There have been many legends about the moon since ancient times, so how much have you ever heard? The following is the myths and legends about the moon compiled by the small editor of the first fan network for you, welcome to read.
Myths and legends about the moon Part I
Once upon a time, the moon was more poisonous than the sun. When it first came out, the moon had nine corners and eight edges, the skin of the people was red, the crops were scorched, and the people naturally could not live a life. There are hunter couples, the female is called Ni'e, and the male is called Yala. The couple worried about the people, and Ni'e said, "You said that this moon is nine corners and eight edges, and the crops are dead!" You're a good shooter, you can't shoot it down?" Yara said, "The sky is too high to shoot." Ni'e said, "You shoot from the top of the big mountain in the morning!"
On the morning of Yara's moon shooting, Yara aimed at the moon and shot the arrow. Shoot a morning, just can't shoot the moon. Yala was in a state of distress, when a big mountain behind him suddenly cracked, and a bearded grandfather came out and said to Yala, "I want to shoot the moon, catch the tiger in the north mountain and the deer in the south mountain, use the antlers as arrows, and use the tiger's tail as strings to shoot the moon in clusters." After saying that, the crack in the mountain closed again, and I didn't know where the bearded grandfather had gone.
Yara came home and told Ni'e the truth, "I shot all morning, in vain. A bearded old man enlightened me, saying that whoever wants to shoot the moon must catch the tigers of the North Mountains and the wild deer of the South Mountains, and use the antlers as arrows and the tails of the tigers as strings to shoot the moon. Ni'e said, "You are a good shooter, can't you shoot the big deer of the South Mountain and the tiger of the North Mountain to death?" You know, those animals are getting older, their skin is thicker, and they can't shoot. "What then?" If you want to capture the tigers of the North Mountain and the deer of the South Mountain, you must tie a large net and block their way to catch them. "What net is it made?" Yara said, "I'm in trouble." Ni'e said, "Then get my hair!"
The couple tied a net together, pulled Ni'e's hair one by one, and formed a big net after a month's work. Pull open the big net, the north mountain catches the tiger, and the south mountain catches the wild deer. Yara then carved an arrow out of antlers, made a string out of a tiger's tail, and fired an arrow at the moon. This arrow was like a knife, shooting the nine corners and eight edges of the moon in one breath, becoming a round moon. But the moonlight still makes people not light. Ny'e said, "What about this?" Yara said, "If there had been a large piece of brocade, tied to an arrow and shot at it, and the moon had been blindfolded, it would not have such a poisonous light." Ni'e said, "I happened to have knitted a silk scarf, and I was still on the loom, and there was a Thoreau tree, a white rabbit, and a flock of white sheep on it, so you can use it!"
Yara cut a large tendon on the loom, tied it to an arrow, and with a "bang" shot at the moon, it blinded the moon. Since then, there has been a Thoreau tree on the moon, and a white rabbit and a white sheep under the tree. Who knows, when the moon rose into the sky, Ni'e looked into the moon, and she actually flew to the moon flutteringly. Yara was anxious, running from the east mountain to the west mountain, looking at the moon and not going up, anxious for him to cry "wow". This cry, Ni'e heard it, she untied her hair, threw it down, and the hair was pulled to the ground, and Yara grabbed the hair and climbed up.
Later, Ni'e weaves brocade on the moon, and Yala herds white sheep and raises white rabbits. The couple lived a happy life on the moon, and the people on the ground felt that the moonlight was much softer than before.
Myths and legends about the moon Part II
The myths and legends about the Mid-Autumn Festival are most famous for the story of Chang'e running to the moon. Legend has it that in ancient times, there were ten suns on the earth, when the sun rose into the sky together, the soil was dry and cracked, the sea was depleted, and the people did not have a good life. At this time, there was a hero named Houyi, who was infinitely powerful, and could open a bow of ten thousand pounds and shoot all kinds of beasts.
Sympathetic to the multitude of people suffering from the sun, he raised his bow and shot down nine suns in one breath.
And strictly ordered the tenth sun to rise and fall on time to benefit the people. Since then, Yi's name has spread all over the world, and later he has taken a virtuous and beautiful wife named Chang'e. The couple is very affectionate. One day, HouYi met an old Taoist monk on the way to hunting, and the old Daoist admired Houyi's personality and gave him a bag of immortal medicine. And told Hou Yi that as long as he took that medicine, he would be immortal and ascend to heaven. After Hou Yi returned home, he gave the immortal medicine to Chang'e.
Unexpectedly, Houyi's apprentice Pengmeng had a bad heart and wanted to steal Houyi's immortal medicine and become an immortal in heaven.
One day, while Houyi was out hunting, he sneaked back, broke into Chang'e's room, took out his sword, and forced him to hand over the package of immortal medicine. Chang'e had no choice but to swallow all the immortal medicine, and immediately as light as a swallow, she rushed straight into the clouds and ran towards the moon. When Hou Yi knew, he was heartbroken and grief-stricken. At night, when he looked at the moonlight, he felt that today's moon was particularly round and bright, and he also saw a black shadow on the moon, much like Chang'e. Hou Yi gave incense to Chang'e in the backyard, and this matter soon reached the ears of the common people, who also gave incense to Chang'e and prayed for peace. Since the day Chang'e ran to the moon, it happened to be August 15, it was set as the Mid-Autumn Festival.
Myths and legends about the moon Part III
It is said that the sun and the moon are brother and sister, the sun brother is enthusiastic and unrestrained, and the moon sister is beautiful and shy. Brother Sun rides in a golden car, there is a bright headlight in front of the car, and every day during the day, he walks from east to west in the sky to bring light to the world; Sister Moon rode in a silver car, and there was also a bright headlight in front of the car, and every night she walked from east to west in the sky, sprinkling the silver glow on the earth. Lunar eclipse Because of the enthusiasm and boldness of the sun brother, his light is the same every day. Moon Sister is different, she is young and beautiful and shy, always dodging and not willing to let people see, only fourteen, fifteen, sixteen these three days a month are willing to shyly show their faces, people can only take a good look at her in these days. There is a frog in the Heavenly Palace, he has long been in love with the moon sister, want to talk to the moon sister to talk about love, but he looks ugly, afraid of ridicule, more afraid of the sun brother scolding, want to come and go, always can not find a way to get close to the moon sister. Later, the frog finally had an idea, and on the day that Sister Moon fully appeared, he used his claws to cover the lights in front of her car, so that not only could people not see them, but even Brother Sun could not see them. In this way, he looked for opportunities to get close to Sister Moon several times. So, sometimes, when the fourteenth, fifteenth, sixteenth few days, the moon sister should shine, although there is no wind and no clouds, the moon is hiding, for a while, before slowly showing its face, at this time, it is the frog to find the moon sister. In order to let the silver light of the moon sister shine on the earth, every time at this time, people beat gongs and drums, sound firecrackers, and make all kinds of noises, until the frogs are driven away and the moon can be reborn. They knock on whatever they encounter, from the bells and chimes of burmese temples to the copper basins and pot lids at home, to the new roof shelves, pig troughs, and bullpen railings that have not yet been tiled... It is said that when the frog and the moon sister meet, wherever there is a noise, there will be abundant grain, six animals will prosper, and everyone will be healthy.