In Archaean times, there were two suns in the sky, which shone on the earth in turn, so that there was no day and night in the earth. The hot weather made human life very inconvenient. A couple worked diligently in the farmland, and placed the sleeping baby firmly beside the stone pile under the shade of the tree, and covered it with palm leaves. Unexpectedly, he was still burned alive by the cruel sun and turned into a lizard to hide in the cracks of the stone pile. Knowing this, the father was very angry and vowed to shoot down the sun to avenge his children.
Before embarking on the journey, my father planted an orange tree in front of his home, and set out for the rising place of the sun, ready to seal it before the sun took off. My father, who was accurate in shooting, really shot one eye of the sun, and the light of the sun suddenly disappeared into the moon. The moon closed his eyes and reached out to catch people at random. Because his palm was too big, his father escaped from his fingers. Because one sun was shot into the moon, the other sun was too afraid to take off and shine on the earth, so the earth was in darkness, and everyone could not go out to work, let alone find food, and life was very difficult. If people have to go out, they must throw stones first, and judge whether the road or the abyss lies ahead by the sound of stones falling to the ground. A mountain Qiang who went out for food was hit on the head by stones thrown out by people, bleeding profusely, and the mountain Qiang couldn't bear the pain and gave an angry roar. At this moment, strange things happened. The hidden sun was scared by the roar of the mountain Qiang, so that the sky shone on the earth again, and people resumed their normal lives, but the mountain Qiang's forehead left a beautiful scar from now on.
Later, the moon taught the father who shot at the sun all kinds of rituals and taboos, such as: don't be greedy for sweets when hunting and sowing sacrifices, otherwise there will be famine or shooting at prey; Children's sacrifices should be held when the moon is full, otherwise children will get sick and die. After my father returned to the tribe, he began to teach his people how to handle sacrifices. When everyone learned all the sacrificial ceremonies, the orange tree had grown into a big tree. Therefore, several communities of Bunun people will use orange leaves as sacrificial vessels when performing sacrificial ceremonies.
2 Legends of Gypsies-Children of the Moon
Once upon a time, there was a gypsy woman who had been married to her husband for many years and had no children. One night she prayed to the moon to give her a child. Soon after, she got pregnant as she wished. However, when the child was born, they found that the child had gray eyes and silvery skin instead of dark skin and dark brown eyes. The gypsy man was very angry and thought that his wife had betrayed him and wanted to kill the child.
The gypsy woman couldn't bear it, so she took the child to the mountain and abandoned him. The moon took care of the child from now on. Whenever the moon is full, it is the child who behaves well, and whenever the moon turns into a new moon, it is the child who cries. The moon has made a cradle for him and coaxed him to stop crying. (Compare albino children to children of the moon)
3 Moon Goddess
Artemis, the goddess of the moon in ancient Greek mythology. She is the sister of Apollo, the sun god. She is very beautiful, and she is also a very powerful archer. She is in charge of hunting and is often accompanied by her beloved bows and hounds. Every day she drives a silver carriage in the night sky, which represents the cold, loneliness and the road of the dead at night. She is also the patron saint of unmarried girls-she herself is unmarried for life, and there is a sad story in it.
Poseidon, the sea king, has a son named Orion. He likes archery very much, and he is a good hunter. He also likes to run wildly on the sea. The moon goddess likes Oreon very much. They know each other and love each other. They often hunt together in the jungle and run wildly on the sea. Apollo, the goddess' brother, hated Oreon and didn't like the relationship between her sister and Oreon, so he decided to get rid of Oreon. One day, while Oreon was flying on the sea, Apollo covered Oreon with golden light to hide him, so that no one could see Oreon's true colors, and then he encouraged his sister Moon Goddess, who likes archery, to take the golden object in the distance as a target. Of course, the goddess of the moon didn't know it was her brother's plot, so she shot an arrow and hit Oreon in the head. Later, she learned that she had shot her sweetheart Olion, so she fell into despair and cried day and night. In order to cherish her love for Oreon forever, she asked Zeus to lift Oreon to the sky, hoping that she could see it at any time when she was running in the sky in a silver carriage. Zeus accepted her request and turned Orion into a constellation in the sky. The goddess swore that she would never marry, and that she would always accompany Oreon in the night sky.
4 There is a "Moon Story" widely circulated among Hezhe people in Heilongjiang Province in Northeast China.
In ancient times, a woman went to the river to fetch water, looked up at the moon in the sky, and thought that the bright moon was particularly lovely. She couldn't help thinking about her life experience, all kinds of abuse and despair in her husband's family. She suddenly had an idea, why not ask the moon fairy to do me a favor and get herself out of this miserable world! When she began to pray for the moon god, to her great surprise, a blanket that didn't look like a blanket and a boat didn't look like a boat floated from the river in the distance, and soon came to her and stopped. She tried to step on her toes, and strangely enough, her whole body went up unconsciously. It immediately lifted the woman up in the air like magic, and she was so scared that she grabbed the tree around her. I don't know where she came from, but she uprooted the tree. At this time, the faster the "flying carpet" flies, the higher she flies. In this way, the woman soon flew to the moon.
