One day, Hou Yi went to Kunlun Mountain to visit a good friend. On his way home, he met the heavenly queen. Hou Yi heard that the Queen Mother had a kind of elixir, and mortals could live forever after eating it. So he asked the heavenly queen for an elixir. The Queen Mother had long heard that Hou Yi was a great hero, so she readily gave him an elixir and said, "You and your wife can live forever if you eat half of this elixir;" If a person eats it all, he will fly to heaven and become a fairy. " After thanking the Queen Mother, Hou Yi took the elixir and continued to walk back.
When he got home, Hou Yi handed the elixir to his wife and said, "The Queen Mother gave me an elixir, and if I eat it, I can live forever." Chang' e took the elixir and said, "This elixir is so precious that it needs to be well preserved!" " Say that finish, she put the elixir in the treasure chest.
One of Hou Yi's apprentices is Peng Meng, who has a bad heart and often thinks some bad ideas. When Hou Yi handed the elixir to Chang 'e, Peng Meng just walked outside their house and heard the conversation between the couple. On August 15th, Hou Yi went out hunting with his disciples, and Peng Meng pretended to be ill and stayed. After everyone left, he sneaked into Hou Yi's house.
When Peng Meng found the treasure chest and was about to open it and steal the elixir, Chang 'e came back from the outside. "What are you doing?" As Chang 'e spoke, she rushed forward with an arrow step and took the treasure chest away. The cruel-hearted Peng Meng took a dagger from his pocket and threatened Chang 'e, saying, "Quick, give me the elixir!" " "I will never give you the elixir!" With that, Chang 'e held the treasure chest tighter. However, Peng Meng approached Chang 'e step by step with a dagger in his hand. Chang 'e couldn't think of any other way, so she turned and opened the treasure chest, took out the elixir and swallowed it in one gulp.
No sooner had Chang 'e swallowed the elixir than she felt lighter. Then, she slowly drifted out of the house and flew into the sky. "I will never be with my husband again!" Chang 'e, who flew higher and higher, was so sad that she landed on the moon, looking at the distant land and thinking of her husband. Peng Meng, on the other hand, saw Chang 'e fly, and he was too scared to stay for a moment. He had already fled without a trace.
In the evening, when Hou Yi came home, he heard that his wife had flown to the moon, and he called his wife's name while desperately chasing after the moon. However, when he entered, the moon also entered; He retreated, so did the moon, and he couldn't catch up.
Houyi, who was so tired and panting, couldn't run, but looked at the moon and lost in thought. At this time, he was surprised to find that the moon tonight was particularly round and bright, and there was a figure in it that was particularly like his wife. Therefore, Hou Yi hurriedly put a table sweetmeats in the back garden, and put on his wife's favorite honey and fresh fruit, hoping that his wife on the moon could feel her thoughts about her.
When people heard that the Goddess Chang'e flying to the moon had become an immortal, they all went to the moon to pray for good luck and peace. Since then, the custom of Yue Bai in Mid-Autumn Festival has spread among the people.