Myths and legends of Mid-Autumn Festival
The Goddess Chang's fly to the moon
? The myth of "the Goddess Chang'e flying to the moon" originated from the ancient people's worship of the stars, and the story of the Goddess Chang'e flying to the moon first appeared in "Returning to Tibet". Later, the folk story further developed and evolved into multiple story versions. Chang 'e boarded the moon palace. According to Huai Nan Zi in the Western Han Dynasty, it was because she ate the elixir of life that her husband Yi asked Xi Wuniang for, flew into the Moon Palace and became a toad.
WU GANG won.
WU GANG boarded the Moon Palace and won the laurel. According to the novel Youyang Za in the Tang Dynasty, it is precisely because of WU GANG's error in cultivating immortals that he was punished by cutting the laurel every month. This osmanthus tree grows with cutting, and it will never stop cutting. Li Bai wrote in the poem "To Cui Hu Si Wen Kun Ji": "If you want to spend Gui Yue, you will be rewarded if you are cold."
Yu Tu Daoyao
The rabbit went to the moon palace to stir up medicine, which was first seen in Qu Yuan's Tian Wen, "Why do you think about Levi, care about him and slaughter him in the abdomen?" . It means that Gu and Tu are in the belly of the moon. What good is it for the moon? How did the rabbit get to the moon palace? Gu is a toad and Tu is a white rabbit. Fu Xuan in the Jin Dynasty also said: "What's in the middle of the month, the white rabbit is working on medicine." According to Mr Wen Yiduo's textual research, this "white rabbit mashing medicine" was changed from "toad mashing medicine".
There is a jade rabbit beside Chang 'e. It is said that Chang 'e became lighter. When she started to take off, she picked up the white rabbit she had been feeding in fear. The white rabbit went to the moon with her. Yutu has a pestle in the Moon Palace, and at night she pounded the elixir into the mortar. After this myth was spread to Japan, it became a jade rabbit mashed rice cake.
Xuanzong story
According to legend, Taoist priests Xuanzong, Shen and Hong all enjoy the moon in the Mid-Autumn Festival. Suddenly, Emperor Xuanzong of the Tang Dynasty put forward the idea of visiting the Moon Palace, so Shi Tianzhao did it, and the three of them began to go to Qingyun and roam the Moon Palace. However, the palace is heavily guarded and cannot enter, so it can only overlook the imperial city of Chang 'an. At this moment, I suddenly heard the voice of a fairy. Tang Xuanzong was always familiar with melody, so he remembered it. This is exactly: "this song should only be in the sky, and people can listen to it several times!" " Later, Xuanzong recalled Xian 'e's music and singing in the Moon Palace, composed and choreographed his own music, and created the famous colorful feather.
Mid-autumn festival poems:
Wang Jian's Looking at the Moon at Fifteen Nights (Tang)
There are crows in Bai Shu and osmanthus in Coody Leng in the atrium.
I don't know who Qiu Si will meet tonight.
Mid-Autumn Festival (Tang) Lipu
When the mirror rose into the sky, there was silence among the clouds.
A round of average points full, accompanied by Wan Liyun.
The sly rabbit fell from the string and the demon frog rested in front of him.
Lingcha plans to go hand in hand until the Milky Way is completely clear.
Appreciating the Moon in Mid-Autumn Festival (Song) Su Shi
The twilight clouds are cold, and the silver-haired people silently turn to the tracts.
If you don't meet a good night in this life, where will you see the bright moon next year?