Story: the Goddess Chang'e flying to the moon.
Couplets: Toads at sea make love * * *; Birds in the sky are tired of thinking about Angelica.
Poetry:
Drink the moon alone.
Lipper
Flowers in the next pot of wine, no friends, drink alone.
Raise my cup, I invite the bright moon, which brings me its shadow and makes us three people.
The moon doesn't know how to drink, but the shadow in front of it is behind.
I have to mingle with them and enjoy the happiness of spring.
The song I sing is bright and wandering, and I dance the shadow before wandering.
Wake up and be happy together, and disperse after drunkenness.
I am willing to stay with them forever and forget the harm of friendship, just like the Milky Way.
August 15th, jathyapple.
Du Fu
The full moon flies in the mirror and returns to the heart to fold the sword.
Turn the tent and travel far, climb the laurel and ascend to heaven.
The waterway is suspected of frost and snow, and the forest is covered with feathers.
At this time, I look forward to the white rabbit, and I want to count the autumnal equinox.
Watching the moon on fifteen nights
Wang Jian
There are crows in Bai Shu and osmanthus in Coody Leng in the atrium.
I'm looking forward to the moon tonight. I don't know who will land in Qiu Si!
The origin of Mid-Autumn Festival:
Mid-Autumn Festival is a traditional festival in China, which falls on the 15th day of the eighth lunar month every year. The legend is in memory of the Goddess Chang'e flying to the moon.
The word "Mid-Autumn Festival" first appeared in Zhou Li. According to the ancient calendar of China, there are four seasons in a year, and each season has three months, which are called Meng Yue, Mid-month and Quarter-month respectively, so the second month of autumn is called Mid-Autumn Festival, because it falls on August 15 of the lunar calendar, so it is called "Mid-Autumn Festival". The Book of the New Tang Dynasty in the early Tang Dynasty, Volume XV, Five Rites and Music, contained "Spring and Autumn Festival for Wang Wenxuan and Wang Wucheng", and "In the 19th year of Kaiyuan, the Taigong Fu Shang Temple was set up with Sean in Liu Hou. Mid-spring and Mid-Autumn Festival, five sacrifices, the system of sacrificial music is like a text. According to historical records, the festival that the ancient emperors sacrificed to the moon was the 15th day of the eighth lunar month, which happened to be half that of Sanqiu, hence the name "Mid-Autumn Festival". Because this festival is in August in autumn, it is also called Autumn Festival, August Festival, August Festival and Mid-Autumn Festival. There are also beliefs and related custom activities that pray for reunion, so they are also called "Reunion Festival" and "Daughter's Day". Because the main activities of the Mid-Autumn Festival are all around the "moon", it is also commonly known as "Moon Festival" and "Moonlit Night".
The prevalence of Mid-Autumn Festival began in the Song Dynasty, and it became one of the major festivals in China in the Ming and Qing Dynasties.
The Goddess Chang'e flying to the moon:
"the Goddess Chang'e flying to the moon" is the most fascinating mystery of the Moon Palace. There are different versions of the Goddess Chang'e flying to the moon's story. In the early days, it was recorded that "Chang 'e took the elixir of the Western Queen Mother, and the last month was the essence of the moon", which meant that Hou Yi asked the Western Queen Mother for the elixir of life. Chang 'e stole this elixir and became a fairy, but she was punished as an ugly toad to pound the elixir of the Moon Palace.
Later, the story gradually evolved into many beautiful and euphemistic new plots. For example, it is said that in ancient times, there were ten days in the sky at the same time, and all the crops died in the sun, which made people miserable. A hero named Hou Yi has infinite power. He sympathized with the suffering people, climbed to the top of Kunlun Mountain and shot down nine suns in one breath, so that the people could live and work in peace and contentment.
Unexpectedly, the nine suns shot down were all sons of the Emperor of Heaven, who angrily demoted Hou Yi and his wife Chang 'e to the mortal world. Xi sympathized with Hou Yi's experience and gave him the elixir of life. Later, Feng Meng took advantage of Houyi's opportunity to go hunting and forced Chang 'e to hand over the elixir of life. Chang 'e knew that she was no match and decided to swallow the medicine immediately. Later, Chang 'e flew lightly into the sky. Because Chang 'e was worried about her husband, she flew to the nearest moon and became a fairy.
After returning home, Hou Yi missed his wife, so he set up a table of incense in Chang 'e's favorite back garden, put on her favorite honey and fresh fruit, and offered a remote sacrifice to his wife in the Moon Palace. After hearing the news that the Goddess Chang'e flying to the moon became an immortal, people set up an incense table under the moon to pray for good luck and peace to the kind Chang 'e. It is said in some places that the Mid-Autumn Festival was formed like this.