After the successful shooting of the Sun, Hou Yi married Chang 'e, and the Queen Mother gave him a pack of immortal medicine, but Hou Yi just wanted to be with Chang 'e in the world. Later, because of the evil intentions, Chang 'e was forced to eat this bag of medicine and flew to the moon to become a fairy. From then on, the two separated. Since then, the people began to pray for good luck and peace to Chang 'e.
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According to legend, in ancient times, ten suns suddenly appeared in the sky, making the earth smoke, and the people really could not live. There is a powerful hero named Daxie, who is determined to relieve this suffering for the people. Da Yi climbed to the top of Kunlun Mountain, and with all his strength, he stretched his bow and shot down nine suns in one breath.
He said to the last sun in the sky, "From now on, you must rise and set on time every day to benefit the people! "Big processing for people in addition to harm, we all respect him. Many people worship him as a teacher and learn martial arts from him. There was a man named Feng Meng, who was treacherous and greedy, and he also worshipped at the gate of the cave with everyone.
Da Yi's wife Chang 'e (formerly known as Heng E) is a beautiful and kind woman. She often helps the poor villagers, and the villagers like her very much. One day, the Queen Mother of the West on Kunlun Mountain gave Daxie a pill of fairy medicine. It is said that people who take this medicine can not only live forever, but also ascend to heaven and become immortals. However, Daxie didn't want to leave Chang 'e, so she hid the fairy medicine in a treasure box.
I don't know how this matter was known by Feng Meng, and he was bent on getting Da Yi's fairy medicine. On the morning of August 15th, Daxie wanted to take his disciples out. Feng Meng pretended to be ill and stayed. In the evening, Feng Meng, with a sword in his hand, rushed into Daxie's house and threatened Chang 'e to hand over the fairy medicine.
Chang 'e thought to herself, wouldn't it harm more people to let such people take the elixir of life? So she tactfully dealt with Feng Meng. Feng Meng saw that Chang 'e refused to hand over the elixir, so she rummaged around. Seeing that the treasure box was about to be found, Chang 'e hurried forward, took out the fairy medicine and swallowed it in one gulp.
Chang 'e ate the fairy medicine and suddenly flew leisurely. She flew out of the window, over the countryside covered with Yin Hui, flying higher and higher. There is a bright moon hanging in the blue night sky, and Chang 'e has been flying towards the moon.
When Daxie came back from going out, he didn't see his wife Chang 'e. He rushed out of the door anxiously, only to see the bright moon in the sky, shadows dancing on the round moon, and a jade rabbit jumping around under the tree.
Ah! My wife is standing by a laurel tree and staring at herself affectionately. "Chang 'e! Chang 'e! "Big processing bother to call, desperate to recover towards the moon. But he chased three steps forward, and the moon retreated three steps, and he couldn't catch up.
The villagers miss the kind Chang 'e very much, and put Chang 'e's favorite food in the yard to bless her at a distance. Since then, August 15th every year has become the Mid-Autumn Festival that people look forward to reunion.
This article comes from Liu An's Huai Nan Zi Lan Ming Xun in the Western Han Dynasty.
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Writing background:
Huainanzi, also known as Huainan Lie Hong and Liu Anzi, is a collection of essays created in the Western Han Dynasty, which was written by Liu An, the king of Huainan, the royal family of the Western Han Dynasty, hence its name. On the basis of inheriting the pre-Qin Taoist thought, this book synthesizes the essence of hundred schools of thought's theory, which has played an irreplaceable role in the study of the culture of Qin and Han dynasties in later generations.
About the author:
Liu An (BC179-former 122) was the grandson of Liu Bang, the emperor gaozu, and the son of Liu Chang, the king of Huainan. In the 8th year of Emperor Wendi (BC 172), Liu Chang was deposed from the throne and died of hunger strike during his journey. In the 16th year of Emperor Wendi (BC 164), Emperor Wendi divided the original Huainan State into three letters and gave them to three brothers, Liu An. Liu An was named King of Huainan as the eldest son at the age of sixteen.
He is quick-witted, good at reading, good at writing and willing to play the piano. He was a well-known thinker and writer in the Western Han Dynasty, and Li Sao Style, written by Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty, was the earliest work that China highly praised Qu Yuan and Li Sao.
He once wrote the book Lie Hong (later called Huainan Lie Hong or Huainan Zi) by "inviting thousands of guests to practise magic". Liu An was the first practitioner in the world to try to take off a hot air balloon. He drained the eggs and burned them with moxa to get hot air, so that the eggshells floated. Liu An is the founder of tofu in China.