Moon Cake Festival - Chang’e Goes Straight To The Moon
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There is a person good at the archery in ancient times, he is called Hou Yi. He has big strength, and the arrow skill is accurate; Even one bird fly over he at the moment, he use only one arrow and can get off to penetrate too.
For the people, Hou Yi once destroyed a lot of evil and beast, becomes big hero, on everybody’s mind.
Hsi Wang Mu in mountain of the Kunlun, gives him a kind of alive for immortal medicine. People have taken this kind of medicine, not only needn’t die, and can rise to the sky.
Hou Yi has got people’s praise and love and esteem, has got and does have immortal medicines, say according to the reason; he should be satisfied with all of this. But he is not only not self-sustaining, more and more arrogant and imperious instead.
His wife Chang’e, thinks in the heart: If let him take the medicine and not dying, then people should be in severe pain. And one evening, she stealthily eats those medicines.
After Chang’e eats those medicines, her body suddenly light flying, fly out of outside the window, fly higher and higher. Outside is the silvery white outskirts, dark blue starry sky, there is the bright moon in the sky. Chang’e flies to the moon straight, in where it lives forever right away from then on. Later on Chang’e can not separate with the moon forever. One that accompanies her is a white hare.
