According to legend, Chang 'e stole the immortal medicine that her husband Hou Yi begged from the Queen Mother of the West and flew to the Moon Palace. However, Qiong Lou Yu Yu, the height is too cold, and the so-called "Chang 'e should regret stealing the elixir, and the blue sky and the night heart" is a portrayal of her feeling of loneliness. Later, Chang 'e confided her remorse to her husband and said, "Tomorrow is the full moon. You use flour as a pill, round and round like a full moon, and put it in the northwest of the house, and then call my name continuously. At midnight, I can come home. " The next day, do as your wife tells you, and then Chang 'e fruit will fly from the middle of the month and the husband and wife will reunite. The custom of making moon cakes for Chang 'e in Mid-Autumn Festival is also formed from this.

Legend of Mid-Autumn Festival Story 2: Wu Gang Cutting Guangxi

Legend has it that there is a laurel tree in the moon, and Huainanzi has said that "there is a laurel tree in the moon". Later, the legend is more specific, and WU GANG, a man who cut laurel, was added next to the laurel tree. The legend of the laurel tree and WU GANG in the middle of the month is the most concrete one contained in the first volume "Tianzhi" before Duan Chengshi's "Youyang Miscellaneous" in the Tang Dynasty. Its cloud says: "As the old saying goes, there are laurels and toads in the moon, so different books say that the laurel is 500 feet high, and there is a person who often marries them, and the trees create and combine. The surname is Wu Minggang, a native of Xihe, and he has learned from immortals and ordered to cut down trees. " It means that Wu Gang once followed the immortal to the heaven, but he made a mistake, so the immortal sent him to the moon and ordered him to cut down the immortal tree-laurel. The laurel is as high as 500 feet, and it can be cut together. Emperor Yan used this endless labor as a punishment for WU GANG. In Li Bai's poems, there is a record that "if you want to be in the middle of the moon, you will pay for the cold."

Legend of Mid-Autumn Festival Story 3: Jade Rabbit Beats Medicine

This legend was first seen in "Dong Escape from Han Yuefu": "The Jade Rabbit kneels down for a long time to pound the medicine toad pill, and presents a jade plate to your majesty. After taking this medicine, you will get a fairy." According to legend, there is a rabbit in the moon, which is as white as jade, so it is called "Jade Rabbit". This kind of white rabbit holds a jade pestle, kneels down and smashes medicine into toad pills. Taking these pills can lead to immortality. Jade rabbit is probably the earliest playmate of Chang 'e in Guanghan Palace.

Summary: The first three Mid-Autumn Festival stories are full of myths and legends. As for the relationship between the three, there is one saying: It is said that Yi got the elixir from the Queen Mother of the West and gave it to Heng E for safekeeping. When Feng Meng heard about it, he went to steal, but if he didn't steal, he would harm Heng E. In desperation, Heng E swallowed the elixir and flew to the sky. Unable to leave the village, Heng E stayed in the Moon Palace. It was unbearable to be lonely in the Guanghan Palace, so he urged WU GANG to cut down osmanthus trees and let Yutu pound medicine, hoping to make it into a soaring medicine, so that he could return to the world and reunite with Yi as soon as possible.

The following three legends have a certain historical prototype and are closely related to well-known historical figures and historical records. Let's continue to savor it!

Legend Story 4 of Mid-Autumn Festival: Xuanzong Traveling to the Moon

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. On this occasion, I suddenly heard the sound of fairy tales, beautiful and wonderful, and moving! Emperor Xuanzong of the Tang Dynasty was always familiar with melody, so he memorized it in his heart. 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, and composed music and choreographed it himself. This is the famous "colorful plumage" in history.

Mid-Autumn Festival Legend Story 5: Yue Bai, The Story Of Diu Sim

The Story Of Diu Sim was the singer of Stuart Wangyun at the end of the Eastern Han Dynasty. She was very beautiful and had the appearance of being truly beautiful. Legend has it that The Story Of Diu Sim was born, and in three years, the local peach and apricot blossoms bloomed and withered; At midnight in Yue Bai, The Story Of Diu Sim, Chang 'e felt ashamed in the moon and hurried into the clouds; The Story Of Diu Sim's figure is pretty, her ears are blue, her willows are swaying when she walks, and she is more elegant when she is quiet. The beauty of The Story Of Diu Sim is spectacular. It is precisely because of this beauty that Dong Zhuo and Lu Bu, who are domineering over power, turned against each other and made the turbulent ruling and opposition parties feel a little peaceful.

Mid-Autumn Festival Legend Story 6: drinking Alone with the Moon

The poet Li Bai wrote about himself in drinking Alone with the Moon among the flowers. The sentence "to bring me my shadow and make us three" is wonderfully conceived, which shows his lonely and bold feelings. "Li Shi Zhi Jie": "This is a drink for the moon alone, and it is also fun to be open-minded." When the poet enters the stage, the background is the flower room, the prop is a pot of wine, the role of the poet is only himself, the action is to drink alone, and with the words "no blind date", the scene is very monotonous. So the poet suddenly had a whim, pulling the bright moon on the horizon and his own shadow in the moonlight, and even himself, turned into three people, raising a glass and drinking, and the deserted scene became lively.