao Xian's immortality and immortality medicine.

Hou Yi's wife Chang 'e is a beautiful and kind woman. One day, while Houyi was not at home, Chang 'e secretly opened Houyi's medicine storage box to see the fairy grass inside. However, she accidentally took the elixir of life and soared to the moon palace in an instant.

In the Moon Palace, Chang 'e met the Moon God Jade Rabbit and the Moon Palace Fairy. She was deeply attracted by their beauty and kindness and decided to stay at the Moon Palace. Every day, she lives happily with the Moon God Jade Rabbit and the Moon Palace Fairy.

However, Chang 'e always misses the world on earth. In order to enable her to return to the world, Shen Yue Yutu told her that she can only return to the world if people put some delicious food and candlelight on the moon every Mid-Autumn Festival. Therefore, every Mid-Autumn Festival, people will light candles, bake moon cakes and admire the moon to worship Chang 'e, hoping that she can return to the world.

Traditional customs of Mid-Autumn Festival

Mid-Autumn Festival is one of the important traditional festivals in China, and it is also a reunion festival. On this day, people will get together with their families, eat moon cakes, enjoy the moon and set off fireworks. The following are the traditional customs of Mid-Autumn Festival:

Appreciate the bright full moon

Mid-Autumn Festival is a good time to enjoy the moon. People will enjoy the moon on this night and appreciate its beauty and mystery. In some places, there will be a moon-watching competition to see who can see the most beautiful moon.

Eat moon cakes

The traditional food of Mid-Autumn Festival is moon cakes. Moon cake is a round cake with various fillings, such as lotus seed paste, bean paste and five kernels. People will eat moon cakes together on this day, which symbolizes reunion and beauty.

set?off?fireworks

Mid-Autumn Festival is also a good time to set off fireworks. People will set off fireworks at night and enjoy the beauty and spectacular fireworks. Fireworks competitions will be held in some places to see who can release the most beautiful fireworks.