< Chinese Folk Tale > The Moon (Yao)

Legend has it that a long time ago, there was only the sun in the sky, and there was no moon or stars. One night, suddenly, a seven-sided, square,000-round moon appeared in the sky. The moonlight roasted the seedlings, and the heat scorched the people, and men, women, and children knelt on the cliffs of the fields, praying for the heavens.

At the foot of the mountain, the beautiful Ni'e had no heart to weave brocade, looked at her helpless husband Yara and said, "You are a good shooter, shoot down the evil moon to save everyone!" ”

On the same day, Yara climbed to the top of the mountain, looked at the terrible moon, and bent her bow and arrow to shoot hard. However, the arrow fell in mid-air. He fired a hundred arrows in a row, and so did the arrows.

Yara was sighing, listening to the stone door behind him, and stepped out of a white-haired old man, only to hear the old man say: "There are big tigers in the south mountain, and there are high deer in the north mountain." If you want to have a strong arm, eat tiger venison. Tiger tail bow, tiger tendon string, antler arrow, shoot the moon in clusters. ”

Yara listened and opened her eyes. He hurried down the mountain to consult with his wife, but what was the rope used to weave the net rope that caught the tiger deer...?

Ny'e pondered for half a moment. As soon as she brushed her hair, she immediately had an idea. It is also strange to say that her hair is like silk, spitting out and pulling. So they spent thirty days and nights finally weaving a large, firm and locked hunting net.

Yala and Ny'e climbed the thorny south mountain and got off the net. After a while, the big tiger came out to look for food, and as soon as he came out of the hole, he "snapped" and was locked in the net, and Yala and Ni'e killed the big tiger and carried the "victory product" home happily.

The next morning, Yala and Ni'e used the same method to catch a deer in the North Mountain. Although the deer jumped around in the net, yala tied it up hard.

After eating tiger meat and venison, Yara had an inexhaustible energy. Following the instructions of the white-haired old man, he climbed to the top of the mountain again. Facing the moon, pulling a full bow.

Just listen to the sound of "splitting", the moon around the spark splash, in a flash, the stars scattered in the sky into bright stars.

Yara shot a hundred arrows in a row, and the seven-sided moon finally turned into a round moon, swirling around in the sky. However, it still emits a poisonous heat.

Helplessly, Yara returned home and said to Nyere, "What to do?" The moon is still burning hot! It would be nice if there was a piece of stuff to cover it. ”

Hearing Yara's words, Ny'e did not hesitate to shake open a large tapestry and handed it to Yara and said, "Yala, tie this big tapestry to the antlers and arrows to cover the moon." ”

Yara looked at it, and there was a house woven on the brocade, a green osmanthus tree outside the door, and a flock of white sheep and white rabbits on the grass. Under the osmanthus tree is an embroidered fairy. Yara's eyes lit up, "Ah... This fairy is like her wife Ny'e! ”

Yara didn't say a word, ran to the mountain with a large tapestry to bend the bow and arrow, only to listen to the sound of "fluttering", impartial, the beautiful brocade was covering the moon.

The moon shines through the brocade, adding endless interest to nature. People rushed to tell each other. Yara held Nyë and looked at the moon, her heart full of laughter.

Suddenly, the trees in the moon shook, and the sheep and rabbits came alive. Ni'e in the Moon Palace waved to Ni'e on the ground, and suddenly, the real Ni'e flew into the moon, and in a flash, the two Ni'e became one.

Yala saw his wife fly away, and suddenly fell on the stone, he looked at Ni'e in the Moon Palace in pain, raised his hands and beckoned: "Ni'e, come down!" Ny'e, come down! ”

Ny'e was also anxious. She braided her hair into a long braid and hung toward Yara as the moon reached the top of the mountain. Yara grabbed her braid and kept climbing up, and in a few moments she climbed to the moon

In the Moon Palace, Yala and Ny'e hugged each other tightly and felt very happy.

Since then, Yala and Ny'e have lived in the Moon Palace. Every day, Ny'e sits under the osmanthus tree to weave brocade. Yara herds sheep on the grass to feed the rabbits.

Every fifteenth lunar calendar, people always like to look at the quiet and bright moon in the night sky, and the pair of figures in the moon palace are the kind Yala and Ni'e.