Stories related to the Mid-Autumn Festival include "Chang'e Flying to the Moon", "Wu Gang Cutting Gui", "The Jade Rabbit Pounds Medicine", "Diao Chan Worships the Moon", "Drinking Alone under the Moon", "The Jade Rabbit Enters the Moon Palace", etc.
1. "Chang'e Flying to the Moon"
"Chang'e Flying to the Moon" is a legend about Chang'e flying to the moon. It tells the story of a beautiful and kind-hearted Chang'e who flew to the moon palace in order to save the people. . The legend of Chang'e flying to the moon symbolizes people's pursuit of a better life and reverence for nature.
2. "Wu Gang Cutting the Osmanthus"
It is said that the osmanthus trees on the moon grow luxuriantly and Wu Gang was a woodcutter. He likes to study magic, but he always refuses to concentrate on reading. So the Emperor of Heaven was furious and left him in the Moon Palace, asking him to cut down the laurel tree. But every time Wu Gang cut it in half, the osmanthus tree would heal automatically. He kept cutting and the laurel tree healed until finally there was only one tree left.
3. "The Jade Rabbit Pounds the Medicine"
"The Jade Rabbit Pounds the Medicine" is a legendary story during the Mid-Autumn Festival. It tells the story of Chang'e who swallowed the elixir in order to escape from the moon palace and turned into a fairy. Moon essence. She rested on the moon for the toad, not for the softness, quietness, and elegance of the moon god. As the legend of the Jade Rabbit spread, this legend evolved into the reborn image of Chang'e becoming Chang'e in the Moon.
4. "Diao Chan worships the moon"
According to legend, Diao Chan was the singer of Situ Wang Yun in the late Eastern Han Dynasty. She had a beautiful appearance and was very beautiful. Not long after she was born, the local peach and apricot flowers were in full bloom, but they soon withered. In order to commemorate her beauty, Diao Chan secretly came to the Moon Palace at midnight and flew towards Chang'e in the moon, but Chang'e left in a hurry because she felt ashamed of herself.
5. "Drinking Alone under the Moon"
This story tells the story of the poet drinking alone under the moonlight in front of flowers. He turned himself into three characters, one toasting and the other drinking, which was very lively. This scene expresses the poet's lonely and bold feelings.
6. "The Jade Rabbit Enters the Moon Palace"
In this story, the Jade Rabbit enters the Moon Palace because three gods turned into three poor old men and begged for food from foxes, monkeys, and rabbits. . In order to help others, the rabbit jumped into the fire and cooked himself. Finally, he was moved by the gods and jumped into the moon palace to become the jade rabbit to accompany Chang'e.