At that time, there was a beautiful Hongqiao between Alishan and the moon, so it was not difficult to walk to the moon from the ground. On the full moon night of August 15, there were many girls wearing colorful Dago pattern clothes on Alishan, carrying rattan baskets full of millet, climbing Hongqiao one by one and landing on the moon. The girls picked sweet-scented osmanthus and mixed it with millet. You pestle, I pestle, pound, as white as silver, reflecting the bright moon.
One day, a girl from the tribe went to Hongqiao to visit the Moon Palace. She picked a sweet-scented osmanthus and a new cereal to grind for Ina (mother) who had been ill for a long time. She climbed onto Hongqiao with a heavy rattan basket on her back. Unexpectedly, just as she entered the moon, Hongqiao fell with a bang. The girl was in tears and could never go back to her hometown. She pounded rice under the osmanthus tree every day, and the white rice was thin and even. Day after day, year after year, millet was pounded into white rice, and white rice was pounded into fine powder.
On the 15th of August every year, when the moon is full, the girl misses her hometown and her loved ones, so she sprinkles white fine powder on the earth, and white rice flour falls one after another, turning into moonlight like water, which makes the landscape and the earth particularly bright. Looking at the villages and huts in the moonlight, the girl silently wished Amar (dad) a long life, Yina health, peace at home and a bumper harvest every year. At this time, the old people in the tribe will also point to the moon and say to their descendants: Children, do you know why the moon is particularly bright on August 15th? It was my sister on the moon who missed her hometown and spilled white rice noodles on the earth!
Fairy Tales about the Moon Part II: The Origin of Mooncakes
At the end of the Yuan Dynasty, politics was corrupt and the Han people were discriminated against by the Mongols, so Zhu Yuanzhang led an uprising against the tyranny of the Yuan Dynasty. Although he launched an army to attack the city many times, he failed.
Later, Liu Bowen thought of a plan and gave it to his companion with a cake and a piece of paper. There was a note hidden inside, which said August 15th Uprising, so people responded one after another and informed the Uprising by eating moon cakes. By that night, the people of Beijing and the Ming army were inside, and the Yuan army was defeated in one fell swoop.
Later handed down, it became the custom of eating moon cakes in the Mid-Autumn Festival!
Legend has it that three immortals became three poor old people, begging for food from foxes, monkeys and rabbits. Both foxes and monkeys have food to help, but only rabbits are helpless.
Later, the rabbit said, eat my meat! He jumped into the fire and cooked himself. The fairy was so moved that she sent the rabbit to the Moon Palace and turned it into a jade rabbit.
It is said that the sun and the moon are brother and sister, the sun brother is warm, and the moon sister is beautiful and shy. Brother Sun is riding a golden car with bright headlights. He walks from east to west in the sky every day, bringing light to the world. Sister Moon is in a silver car with a bright headlight in front. Every night, she walks from east to west in the sky and sprinkles Yin Hui on the earth.
Because Sun Ge is warm and generous, the light is the same every day. Sister Moon is different. She is young, beautiful and shy. She is always evasive and doesn't want to be seen. Only on 14, 15 and 16 of each month can people show her face shyly. Only in these days can people take a good look at her.
There is a frog in the heavenly palace. He has long fallen in love with Sister Moon and wants to have sex with her. But he is ugly, afraid of being laughed at, and even more afraid of being scolded by his brother Sun. He thought for a long time but couldn't find a way to get close to Sister Moon. Finally, the frog had an idea. On the day when Sister Moon appeared completely, he covered the lamp in front of her car with his claws, which was invisible not only to people, but also to Brother Sun. In this way, he looked for opportunities to get close to Sister Yue several times. Therefore, sometimes, the first 14, 15, 16 days are the time for Sister Moon to shine. Although there was no wind and clouds, the moon hid and it took a long time to show its face again. At this time, it was the frog who came to see Sister Moon.
In order to let the silver light of the moon sister shine on the earth, people beat gongs and drums, set off firecrackers and made all kinds of sounds at this time, until the frogs were driven away and the moon shone again. They knock on everything they touch, from the bells and chins of Myanmar temples to the copper pots and lids at home, as well as the new roof truss, pig trough and cowshed railings that have not been tiled yet.
People say that at the moment when the frog and the moon sister meet, where there is noise, there will be abundant grains, prosperous livestock and everyone's health.