The annual Mid-Autumn Festival is coming. It's time for us to eat moon cakes and enjoy the moon. Do you know how the Mid-Autumn Festival came about? The Mid-Autumn Festival is the second largest traditional festival in China. It falls on August 15th, which coincides with the half of Sanqiu, hence the name "Mid-Autumn Festival", also known as "Mid-Autumn Festival". It is also called "Autumn Festival" or "August Festival" because it is in autumn and August.
There is also a fairy tale about the Goddess Chang'e flying to the moon in the Mid-Autumn Festival. According to legend, in ancient times, there were ten suns in the sky, and the baked earth smoked straight, which also made it impossible for ordinary people to live. There is a hero named Hou Yi, who has infinite strength. He climbed to the top of Kunlun Mountain, pulled his bow with all his strength, 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." Hou Yi shot nine suns for the common people, leaving only one sun to serve the common people. Therefore, everyone admires him and many people want to learn martial arts from him. There was a man named Fengmen, who was treacherous and greedy, and worshipped at Houyi's door with everyone. Chang 'e, Hou Yi's wife, is a beautiful and kind woman.
One day, the Queen Mother of the West on Kunlun Mountain gave Houyi an elixir. It is said that people who eat this elixir can not only live forever, but also ascend to heaven. However, Hou Yi didn't want to leave Chang 'e, so she gave the elixir to Chang 'e for safekeeping and asked her to hide it in a treasure box. The matter was somehow known by Fengmen, and he thought of many ways to get the elixir of Houyi.
On August 15th, Hou Yi went out with his disciples, and Fengmen pretended to be ill and stayed. At night, Fengmen couldn't wait to get into the descendants' home and threaten Chang 'e to hand over the elixir. When Fengmen saw that Chang 'e refused to hand over the elixir, he rummaged around for it. Seeing that it was almost found, Chang 'e hurried forward, took out the elixir and swallowed it in one breath. Chang 'e ate the elixir and suddenly flew up to the moon. The villagers miss Chang 'e very much. On August 15th every year, every family puts moon cakes that Chang 'e usually likes to eat in the yard. Since then, the 15th of August every year has become the Mid-Autumn Festival that people look forward to reunion.
The Origin of Mid-Autumn Festival Composition 600 words (2)
The Mid-Autumn Festival is coming. Everyone eats moon cakes, enjoys the moon and lights, and children are walking around the street with lanterns!
Evening has come, and the moon is round like a jade plate. You see that the moon seems to be smiling at us, and there is Chang 'e on the moon! There are touching legends here:
In ancient times, there were ten suns in the sky, which made the earth smoke. (m.taiks.com) The sea dried up, and the people were too bitter to live. There was a hero named Yi who was extremely powerful. He shot down nine suns in one breath with his bow and arrow. Finally, when the sun saw that the general trend was not good, he quickly pleaded guilty and begged for mercy, and then he calmed down and closed his bow, and ordered the sun to rise and fall on time in the future to benefit the people. Yi's wife named Chang 'e is beautiful, virtuous and kind-hearted, and everyone likes her very much. An old man admired Yi's divine power and humanity, and presented him with a pack of elixir of life, which could lead him to heaven and live forever. Yi was reluctant to part with his beloved wife and fellow villagers, and did not want to ascend to heaven by himself, so he gave the elixir to Chang 'e for collection. There was a disciple named Peng Meng, who was a treacherous little man, bent on stealing the elixir of life from Yi so that he could ascend to heaven and become immortal. On August 15th of this year, Yi went out hunting with his disciples. Towards evening, Peng Meng, who made an excuse not to go hunting, broke into Chang 'e's residence and threatened Chang 'e to hand over the elixir that could ascend to heaven.
Chang 'e had to swallow all the medicine in a hurry. Immediately, she was as light as a swallow and floated out of the window into the sky. Because Chang 'e loved her husband deeply, she finally stopped on the moon closest to the earth. When I heard the news, my heart ached and I tried my best to chase after the moon. However, if he enters the moon, he will enter, and if he retreats from the moon, he will never catch up. I miss Chang 'e, but I can only look at the moon and get lost in thought. At this time, the moon is particularly round and bright, just like a beloved wife looking at herself. On the evening of August 15th, the following year, Chang 'e walked out of the Moon Palace, silently overlooking the lower world and missing her husband and villagers. Her beautiful face makes the moon especially round and bright.
Yi and the villagers sacrificed the moon in the moonlight, pinning their thoughts on Chang 'e. On the first day of the month, an incense table was set up to pray for peace and good luck to the kind Chang 'e. From then on, the custom of Yue Bai in Mid-Autumn Festival was gradually formed among the people. From then on, it has been passed down from generation to generation. As August 15th falls on the Mid-Autumn Festival, it is designated as the Mid-Autumn Festival.