It's said that in the old old days, the earth once had ten suns circling over it. Each day the suns' mother took one sun to illuminate the earth. But one day all ten suns appeared together, scorching the earth with their heat. The Emperor of Heaven ordered a strong archer Hou Yi to save the earth. He succeeded in shooting down nine of the suns. One day, Hou Yi stole the elixir of life from a goddess. However his beautiful wife Chang Er drank the elixir of life in order to save the people from her husband's tyrannical rule. After drinking it, she found herself floating and flew to the moon. Hou Yi loved his divinely beautiful wife so much, he didn't shoot down the moon.
Another version of the story is that Hou Yi built a beautiful jade palace for the Goddess of the Western Heaven. The Goddess was very happy and she gave Hou Yi a special pill that contained elixir of life and he could use it after he had accomplished certain things. However, Chang Er took it without telling her husband. The Goddess of the Western Heaven was very angry and Chang Er was sent to the moon forever.
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That being said, my family, friends and I, celebrated this festival last night, with a hearty feast and candle flames at the beach on a freezing cold night :)

I remember this legend to have a rabbit incorporated in it :/
something about the lady's pet rabbit followed her to the moon or something lol
something about the lady's pet rabbit followed her to the moon or something lol
Its actually pretty late at the moment, and im suppose to go for a jog in the morning :P
so i guess this is it for 12th September. haha
Watching Final Destination 5 tonight! :D
<3 s.
so i guess this is it for 12th September. haha
Watching Final Destination 5 tonight! :D
<3 s.