The Mid-Autumn Festival originated from the story of the Goddess Chang'e flying to the moon. According to historical records, "Yesterday, Chang 'e took it with the elixir of the Queen Mother of the West, so she went to the moon as the essence of the moon." The price Chang 'e paid for this move was hard labor and she could not return to the world for life. Although Chang 'e herself feels good about the Moon Palace, she can't bear loneliness. She returns to the earth to reunite with her husband on the full night of August 15th every year, but she must return to the Moon Palace before dawn.

After the Mid-Autumn Festival, the world not only wants to get together with Chang 'e on the moon, but also hopes that Chang 'e will come down to earth to see her beauty. Therefore, when many people burn incense in Yue Bai, they pray that "men would like to walk in the toad hall early, while women who climb Xiangui would like to look like Chang 'e and be as round as the bright moon." Year after year, people celebrate this day as a holiday.

2. Anti-Yuan Uprising Memorial Day

The Mid-Autumn Festival is the anniversary of an uprising that overthrew the rule of the Yuan Dynasty. At the end of the Yuan Dynasty, the people could not bear the rule of the government. In the Mid-Autumn Festival, they wrote "Kill the Tartars and destroy the Yuan Dynasty; The note "Let's do it together on August 15th" is hidden in a small round cake made of chromium and passed on to each other.

On the evening of August 15th, every household joined hands and overthrew the rule of the Yuan Dynasty. Later, every Mid-Autumn Festival, we ate moon cakes to commemorate this historic victory.

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Anecdotes about Mid-Autumn Festival

1, Xuanzong story

According to legend, Emperor Xuanzong of Tang Dynasty, Shen Tianshi and Taoist Hongdu all looked at the moon in the Mid-Autumn Festival. Suddenly, Emperor Xuanzong raised the idea of visiting the moon palace, so Tianshi did it, and the three of them started to go to Qingyun and roam the moon palace. However, the palace is heavily guarded, so it is impossible to enter, and you can only overlook the imperial city of Chang 'an. At this moment, I suddenly heard the sound of immortals. Emperor Xuanzong of the Tang Dynasty had always been familiar with melody, so he memorized it.

This is precisely "this song should only be in the sky, and how many times can the world hear it!" In the future, Xuanzong recalled the music and singing of Xiane in the Moon Palace, composed music and choreographed by himself, and created the famous "colorful plumage" in history.

2. Jade rabbit pounded medicine

There is a jade rabbit beside Chang 'e. It is said that Chang 'e became lighter, and when she started to take off, she picked up the white rabbit that she had been feeding in fear. The white rabbit went to the moon with her. Yutu has a pestle in the Moon Palace, which pounded the elixir of immortality in the mortar at night. After this myth spread to Japan, it turned into a jade rabbit pounding rice cakes.

People's Network-About the origin and legend of Mid-Autumn Festival, it's not just Chang 'e and moon cakes.