This legend is to tell everyone that the dark shadows on the moon are the buckets, poles and trees that the woman and she brought to the moon. Of course, this is just a folk story. There are no such things on the moon, and there is no so-called moon god.
5 A myth of Gaoshan people in China is like this:
It was dark between heaven and earth, and people could only light a lamp for lighting. I don't know how many years have passed, and I don't know what day it was. Suddenly, a very strong wind blew two people with torches into the sky, and there were two suns in the sky. Two suns shine on the earth in turn, so that people can't sleep and the crops are burnt. I don't know how long it took, but an archer with good archery hit one of the suns with a strong arrow. Since then, its light has weakened and turned into the moon.
Another myth of the Gaoshan people says that the sun and the moon were changed by a pair of young men and women: in order to find light for the earth and people, the two of them traveled all over the world and finally flew into the sky. The young man became a radiant sun, and the young woman became a gentle and lovely moon.
when you look up at the moon, you will immediately find that there are some places on the bright moon that are not so bright. They are slightly darker than the surrounding areas, and the degree of darkness is different. The following Yao myth is to explain the alternating light and shade on the moon.
6 The moon in the sky turned out to be square and round, so bright that people can't open their eyes and so hot that they can't breathe. A pair of young men and women are determined to promote the advantages and eliminate the disadvantages and do good things for the people. The powerful young man shot a sharp arrow at the moon, trying to make it round little by little. However, the moon is still too bright, and the white moon is not good-looking! The young woman is an expert in brocade. She has devoted herself to weaving a beautiful silk brocade for the moon, and let the young men hang an arrow and shoot it at the moon to cover it. In this way, the moon light is not so dazzling, and the patterns, houses, cattle and sheep, osmanthus trees, etc. originally woven on silk brocade have become the moon patterns we see. Later, young men and women also came to the moon, grazing by men and brocade by women, and lived a happy life.
7 the Goddess Chang'e flying to the moon's legendary stories are well-known and household names in China. It is said that Chang 'e took the elixir given by the Queen Mother of the West, flew lightly to the moon, lived in the Guanghan Palace there, and still lived a lonely life. Accompanying Chang 'e is only the jade rabbit who has been tinkering with medicine for Chang 'e all year round. Later, I don't know when it started. There was another man named WU GANG on the moon. I only knew that he broke the precepts when he was cultivating immortals and was sent here to cut down osmanthus trees. However, the osmanthus tree is a fairy tree. How can WU GANG cut it down? As soon as he lifted the axe, the crack in the tree was closed again at once. In this way, he can only do the impossible things on the moon forever.
riddle:
Three, four, five, like a bow, fifteen and sixteen are majestic. Everyone says that I am 3 years old, and I will die at twenty-eight or nine. (hit the sky)
Answer: The moon
sometimes falls on the mountainside, sometimes hangs on the treetops, sometimes looks like a round mirror, and sometimes looks like a sickle. (hit the sky for a day)
Answer: The moon has two horns when it is
hours, but it has no horns when it grows up. In its twenties, it gives birth to two more horns. (hit the sky for a day)
Answer: the moon
The moon a hundred years ago
Answer: Hu
Cross to cross, The sun is opposite to the moon
Answer: Chao
Idiom:
Curling the autumn moon is not as good as closing the moon in January, and it is better to be ashamed of flowers
Remnant winter and December, laughing at the wind and singing about the moon, spring flowers and autumn months
Years and years go by, and the moon wears the stars first. The moon is dark and murderous, the wind is snowy and the moon is fragrant, the wind is clear, the moon is clear, the wind is clear, the moon is clear, the moon is in debt, the moon is full, the moon is short, the moon is full, the moon is full, the moon is full, the moon is beautiful, the moon is beautiful, the moon is beautiful, the moon is beautiful, the mirror is full of flowers, the moon is full of flowers, and the moon is beautiful, and the moon is beautiful. In great injustice, the moon has been falling for years, the roof beams are covered with the moon, the wind is blowing, the moon is blowing, the wind is shining, and the stars are shining. In Dai Yue, the wind is shining, the moon is shining, the moon is shining, and the moon is dying. In the sun, the moon is rising, the moon is cutting, and the sundial is cutting. In the sun, the moon and the sundial are changing with each passing day. In rivers and rivers, the sun and the moon meet each other, and the sun and the moon are in my arms. The sun and the moon are flying like a shuttle, and the moon is on the tongue. I don't know the taste of meat in March. I don't know the time. I miss the moon jumping pills in the water. The sun and the moon stop and fall. Tian Yuesang is boundless and windy. May, May, Wu Niuchuan, May, May, Qiu, Xin Gu, Xiao Feng, the remnant moon, the rhinoceros, the full moon, the white wind, the clear language Apes and monkeys take the moon
In the moon, the moon is full of dew, the moon is falling, the stars are sinking, the moon is bright, and the flowers are thousands of miles away.
Under the moon, the old man sings about the moon, worships the wind, reflects the moon, reads, feels dizzy, and the wind and the moon are full, so he eats.
In the eventful years, stop talking about the wind and the moon.