Chang 'e turned out to be a beautiful and kind village girl. She is hardworking, simple, lively and lovely, especially with a heart as bright as gold. She always tries her best to do good for the people. Chang 'e had a lover named Hou Yi, who was an archer and a good young man.

One day, Chang 'e and several good girlfriends were washing clothes by the river near the village. Unexpectedly, Hebo, an idle river god, wandered here. He was shocked by nature when he saw Chang 'e's gesture of sinking fish and falling geese. He wiped his face and became a handsome young man. He went over to talk to Chang 'e, and Chang 'e saw that he was up to no good, and hurried away, while Hebo showed a ferocious face and tried to snatch Chang 'e into the water. At this critical moment, Hou Yi arrived. When he saw it, his knife-shaped eyebrows bristled with anger and he was furious. He drew his bow and arrow and shot herb in the eye with a whoosh. Hebo let out a cry and jumped into the river in unbearable pain.

After this incident, Chang 'e and Hou Yi were afraid of sleeping, so they got married early. After marriage, the two lived happily. Of course, they are not completely immersed in the happiness of their small families. Two kind hearts always want to do something good for the villagers.

One year, ten suns appeared in the sky and the earth caught fire. People can't farm, can't live, and are in the disaster of extinction. Hou Yi was determined to shoot nine suns to save the people in from the mire. He sweats every day and practices shooting hard. However, Hebo hated his guts and harassed him constantly. He vowed to avenge his death, but also wanted to get back the beautiful woman Chang 'e, whom he had always coveted. To this end, Hou Yi was very upset and upset.

One day, a big fairy gave Hou Yi a fairy medicine and kindly told him that Hebo longed for revenge and that he would face a catastrophe. If he takes this pill, he can get rid of all the sufferings and troubles in the world and ascend to the Moon Palace. However, first of all, we must be able to bear the pain of loneliness. After hearing this, Hou Yi returned home in fear and trembling, told Chang 'e exactly what Xian said, and fell asleep wearily.

The speaker has no intention, but the listener has intention. Chang 'e fidgeted. She walked around the room, looking at her husband who was getting thinner every day, and her heart was very painful. She loved Hou Yi deeply and never wanted him to suffer anything. But she thought that her husband still shoulders the heavy responsibility of shooting down nine suns, and the villagers who are suffering from barbecue need him to save them. Chang 'e knows very well that Hebo's threats to her husband all originate from herself. Hebo still hasn't given up on her. She will do anything to get her. What should she do? Chang 'e thought and thought, and suddenly, an idea flashed through her mind: in order to let Herb give up, to let her husband get rid of all distractions and interference, and to shoot down nine suns and serve the people wholeheartedly, she was determined to sacrifice herself. After making up her mind, she quickly found the elixir of life and swallowed it.

After a while, Hou Yi woke up. He found Chang 'e absent-minded and her face was glowing with magical red light. He was very surprised and felt ominous. Chang 'e looked at her husband affectionately. Knowing that time with him was running out, she tearfully told him to take good care of herself and begged him to forgive her for not being a wife. Before the words were finished, Chang 'e felt a trance and suddenly became lighter. Then, her feet really flew off the ground. When she flew into the sky, she turned and shouted, "Hou Yi, my good husband, farewell! Take care! "

Chang 'e rose slowly and flew into the lonely and desolate Guanghan Palace in the Moon Palace, becoming a fairy in the Moon Palace. However, there are no relatives, no laughter, only a lovely jade rabbit snuggling up, only WU GANG, who is always chopping down the laurel tree but always can't.

Since Chang 'e sacrificed herself and flew to the Moon Palace, Hou Yi turned pain and melancholy into strength. Knowing that what his wife did was for herself and the people, Hou Yi was deeply moved and encouraged. He practiced archery day and night, and finally defeated Herb's challenge, shooting down nine suns harmful to life and saving mankind. With the joy of the world, the villagers live a peaceful and peaceful life.

Emperor Tiandi was also moved by Chang 'e and Hou Yi who sacrificed their spirits for the happiness of the villagers. Later, he named Hou Yi a heavenly general and reunited them on the Mid-Autumn Festival. From then on, Chang 'e and Hou Yi lived a happy life in heaven. At the same time, the Emperor of Heaven also stipulated that the moon should be 15/ 1 1 every month, so as to wish a full moon and a peaceful night.

