"Moon Goddess" is a free translation of the English name of Japanese lunar exploration satellite. It also has a nickname in Japan-"Hui Ye". The name is taken from Ye Huiji, a beautiful moon princess in Japanese folklore.
"Ye Huiji" is the protagonist in the ancient Japanese legend "Wu Wu Yu", a beautiful girl who was born on the moon and then fell into the mortal world. Legend has it that an old man who chopped bamboo found a lovely girl in the bamboo core and took her home to raise her. Three months later, the girl grew up to be a beautiful girl and was named "Hui".
Men all over the world dream of "Ye Huiji" as a wife, and many sons and grandchildren wander around the old people all day. Hui offered to marry someone who could find a treasure that she liked but was hard to get, which made the suitors fail. Finally, the emperor who came to power tried to marry Ye Huiji by his own power and ended in failure. "Ye Huiji" ushered in the moon palace messenger on the Mid-Autumn Festival night and returned to the moon where she should belong.
For the Japanese, "Hui Ye Ji" is a familiar figure since childhood. Quiet, witty and contemptuous of powerful people, Princess Moon tells children what is beautiful, ugly, illusory and immortal.
America: revenge Apollo
"Apollo" is the name of the American moon landing program. In ancient legends, Apollo, the sun god, was the son of Zeus and Leto, the goddess of darkness, and the brother of themis, the goddess of the moon. Apollo was in charge of lighting, poetry and music.
According to Greek mythology, Leto was driven by Hera, the queen of heaven. Finally, Poseidon, the sea god, took pity on her and took Tyrol Island out of the sea to live for her. On the island, she gave birth to twin brothers and sisters, Simis and Apollo. Later, Apollo killed the python that had persecuted his mother with a golden arrow to avenge his mother.
In the space race between the United States and the Soviet Union in the 20th century, the United States was at a disadvantage. In order to reverse this situation, the United States put forward the Apollo moon landing plan. 196 1 year, Soviet astronaut Gagarin went into space for the first time. After learning this, President Kennedy said angrily, "This is another great shame for the American nation after the first man-made earth satellite of the Soviet Union was launched!" " In order to meet the challenge, Americans are determined to revive the glory of science and technology at all costs. It is meaningful for the American government to choose the sun god to name the moon landing program.
Europe: "Intelligence" does not need myth.
On September 28th, 2003, the European Space Agency launched the intelligent lunar probe 1 and began its journey to the moon. After a flight of 13 months, it finally entered the orbit around the moon, which opened the prelude to the European lunar exploration program.
The moon culture in Europe is naturally deeply influenced by ancient Greek mythology. Themis, the legendary goddess of the moon, is one of the twelve gods of Olympus. She fell in love with a man on the earth, but in order to avoid the opposition of other gods, she hid the man in a cave. In order to satisfy her eternal love, she kept the man awake for a long time and kept it from other women.
In the eyes of Europeans, the moon represents "eternal possession" and also embodies one aspect of westerners' outlook on life-selfishness and taking. Knowing the meaning of the moon, people can understand why Europe did not put the name of the moon god in the lunar exploration plan.
India: Luna is a male body.
India's lunar probe is called "Moon Ship". In India, the "God of the Moon" is called Chandra, which means "bright and dazzling".
Indian scholars believe that Luna is a man with four hands, one holding a scepter, the other holding fairy dew, the third holding a lotus flower and the other being on the defensive. The three-wheeled chariot he rode was pulled by an antelope or ten horses as white as jasmine.
According to legend, besides his original wife, the God of the Moon married 27 daughters of another God, representing the 27-day cycle of the Moon. His love for his original wife aroused the envy of other wives. They complained to their father that his father had infected leprosy to his son-in-law. Twenty-seven wives felt sorry for their husbands and begged their fathers. Father can't get rid of the curse, but he can ease the pain. So the moon gradually turns from silvery white to gray, then disappears, and then it will return to silvery white, forming round after round.
Westerners use the solar calendar, while Indians use the monthly calendar. Indians celebrate their birthdays not by their own date of birth, but by the shape of the moon in the month of birth. The bright moon is considered the best, and the dim moon is considered evil. Indians believe that if a child is born at the full moon, the child will have friendship, money, power and reputation and be respected. Even when Indians pray, they will say, "The moon will keep us safe all our lives!"
