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The legend of Chang'e running to the moon

According to legend, in ancient times, the sky suddenly appeared with ten sun

By Ebrahim mohammadiePublished 2 years ago 3 min read
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The legend of Chang'e running to the moon
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According to legend, in ancient times, the sky suddenly appeared with ten suns, straight into the earth's smoke, and the people really can not live on.

  A powerful hero named Hou Yi was determined to relieve the people of this misery. Hou Yi climbed to the top of Kunlun Mountain, and with all his strength, he drew his bow and shot down nine suns in one breath. He said to the last Sun in the sky, "From now on, you must rise and set on time every day for the benefit of the people!"

  Hou Yi eliminated harm to the people, and the people respected him. Many people worshiped him and learned martial arts from him. A man named Feng Meng, who was a treacherous and greedy man, also studied under Hou Yi with the crowd.

  Hou Yi's wife, Change, was a beautiful and kind woman. She often helped the poor folks, and the folks were very fond of her. One day, the Queen Mother of the West on Mount Kunlun gave Hou Yi a pill of immortal medicine. It is said that people who eat this medicine, not only can live forever, but also can ascend to heaven and become immortal miles. However, Hou Yi did not want to leave Change, let her hide the medicine in a hundred treasure boxes.

  Somehow this matter was what Feng Meng knew, he was determined to get Hou Yi's immortal medicine. In the early morning of August 15, Hou Yi wanted to take his disciples out, Feng Meng pretended to be sick and stayed behind. In the evening, Feng Meng, with his sword in his hand, broke into Hou Yi's house and forced Change to hand over the elixir. Change thought to herself, "If such a man eats the elixir of immortality, will it not harm more people? So, she wisely maneuvered with Feng Meng. Feng Meng saw Change refused to hand over the elixir, they rummaged around and searched. Seeing the search for the treasure box, Change quickly step forward, take out the elixir, and swallowed a mouthful.

  Change ate the elixir, suddenly floating and flying up. She flew out of the window, flying over the countryside sprinkled with silver glitter, flying higher and higher. The blue night sky hanging with a bright moon, Change has been flying towards the moon.

  Hou Yi returned from a trip and lost his wife Chang E. He rushed out of the door anxiously. He rushed out of the door anxiously, only to see the white moon in the sky, the round moon in the shadow of the trees, and a jade hare jumping around under the trees. Ah! His wife was standing by a laurel tree gazing at him with deep emotion." Change! Change!" Hou Yi called out repeatedly, recklessly chasing toward the moon. But he took three steps forward, the moon took three steps backward, how can not catch up?

  The villagers missed the kind-hearted Change and set up Chang'e's favorite food in the courtyard to bless her from afar. Since then, on the 15th of August every year, it has become the Mid-Autumn Festival where people look forward to the reunion.

  The version of leaving her husband alone

  Change knew that her husband Hou Yi had asked for the medicine of immortality from the Queen Mother of the West, so she was eager to become immortal. One day, when Hou Yi was not paying attention, stole to eat the pill of immortality, and then flew to the Moon Palace.

According to later legends, she is not the only one on the moon a man named Wu Gang.

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