Legend 2

According to legend, Hou Yi and Chang 'e were both Yao people. According to the myth, during the Yao period, ten suns appeared in the sky at the same time, scorching the land and drying the crops. People are breathless and unconscious. Due to the hot weather, some strange birds and animals also ran out from the dry rivers and lakes and the fiery forests, causing harm to people everywhere.

The human disaster alarmed the gods in heaven, and the heavenly emperor Chang Jun ordered Hou Yi, who was good at archery, to come down to earth to help Yao get rid of the people's suffering. Hou Yi came to the world with a red bow, a bag of white arrows and his beautiful wife Chang 'e.

Hou Yi immediately started shooting at the sun. He took the red bow from his shoulder, took out the white arrows and shot them at his arrogant grandson one by one. In an instant, nine out of ten suns were shot. It was only because Yao thought that leaving a grandson was useful to the people that Hou Yi was prevented from continuing shooting. This is the story of the famous Houyi Shooting Day.

However, Hou Yi's great achievements were envied by other gods, who went to the Heaven Emperor to spread rumors and slander, so that the Heaven Emperor finally alienated Hou Yi and sentenced him to the world forever. After being wronged, Hou Yi and his wife Chang 'e had to live in seclusion and hunt for a living by Hou Yi.

How did Chang 'e fly to the moon? There are different versions in ancient books. According to Huai Nan Zi, Hou Yi sympathized with his wife who was exiled to the world because of her troubles, and went to the Queen Mother of the West to ask for the medicine of immortality, so that the husband and wife could live in harmony forever. However, Chang 'e is not used to living a poor life. When Hou Yi was not at home, she stole all the pills and fled to the moon. Another way of saying this is Qu Yuan's Tian Wen (about 340 years ago), saying that Hou Yi later cheated on Chang 'e and had an affair with Hebo's wife, which caused Chang 'e great dissatisfaction, so he left Hou Yi and went to heaven. After the Goddess Chang'e flying to the moon, I soon regretted it. She remembered her husband's kindness to her at ordinary times and the warmth of the world. Compared with the loneliness on the moon, she felt desolate.

Legend 3

According to legend, one year in ancient times, ten suns appeared in the sky, which made the earth smoke and the ocean dry up, and ordinary people could no longer live.

This incident alarmed a hero named Hou Yi. He climbed to the top of Kunlun Mountain, drew his bow and shot down nine redundant suns in one breath.

Hou Yi has made great achievements in the world and is respected and loved by the people. Many people with lofty ideals come here to study and be teachers. The treacherous and cunning Meng Peng also mixed in.

Soon, Hou Yi married a beautiful and kind wife named Chang 'e. Besides hunting, Hou Yi spends all his time with his wife, and people envy this beautiful and loving couple.

One day, Hou Yi went to Kunlun Mountain to visit friends and seek truth. He happened to meet the Queen Mother passing by and asked her for a bag of elixir. It is said that taking this medicine can immediately ascend to heaven.

However, Hou Yi was reluctant to leave his wife, so he had to temporarily give the elixir to Chang 'e. Chang 'e hid the medicine in the dresser's treasure chest, but Meng Peng saw it.

Three days later, Hou Yi led his entourage out hunting, while Meng Peng with ulterior motives pretended to be ill.

Shortly after Hou Yi led the crowd to leave, Meng Peng broke into the backyard of the back room with a sword in his hand, threatening Chang 'e to hand over the elixir.

Chang 'e knew that she was no match for Meng Peng. In times of crisis, she made a decisive decision, turned around and opened the treasure chest, took out the elixir and swallowed it in one gulp.

Chang 'e swallowed the medicine and immediately floated off the ground, rushed out of the window and flew into the sky. Because Chang 'e was worried about her husband, she flew to the nearest moon and became a fairy.

In the evening, when Hou Yi came home, the maids cried and told what happened during the day. Hou Yi was surprised and angry, and drew his sword to kill the villain. Meng Peng has escaped. I was so angry that Hou Yi beat his chest and shouted. The grief-stricken Hou Yi looked up at the night sky and called the name of his beloved wife. At this time, he was surprised to find that today's moon is particularly bright and bright, with a swaying figure resembling Chang 'e.

Hou Yi hurriedly sent someone to Chang 'e's favorite back garden, set up a table sweetmeats, put on her favorite honey-eating fresh fruit, and offered a memorial service to Chang 'e at the Moon Palace.