Russia: Luna loves quarrelling.
In Russian folklore, the sun and the moon are personified as husband and wife, and the moon god is compared to a man. When winter comes every year, the earth is covered with snow, and everything is boring. At this time, Luna had to part with her lover, Sun God, and meet again next summer. The two went their separate ways, and there was no news from each other.
Every Ivanov's Day (June 24th or July 7th), when everything is revived, the sun god will dress up carefully, put on colorful holiday dresses and shield headdresses, greet the long-lost moon god, sing songs all the way and shine dazzling light on the earth. After meeting the sun god, Luna told each other the pain of parting and loved each other. The sky is also clear.
However, as the days passed, the husband and wife often quarreled, and the sky was overcast with lightning and thunder. When the quarrel was fierce, an earthquake and tsunami occurred on the ground. In the hearts of Russians, Luna has a strong self-esteem and is naturally aggressive. Every time we quarrel with the sun god, it's the fault of the moon god. So it will be difficult for Russia to name Luna when it officially starts its moon landing program.
Second, poems about the moon.
When is the bright moon, ask for wine from heaven;
When is the spring flower and autumn moon, and how much is known about the past;
Chang 'e should regret stealing the elixir, the sky is high and the clouds are light, and the night is clear and refreshing;
On the moon, the willows shoot, and people are about after dusk;
The moon is loose, according to the crystal stone in its stream;
The foot of my bed is shining with such bright light. Is it frosty already? ;
A pot of wine from the flowers, I drink it alone. No one is with me until I raise my cup and ask the bright moon to bring me my shadow and let the three of us be together;
The moon shines in my shadow, and I shine on the Yanhe River;
Wu Mian leans on the laurel tree, showing his feet and flying obliquely to wet and cold rabbits;
The crow crows in Maodian, and people swim in Banqiao frost;
Alone in the west wing, the moon is like a hook;
Too many!
The most beautiful chant for the moon is Zhang's "Moonlit Night on the Spring River";
Lian Haiping is in the spring tide, and the bright moon on the sea is born in the tide. I drift with the tide for thousands of miles, and there is no moon by the river. The river flows around Fangdian, and the moonlight shines on the flower forest like graupel. Frost flows in the air, you can't fly, but you can't see the white sand on the pavilion. There is no dust in the sky on the river, and there is a lonely moon in the sky. Who saw the moon by the river for the first time? When did Jiang Yue take the photo at the beginning of the year? Life is endless from generation to generation, and Jiang Yue is only similar year after year. I don't know who Jiang Yue is waiting for, but I see the Yangtze River delivering water. The white clouds have gone, and Qingfeng is at a loss. Who will go boating tonight? Where do you miss Mingyue Building? Poor people wander upstairs for the moon, so they should leave someone to fill the mirror. The curtain of the jade pot could not be rolled up, but it was brushed back on the anvil. At this time, I don't know each other. I hope China will shine on you every month. Hongyan flies in the sky, and fish Long Qian jumps in the water. Last night, I dreamed that the idle pool had fallen, and the poor spring had not returned. In spring, the river flows away, and the pond falls in the moon and the west. The slanting moon hides the sea fog, and Jieshi Xiaoxiang Road is infinite. I don't know how many people return home every month, and the moon is full of rivers and trees.
This Yuefu poem is highly respected in ancient literature. The whole poem * * *1March is known as a masterpiece describing the moon. The whole poem is full of ups and downs with the moon, and the feelings of wandering women in the poem are also set off by moonlight everywhere. The moonlight shines everywhere, giving the whole poem an ethereal and psychedelic tone and creating a quiet and charming artistic conception. For example, rivers and seas are born with the tide, the moon is born with the tide, and water and moonlight complement each other. Wan Li Chunjiang River is empty, magnificent and charming. The two sentences "moonlight" and "emptiness" use two metaphors to express the brightness, brightness, softness and delicacy of moonlight, and the sentence "court" expresses the whiteness of moonlight through the invisibility of white sand, which is particularly wonderful.