In order to reward Houyi's contribution, a Taoist gave Houyi an immortal "fairy medicine", which is said to be immortal after eating it. But Hou Yi was reluctant to leave his hometown and his wife Chang 'e, so he hid the "fairy medicine".
On August 15th of the following year, Hou Yi went out hunting, and Chang 'e was alone at home. When it was dark, Chang 'e suddenly had a headache, and it became more and more painful. She rummaged through the closet looking for medicine and accidentally ate the "fairy medicine" hidden by Houyi. After eating it, Chang 'e felt lighter and lighter, flew out through the window, flew higher and higher, and finally flew to the Moon Palace, never to go back.
Chang 'e missed her loved ones day and night in the Moon Palace, and Hou Yi missed her wife at home, but Chang 'e couldn't fly back, and Hou Yi couldn't fly no matter how hard she tried.
So, on August 15 every year, that day in the Goddess Chang'e flying to the moon, Hou Yi and the villagers put round fruits and moon cakes in the yard, hoping that Chang 'e would come home for reunion as soon as possible.
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Chang 'e and Dayi (not Houyi of Xia Dynasty) belonged to Yao Emperor. They are a very kind couple and often help people do many things. One day, 10 suns suddenly appeared in the sky. The earth seems to burn at once, and people can't farm and live; All crops and plants were burned; The river was also dried up. Ghosts and monsters in the mountains and rivers all ran out to harm people.
Seeing that the people have suffered so much, Dayi feels very sorry. If it continues to burn, people will starve and die of thirst. He decided to do his best to help people. So he bid farewell to his beloved wife, Chang 'e, and waded across mountains and rivers to find a fairy, asking for a bow and arrow. He climbed 998 1 mountain, waded 998 1 river and crossed 998 1 canyon. After many hardships, I finally found a fairy in fairy mountain.
Righteousness knelt down and accepted the immortal, giving him a red bow and a bag of silver arrows. ? After kowtowing to the immortal, Dayu climbed to the top of Kunlun Mountain with a bow and arrow. He made full use of his divine power, drew his bow and shot down nine suns with one arrow. ? From then on, the land is thriving again, Shan Ye is full of green grass, and rice is harvested again. The common people lived a happy life again. ?
Regardless of personal safety, Dayu went through hardships and finally saved the people and made great contributions. Queen Mother Xishan therefore gave him a pot of elixir of life. ? When Dayu came home, he was very happy to see his long-lost wife, so he told her about his narrow escape some time ago. And told his wife, Tianhou, to give each other the elixir of life. ?
"In this way, my husband and wife can live together forever and love each other forever." My aunt said happily to her wife? Chang 'e didn't speak, but smiled at her long-lost husband and felt that he seemed different from before. ? "You hurry to drink half of this precious pot of wine and give me the rest." Aunt urged her wife. ?
Chang 'e opened the hip flask and drank half a bottle of wine. After drinking, she had a strange feeling and was very uncomfortable. Pass the wine to Otsuka? I accidentally knocked over the wine at that time! ? Seeing that the elixir of life was knocked over, Dayu lost his temper and turned to hunt. However, when he got home, he couldn't find Chang 'e anywhere. He found that it had been dark outside and was sitting under the laurel tree to have a rest. Suddenly he looked up and saw his wife? Chang 'e Ran Ran was launched and floated towards the big and bright moon.
Dayu chased Chang 'e, but Chang 'e flew higher and higher until she reached the Moon Palace. ? Dayu was remorseful. After a narrow escape, I finally retired, reunited with my beloved wife, and got the treasure elixir in exchange. Not eternal love, but where you will go. ? How can this not make people feel: is it a blessing or a curse to get the elixir of life? However, people's fate is doomed.
Also according to God's will, Queen Xishan gave Dayu this pot of immortal medicinal liquor. ? Chang 'e was originally a fairy in the sky. When she saw the sharpshooter in the sky, she fell in love. Because he was reincarnated into the mortal world and was banished to the mortal world to suffer. She and? Righteousness married, one is to end this relationship, and the other is to help Righteousness complete the great cause of saving the world.
After human love is over, two people can return to heaven. ? However, the things arranged in the sky will also change because of the changes in people's hearts. Chang 'e accidentally knocked over the fairy wine, and? It's not accidental. ? Although Chang 'e suffered from loneliness when she left home, she did not complain, but worked harder to help the villagers. Spend ten hot days. During this period, she suffered a lot and paid off all the sins that moved her in heaven. ?
As for the sense of righteousness, he was originally sent from heaven to earth in order to save the whole life in this catastrophe, so he has already prepared a sharpshooter for him? Ability and divine power. And indeed, in order to save the people, he took great pains to find the bow and arrow regardless of life and death, and then shot it out with divine power? Nine suns. This has been a great achievement, enough to repay the immortal, so the heavenly queen gave him the elixir of life. ?
However, Dayu was loved and admired by the people all the way back to China. People not only regard him as the savior, but also worship him as a god? Worship him. Unconsciously, the freshman became proud. He doesn't know that this is his mission and must be completed; ? The hardships he experienced were just some tests to prepare for his return to heaven.
But he took all the credit for himself, thinking about himself? sorry ? Seeing that his heart was like a knife, the Emperor of Heaven sighed, "If you take things in the world so seriously, what if you can barely return to heaven?" ? I fell down because of the heavy load. "So, in the end, only Chang 'e, who paid off her debts, was allowed to return to heaven, and her sense of honor continued to live and die on earth.