The China Poetry Festival is a large-scale national cultural event approved by the State Council and is the highest-level poetry event in the country. He connected China's cultural context that was almost broken for thousands of years. Its significance and influence are far-reaching, and it established a "monument of merit" for the development of Chinese poetry.
The Mid-Autumn Festival is one of the three traditional festivals in China (Spring Festival, Dragon Boat Festival, and Mid-Autumn Festival). Compared with the other two festivals, the festival activities of the "Mid-Autumn Festival" appear to be "quiet". This may be related to the ancient legend of the Moon God and the peaceful atmosphere of "Reunion of the Full Moon People". Therefore, in the eyes of the Chinese people, the "Mid-Autumn Festival" is a warm, harmonious, and poetic festival without too many lively activities to celebrate.
∴∵∴∵∴∵ Legends of the Mid-Autumn Festival∵∴∵∴∵∴
◆Chang'e flying to the moon
The most famous legend of the "Mid-Autumn Festival" The story is "Chang'e flies to the moon". Legend has it that in ancient times, there were ten suns in the world. Because the heat of the ten suns was too strong, it scorched all kinds of crops. Many people were also killed by the heat because of the high temperature, but they survived. People are living very miserable lives.
At that time, there was a very famous marksman "Hou Yi" who was very angry when he saw this situation. He decided to save everything in the world, so he used his bow and arrow to shoot down the sun one by one, leaving only The next sun will stop the earth from being "baked" by the high temperature, and the people will be reborn. In order to express their gratitude to Hou Yi, the people supported him as the king of a country. However, I did not expect that as soon as Hou Yi became the king, he began to be arrogant, domineering and tyrannical, and the people fell into another misery.
In order to live forever and be emperor forever, Hou Yi sent people to Kunlun Mountain to ask the Queen Mother for the elixir of immortality. After Hou Yi's wife Chang'e found out, she sympathized with the people's plight very much. She was worried that after Hou Yi took the elixir of life, he would continue to carry out unscrupulous tyranny, making the people suffer even more. So, she secretly drank all the elixirs alone. Unexpectedly, her body flew up lightly. Hou Yi was very angry when he found out. Seeing Chang'e flying up into the sky, he was so angry that he picked up a bow and arrow to shoot down Chang'e, but it was too late. Chang'e just flew to the moon and became the fairy of Guanghan Palace in the moon.
Since then, people have begun to spread the word that there is a beautiful girl living in the moon, and her name is "Chang'e", adding many beautiful legends to the distant moon sky.
◆The Jade Rabbit in the Moon
In addition, there is also a legendary story about the "Jade Rabbit" who accompanied Chang'e. This cute rabbit also plays an important role in the "Mid-Autumn Festival"! There is a story recorded in "The Records of the Western Regions of the Tang Dynasty" (written by the familiar Master Xuanzang): In the forest of ancient India, there lived three good friends, a rabbit, a fox and a monkey. Because it was a time of war and the people were in dire straits, many people had nothing to eat. One day, they found an old man who had fainted from hunger at the door. In order to save the old man, they went out to find food separately. However, due to the war at that time, the chance of finding food was very slim. Later, in order to relieve everyone's hunger, the rabbit voluntarily sacrificed himself and became everyone's food.
The moment the rabbit jumped into the hot pot, a pair of warm hands suddenly took the rabbit out of the hot pot. It turned out that the rabbit's kindness moved the Jade Emperor, so he sent people to rescue the rabbit and named him "Jade Rabbit". He accompanied Chang'e, the goddess of the moon, in the moon, so that everyone could always appreciate the rabbit's compassion.
◆Wu Gang cut down the osmanthus tree
According to legend, Wu Gang was a woodcutter who was obsessed with magic, but refused to concentrate on learning. Because if he didn't work hard at chopping firewood every day, he would only daydream. When the Jade Emperor found out, he was very angry. So, he ordered Wu Gang to be taken to the Moon Palace and told him that as long as he cut down the osmanthus tree, he would gain immortality. However, no matter how Wu Gang chopped it down, the osmanthus tree would heal every once in a while.
Therefore, Wu Gang had to chop down again and again, and until now he still couldn't chop down the osmanthus tree. This was the punishment given by the Jade Emperor to Wu Gang for not being down-to-earth in his work!