How many legends are there in Mid-Autumn Festival?

First, the Mid-Autumn Festival Yue Bai's allusions:

Chang 'e, formerly known as Heng E, is the wife of the mythical figure Hou Yi. In the Western Han Dynasty, in order to avoid Liu Heng's taboo, it was renamed Chang 'e. The Goddess Chang'e flying to the moon has two versions. One version is that Hou Yi got the elixir of life from the Queen Mother of the West. The greedy Chang 'e stole and ate from her husband, then ran to the moon and became the goddess of the moon.

Another version is that Chang 'e was forced to take the elixir of life: Feng Meng, who studied archery with Hou Yi, heard that Hou Yi had got the elixir of life and stole it. Feng Meng failed to succeed, and evil came from bravery, trying to harm Chang 'e. In desperation, Chang 'e swallowed the elixir and flew to the sky.

After the Goddess Chang'e flying to the moon became the goddess of the moon, people began to worship Chang 'e. In Yue Bai, people eat a kind of round cake with stuffing, which gradually evolves into a "moon cake". In addition to moon cakes, there will be fresh melons and fruits, especially melons with seeds. In addition to Yue Bai, women used to "touch the autumn" and "send melons" during the Mid-Autumn Festival. Sending melons means sending children, which is an expression of beggars' wishes in China in the past.

Second, Yang Guifei's allusion to the name of "moon cake":

One Mid-Autumn Festival, Emperor Li Longji of the Tang Dynasty and Yang Guifei ate moon cakes together to enjoy the moon. Li Longji pretends to be elegant, thinks Hu Bing is not nice, and wants to change her name. But I can't remember it at the moment. Yang Guifei looked up and saw a full moon hanging in the air, just like this round Hu cake. She blurted out-moon cake. Hearing this, Li Longji clapped his hands again and again. A "moon cake", called out.

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Mid-Autumn Festival customs of different nationalities;

1, Mongolian?

Mongolians love to play the game of chasing the moon. People are riding horses and galloping on the grassland in the silver moonlight. They galloped west, and the moon rose in the east and set in the west. Persistent Mongolian riders, until the moon goes down, "chasing the moon" is more than that. ?

2. Tibetans?

The custom of Tibetan compatriots in some parts of Tibet to celebrate the Mid-Autumn Festival is "searching for the moon". That night, young men, women and dolls, along the river, followed the bright moon reflected in the water, took pictures of the moon shadows in the surrounding ponds, and then went home to eat moon cakes. ?

3. Guangxi Dong people?

The Dong people in Guangxi have the custom of "walking on the moon". On the night of Mid-Autumn Festival, Song Lusheng and the dance teams from various cottages walked all the way to the nearby cottages, and spent a long night enjoying the moon, singing and dancing with the villagers.

People's Network-Four Legends about Mid-Autumn Festival

Baidu Encyclopedia-Mid-Autumn Festival