Origin and Legend of the Mid-Autumn Festival

Mid-Autumn Festival has a long history, and other traditional festivals, as is also slowly developed, there is the spring memorial day of the emperors, the autumn festival of the month ceremony system, early in the "Zhou" one book, already has a "Moonlight", the word records. Later aristocrats and literati degree would also like to imitate them in the Mid-Autumn Festival, also at the sky, bright circle round Haoyue, ornamental worship, sustenance feelings, so this practice spread to the public, the formation of a traditional activity, until the Tang Dynasty This festival customs month more attention, the Mid-Autumn Festival became a fixed holiday, "Tang Taizong book entry" records has "Mid-Autumn Festival", this holiday prevalent in the Song Dynasty。
According to legend, in ancient times there is the sky on the 10th at the same time, sun-withered crops, people living in dire poverty, a hero named Hou Yi, he sympathized with the suffering of ordinary people, boarded the Kunlun Peak, Wan foot, open bow of God, stretch sun shot down more than 9, and ordered the last time the sun rise and fall, to benefit the people.
Hou Yi is therefore subject to the respect and affection of the people, Hou Yi married a beautiful kind wife, named Chang'e. Hou Yi Chuan Arts in addition to hunting, the day and his wife together, people admire this affectionate husband and wife.
One day, Hou Yi to the Kunlun Mountains and friends seek Road, the Queen Mother after this chance encounter, the Queen Mother made a pack to achieve immortality drug. It is said that the dose of the drug that can instantly go to heaven immortal. However, Hou Yi could not bear to leave his wife and had to temporarily put to death Chang'e medicine collections. Chang'e drug possession will hundred Bao Jin dresser box, the surprise was to see villains Peng Meng, and he want to steal their immortal immortality drug.
Three days later, Hou Yi followers to go out hunting, Peng Meng pretend illness, to stay. Hou Yi to be the rate of people left shortly Peng Meng handheld sword into the backyard coercion Chang'e produce immortality drug. Chang Peng Meng not aware of their opponents, the critical time of her to take decisive action to open a hundred Po box turned out to swallow the immortality drug a go. Chang'e swallowed drugs, the body immediately ground, out of the window, and flew to the sky. Concerned about her husband because of Chang'e, then flying to the moon from the earth on the recent Sally became.
Peng Meng escaped early, Hou Yi anger stomp beat their chests, "hit and look forward to the night sky calling the name of his beloved wife, when he surprised to find, especially in today's moon bringing a bright, but there is a figure similar to Chang'e shaking. North Korea desperately chasing him to the moon, but he steps up, the moon back three steps, three steps back him, the moon into three steps, no matter how we also fail to recover him.
Hou Yi helplessness, but also miss his wife, Chang E had no choice but to send someone to the back garden favoriteSince then, the custom of Mid-Autumn Festival Beit month at a civil spread.