From Hou Yi shooting the sun to Chang'e flying to the moon, there were so many entanglements in between

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According to legend, in ancient times, ten suns suddenly appeared in the sky. The sun was so hot that the earth was smoking, and the people really couldn't live any longer.

There was a powerful hero named Hou Yi, who was determined to relieve the people of this suffering. Hou Yi climbed to the top of Kunlun Mountain and gathered enough strength , he drew the bow of God fully, and "swish-swish-swish-" shot down nine suns in one breath. He said to the last sun in the sky: "From now on, you must rise on time and set on time every day to serve the people. Bring blessings!"

Hou Yi eliminated harm for the people, and everyone respected him. Many people worshiped him as their teacher and learned martial arts from him. There was a man named Peng Meng, who was treacherous and greedy, and he also followed Everyone worshiped Hou Yi.

Hou Yi's wife Chang'e was a beautiful and kind-hearted woman. She often helped the poor folks, and the folks liked her very much. One day, the Queen Mother of the West on Kunlun Mountain gave her a gift. Hou Yi took a pill of elixir. It is said that people who take this elixir can not only live forever, but also ascend to heaven and become immortals. However, Hou Yi was unwilling to leave Chang'e, so he asked her to hide the elixir in a treasure box.< /p>

Somehow Pengmeng found out about this, and he wanted to get Hou Yi’s elixir. In the early morning of August 15th, Hou Yi wanted to take his disciples out, so Pengmeng pretended to be sick. He stayed. At night, Peng Meng, holding a sword in his hand, broke into Hou Yi's house impatiently and forced Chang'e to hand over the elixir. Chang'e thought to herself, wouldn't it hurt more people if such a person took the elixir? So, she dealt with Pengmeng tactfully. Seeing that Chang'e refused to hand over the elixir, Pengmeng rummaged through the boxes and cabinets and searched everywhere. Seeing that she was about to find the treasure box, Chang'e stepped forward quickly, took out the elixir and swallowed it in one gulp. Go down.

Chang'e took the fairy medicine and suddenly flew up. She flew out of the window and flew over the silvery countryside, flying higher and higher. The blue night sky hung with There was a bright moon, and Chang'e kept flying towards the moon.

When Hou Yi came back from an outing, his wife Chang'e was missing. He rushed out anxiously and saw a bright moon in the sky, with shadows of trees dancing on the round moon. A jade rabbit was jumping around under the tree. Ah! His wife was standing next to a laurel tree, gazing at her lovingly. "Chang'e! Chang'e!" Hou Yi called out again and again, chasing after the moon desperately. But He chased three steps forward, and the moon took three steps back, unable to catch up.

The villagers missed the kind-hearted Chang'e very much. She gave her blessing. From then on, every August 15th, it became the Mid-Autumn Festival when people looked forward to reunion.

Put your husband to swallow the version

Chang'e knew that her husband Houyi had begged it from the Queen Mother of the West. If you take the elixir of immortality, you will become an immortal. One day, when Hou Yi was not paying attention, he stole the elixir and flew to the Moon Palace. [2]

Houyi gave medicine tablets

According to the ancient book "Yongcheng Collection of Immortals": "Wu Heng'e, Yi's wife, Yi's minister shot and defended the palace of the Yellow Emperor and entered the palace. He obtained the elixir of the Qiong medicine and gave it to Chang'e, took it and flew into the moon palace, becoming the official in the moon. [3]

Saving the People Version

Hou Yi was a poor country in ancient times. The king was extremely powerful, brave and good at shooting, but his temper was violent and his harsh government made the people miserable. However, Hou Yi also wanted to live forever, and he happened to get the elixir that could become an immortal and achieve enlightenment from the Queen Mother. When the kind-hearted wife Chang'e learned of this, in order to protect the people from Hou Yi's long-term brutal rule, she secretly took the elixir and turned into a fairy and floated to the Moon Palace, becoming a goddess in the Moon Palace. [4]

Hou Yi's Unfaithful Version

Qu Yuan's "Tian Wen" said: After Hou Yi became a hero who shot the sun, he acted unfaithful to Chang'e and had an affair with Hebo's wife, which caused Chang'e was extremely dissatisfied and angrily left Hou Yi and ran to heaven.