![]() ![]() In an attempt to see his wife once again, Hou Yi began an annual tradition when the moon was at its brightest. While becoming immortal saved her from an evil man, it ended her life with her beloved husband, who was left alone and heartbroken. Hou Yi was devastated when he learned about what happened to Chang’e. The full moon is seen during the Mid-Autumn Festival in 2015 in Zaozhuang, Shandong Province of China. At that moment, her body began to float and ascend high into the heavens until she landed on the moon. To prevent the elixir from falling into the wrong hands, Chang’e decided to drink it. On one fateful day, when Chang’e was alone at home, a man wielding a sword came by and tried to force her to hand him the elixir. Word spread about the elixir of immortality, and it attracted some evil attention. So rather than drink the elixir, he gave it to Chang’e to treasure and keep safe. But by relinquishing his mortality, Hou Yi would also have to leave his beloved wife, Chang’e. In fact, the goddess of heaven gifted Hou Yi an elixir that would make him immortal and allow him to join the gods, should he choose to drink it. This heroic feat brought Hou Yi into the good graces of the gods. Hou Yi shot nine out of the sky, leaving the one sun we know today. One of the gods asked Hou Yi, an archer, to save the planet by shooting down some of the suns. The many suns scorched the Earth's surface, bringing drought to the land, destroying crop yields and causing death and poverty. The planet looked different, with the gods reigning supreme and the sky burning with the fury of ten suns. Since that, tradition of making sacrifices to the moon carried through the ages, from the Western Zhou Dynasty (1045 to 770 B.C.) onward.The moon rises over a tower during Mid-Autumn Festival on Septemin Tai'an, Shandong Province of China. So he went back and put a lot of foods to sacrifice Chang E. He saw a shape on the moon similar to his wife. Hou Yi rushed out the room and shout Cheng E’s name. When Hou Yi backed home, PengMeng was escaped. She float immediately to the ground, ran out the window, and flied to the moon. Chang E knew she couldn’t resist, so she swallowed the pill. Chang E put the pill in her cabinet, but is was watched by Peng Meng.Īfter 3 days, while Hou Yi took went hunting with his disciples, Peng Meng went to his house with a sword. ![]() So he went back home and asked Chang E to hide it. Hou Yi didn’t want to leave his wife Chang E along. She gave Hou Yi a pill which can make people not to die and live forever. One day, Hou Yi went to the KunLun montain to visit his old friends. One evil person, Peng Meng also was his disciple. Hou Yi got a lot of disciples who wanted to learn his hunting skills. He hunted in the morning and back home at night. Hou Yi married a beautiful woman Chang E. He made Hou Yi a human and said he could never be a god again. Although Hou Yi saved people, but the god was angry. A god named Hou Yi, who is a sharpshooter wanted to save people. People could not live, and the nature was broken. One year, 10 suns wanted to went to the earth together. The god commanded that they must decide a person to bring the light and warm to the earth a day. Long time ago, there were 10 suns on the sky. Let me tell you the story about Chang E flying to the moon. 玉兔捣药(yǜ tù dǎo yào):jade hare making heavenly medicine 吴刚伐桂(wú gāng fá guì):Wu Gang chopping the tree 嫦娥奔月(chéng é bēn yuè): Chang E flying to the moon The Mid Autumn Festival has a long history in China.Sacrifice the Moon in autumn is a custom in ancient China.There are a lot of legends about the mid autumn festival. ![]()
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