The abbreviation of the folk tale "Chang'e Flying to the Moon" is as follows:

Chang'e stole the elixir of immortality that her husband Hou Yi begged from the Queen Mother of the West and fled to the moon. On the moon, there are beautiful buildings and jade houses in Guanghan Palace, but Chang'e is lonely and desolate. She regretted it very much and missed her husband day and night, recalling the warmth of the world. Chang'e asked Wu Gang to cut down the osmanthus trees and asked the Jade Rabbit to pound the medicine, hoping to mix the medicine and fly back to the world to reunite with Hou Yi.

Character introduction

Chang'e is the moon palace fairy in Chinese mythology. According to "The Classic of Mountains and Seas", the ancient emperor of heaven - the wife of Hou Yi and the wife of Emperor Jun, was of extraordinary beauty, and her original name was Heng'e (姮娥). In the Western Han Dynasty, it was changed to Chang'e to avoid the taboo of Han Wen Emperor Liu Heng, and she was also called Chang'e. Some also call her surname Chunhu and first name Chang'e.

In the myth, Emperor Jun became an immortal by taking the elixir he obtained from the Queen Mother of the West, and lived in the Guanghan Palace above the moon.

Before the Eastern Han Dynasty, there was no data that clearly stated that Chang'e and Jun were husband and wife. The interpretation of "Gui Zang" based on the hexagrams may indicate that they were husband and wife. It was not until Gao You's annotation of "Huainanzi" that Chang'e was specified as the wife of Emperor Jun. In some folklore, Chang'e is merged with the moon god Taiyin Xingjun in Taoist mythology, and is honored as the Moon Palace Huang Hua Su Yao Yuan Jing Holy Queen Taiyin Yuanjun, or as the Moon Palace Taiyin Emperor Xiaodao Ming Wang, as a female statue.