1, the Goddess Chang'e flying to the moon
One of the most famous legends of Mid-Autumn Festival is the story of the Goddess Chang'e flying to the moon. According to legend, in ancient times, ten-year-old children invaded the world and made people suffer. The young archer Hou Yi bravely shot down nine Tai Sui, but the last Tai Sui escaped to the moon. In order to save mankind, Chang 'e chose to be a fairy in the moon palace. She left this world with a magical elixir of life and went to the moon.
2. WU GANG and Yutu
Another legend of Mid-Autumn Festival is related to WU GANG and the Jade Rabbit. According to legend, WU GANG was a restless man who was exiled to the moon to cut down osmanthus trees. WU GANG will never finish the task until the laurel tree dies. Jade rabbit is a rabbit made by the Moon Fairy. It accompanied WU GANG on the moon and helped him. This story highlights the values of patience and unity, and also connects the Mid-Autumn Festival with the moon and the mysterious moon palace.
3. A fool's dream
There is also a widely circulated story about Huang Liang's dream. Legend has it that a young man named monk Hu got a magical peach. After eating this peach, he entered an illusory dream that he married a beautiful fairy and lived a happy life. However, he spent decades in his dream, but it was only a moment in reality.
4. Yue Bai, the story of Dixin
According to legend, the story of Diusim in the Three Kingdoms period is very beautiful and has a really beautiful appearance. Legend has it that after the birth of the story of Deusim, the local peach blossoms and apricot blossoms bloomed and withered within three years. Even Chang 'e felt ashamed of Yue Bai's story in Diusim's night and disappeared in a hurry, which is also the origin of the idiom "Close the moon and be ashamed of flowers". It is precisely because of the story of Diusim's beauty that Lu Bu, who was brave and foolhardy, was puzzled, and Wang Yun's serial plan was successful.
5. Moon cake uprising
At the end of the Yuan Dynasty, the people could not bear the brutal rule of the Yuan Dynasty, and various places revolted against the Yuan Dynasty. Zhang Shicheng, a native of Gaoyou, used the Mid-Autumn Festival to give each other wheat cakes in order to secretly contact the uprising teams around the country, and put a note inside to stipulate the Mid-Autumn Festival night uprising. Since then, the custom of eating moon cakes in every household on Mid-Autumn Festival has been formed.