12/09/2019
During mid autumn of Lunar Calendar, that's is 15th of August, we are celebrating Mid Autumn Festival, aka Mooncake Festival or Lantern Festival. Somehow, this is also one of the Chinese Valentine. The moon is bright and full on this day.
Have you heard of the Legend of the Mid Autumn Festival during your childhood time??? Let me tell you one of the legend version about Chang'e Flying to the Moon
The most famous Mid-Autumn Festival story is Chang'e flying to the moon. The story goes like this…
Long, long ago, there were ten suns in the sky. The suns burnt all the plants and people were dying on Earth, until one day excellent archer Hou Yi used his bow and arrows to shoot down nine of the suns. Earth was saved, and people flocked to learn archery from Hou Yi.
The Western Queen Mother gave Hou Yi a bottle of elixir that could make one person immortal. Although Hou Yi did want to become immortal, he wanted to stay with his wife Chang'e more. Therefore, he just kept it at home.
Pang Meng, one of his students, tried to seize the elixir when Hou Yi wasn't at home. Faced with greedy Pang Meng, Chang'e decided to drink the elixir. It made her fly to the moon where she would stay forever.
To remember her and pray to her, Hou Yi and others started to worship the moon with many offerings.
Happy Mid-Autumn Festival!!!
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