After hearing the news that the Goddess Chang'e flying to the moon became an immortal, people set up an incense table under the moon and prayed for good luck and peace to the kind Chang 'e. Since then, the custom of Mid-Autumn Festival in Yue Bai has spread among the people.

Legend 4:

Mid-Autumn Festival, Spring Festival and Dragon Boat Festival are the three traditional festivals with the longest history and the most national characteristics in China. On Mid-Autumn Festival, families usually get together, eat moon cakes and fruits, and enjoy the bright moon. The following is a story about Mid-Autumn Festival.

Chang 'e is the god of the moon, and her husband Hou Yi is a brave and good warrior. His bow and arrow hit every shot. At that time, there were many birds of prey and beasts in the world, which harmed others and themselves. When the Emperor of Heaven learned of this situation, he sent Hou Yi down to earth to destroy these harmful things.

Hou Yi came to the world with his beautiful wife, Chang 'e, at the behest of God. Because of his bravery, Hou Yi wiped out many harmful animals on the land without much effort. When the task was about to be completed, something unexpected appeared: ten suns appeared in the sky at the same time!

The ten suns are all sons of the Emperor of Heaven. They all appeared in the sky at the same time just for mischief. The earth's temperature suddenly rose, forests and crops caught fire, rivers dried up and people were roasted to death everywhere.

Hou Yi couldn't bear to see the disaster of the people, so he coaxed the ten suns to act alone and take turns to come out one every day. However, the arrogant Sun Shi brothers simply ignored Hou Yi, and instead intensified their efforts to deliberately get close to the earth, which led to a fire.

Seeing that Brother Sun was evil, Hou Yi's repeated persuasion was of no help. People have suffered countless casualties, which is really unbearable. He drew his bow and arrow and shot at the sun, shooting down nine suns in one breath. Finally, Sun pleaded guilty and begged for mercy, and Hou Yi calmed down and closed his bow.

In addition to causing great harm to the world, Hou Yi also offended the Emperor of Heaven, who was furious because he shot and killed his nine sons and forbade them to return to heaven.

As he could not return to heaven, Hou Yi decided to stay on earth and do more good for the people. However, his wife, Chang 'e, became increasingly dissatisfied with the miserable human life and accused Hou Yi of shooting the son of the Emperor of Heaven in a muddle.

Hou Yi heard that there lived a fairy on Kunlun Mountain, the Queen Mother of the West. She had a magical medicine. After taking this medicine, I can ascend to heaven, so I climbed the Kunlun Mountain and asked the Queen Mother for the magic medicine. It's a pity that the magic medicine of the Queen Mother of the West is only enough for one person. Hou Yi is reluctant to let his beloved wife go to heaven alone, and she doesn't want her to go to heaven alone and leave herself on earth. So he took the magic medicine home and hid it quietly.

The secret of Houyi's obtaining the magic medicine was discovered by Chang 'e. Although she loved her husband very much, she could not resist the temptation of heaven. On August 15, when the moon was brightest during the Mid-Autumn Festival, Chang 'e secretly took the magic medicine while Hou Yi was not at home. Suddenly, she felt lighter and lighter and slowly drifted into the sky. Finally, she came to the moon and lived in Guanghan Palace. It happened that Hou Yi came back. He was sad to know that his wife had left him to ascend to heaven alone, but he could never hurt her with an arrow and had to say goodbye to her.

Hou Yi is alone now. He continued to do good deeds for the people and taught his disciples to learn archery. One of his apprentices, Feng Meng, made rapid progress, and soon he became very good at archery. But he felt that as long as Hou Yi existed, he could not be the best in the world, so he once shot the teacher from behind when he was drunk.

Besides, although Chang 'e went to the moon, it was very deserted here. There was only a rabbit tinkering with medicine and an old man chopping trees, so she stayed in the moon palace all day, especially when the moonlight was the best on August 15th every year. Chang 'e remembered their happy life.

There are many legends about Mid-Autumn Festival. Poets and writers for thousands of years have also left many works with this theme, expressing homesickness or pinning their yearning for happiness through the Mid-Autumn Moon. Li Shangyin, a poet in Tang Dynasty, deeply expressed her loneliness and regret in Chang 'e.

The mica screen has a deep candlelight shadow.

The long river gradually falls and the stars sink.

Chang 'e should regret stealing the elixir of life,

Blue sea, clear sky, night heart.