What does the Goddess Chang'e flying to the moon mean?

The Goddess Chang'e flying to the moon means: Chang 'e pounced on the moon.

According to legend, there was a sharpshooter named Hou Yi in ancient times, and his wife Chang 'e was beautiful and kind. One year, ten suns suddenly appeared in the sky, and the heat and cruelty of wild animals made people despair. In order to relieve the suffering of the people, Hou Yi shot down nine suns and got rid of the fierce beasts. The Queen Mother of the West was moved by Hou Yi's feat and gave him an elixir of life.

Feng Meng, a treacherous and greedy villain, was bent on getting the elixir, and took advantage of Houyi's hunting to coerce Chang 'e into handing it over with his sword. In desperation, in order to protect the common people from Feng Meng in the future, Chang 'e swallowed the fairy medicine and flew to the sky.

Chang 'e is the daughter of Di Ku (Emperor Jun), one of the three emperors and five emperors in ancient times, and the wife of Hou Yi (Taiyi). She is called Heng E because of her extraordinary beauty. She was renamed Chang 'e in the Western Han Dynasty to avoid the taboo of China Emperor Liu Heng, also known as Chang 'e.

It is said that Chang 'e and Hou Yi started monogamy. In order to commemorate them, later generations interpreted the story of the Goddess Chang'e flying to the moon, and many folk legends, poems and songs were circulated.

In myths and legends, Chang 'e went to the moon to become immortal and lived in the Guanghan Palace above the moon because she stole the elixir of life obtained by the Queen Mother of the West. Before the Eastern Han Dynasty, there was no data showing that Chang 'e and Hou Yi were husband and wife. It was not until Gaoyou annotated Huai Nan Zi that Chang 'e was the wife of Hou Yi.

According to historical records, Chang 'e only gave birth to two children, of which the boy was a fool and the girl was Chang 'e.

There is also a record in The Classic of Mountains and Seas: Chang, also known as chang yi, gave birth to twelve moons with (Emperor Jun). "Chang" literally means there is a moon, which means that chang yi's daughter is Chang 'e. Chang 'e is also called Heng E, which means that although Chang 'e sounds like Chang 'e, he is not necessarily the same person.

In ancient times, both men and women inherited the names of their ancestors. Since Yi and Hou Yi can be two people, if we look at Chang and Chang separately, it is probably the December that Chang gave birth to.

Our son () was born and invented the bow and arrow, while our courtier Yi was famous for archery. Yi is older than Yi. He is the same age and can shoot nine suns with the bow and arrow invented by his son. Therefore, his courtiers' pension is to marry his daughter to Yi, which is in line with the statement at that time. Therefore, Chang 'e is the daughter of Chang 'e and Di Ku.

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