Happy Mid-Autumn Festival!
Tomorrow here is Mid-Autumn Festival, we will have one day off, but if you guys have some questions feel free to post here or pm us, we will reply as soon as possible.
About the Mid-Autumn Festival there is a touching legend. In ancient times, ten suns existed and the extreme heat made people's lives very difficult. It was the hero Hou Yi, who, owing to his great strength, shot down nine of the ten suns. Later, Hou Yi married a beautiful and kind-hearted woman named Chang E and lived a happy life.
One day, Hou Yi came upon Wangmu (the queen of heaven) Wangmu presented him an elixir which, if took, would cause him to ascend immediately to heaven and become a god/goddess. Instead of drinking the potion himself, Hou Yi took it home and presented it to Chang E to keep. Unfortunately,this thing kown by Peng Meng, when Hou Yi was out hunting, Peng Meng rushed into the backyard and demanded that Chang E hand over the elixir. in order to protect the elixir she took out the elixir and swallowed it immediately. then she flew out of the window and up into the sky. Chang E's great love for her husband drew her towards the Moon, which is the nearest place to the earth on the heaven.
On realizing what happened to his wife, Hou Yi was so grieved that he shouted Chang Eβs name to the sky. He was amazed to see a figure which looked just like his wife appeared in the Moon. He took the food liked by Chang E to an altar and offered it as a sacrifice for her. After hearing that Chang E became a goddess, folk people also offered sacrifices to Chang E to pray for peace and good luck. Since then, the custom of sacrificing to the moon has been spread among the folklore.