The celebrations started 3000 years ago. At that time 10 suns were turning around the earth. One day, the 10 suns aligned around the earth, and the temperature rose so much, that the harvest burned and people starved.
Then, a dude, Houyi, took his arch and shoot 9 suns.
Houyi became a hero and the king rewarded him with the a pill of immortality.
Houyi was in a serious relationship with this girl Changae. So he decided to save the pill for some other day.
Changae found the pill by accident, and ate it. She lost control of her superpowers and started flying. She did not stop till she reached the moon
China launched its first lunar probe in 2007, and named it Chang'e; probably to rescue her.
Apollo 11 crew failed to find Chang'e back in 1969. This is a segment from a discussion they had with earth:
"Roger. Among the large headlines concerning Apollo this morning, there's one asking that you watch for a lovely girl with a big rabbit. An ancient legend says a beautiful Chinese girl called Chang-o has been living there for 4000 years. It seems she was banished to the Moon because she stole the pill of immortality from her husband. You might also look for her companion, a large Chinese rabbit, who is easy to spot since he is always standing on his hind feet in the shade of a cinnamon tree. The name of the rabbit is not reported.
Okay. We'll keep a close eye out for the bunny girl."
2 comments:
this is pretty cool legend
"while the guy built a nice house in the sun and he goes to visit his girl once a year. And that is what we are celebrating next monday."
er... this is not the common part in the legend.
an common alternative on the pill was that, chang-e didn't take the whole pill. when she wanted to take the pill, houyi came in she was shocked. and she bite only half. that's the reason she didn't deserve to become immortal, but was jailed in the moon (fly until half… not far enough, hehe)
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