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1、Mid-AutumnFestivalTheMid-AutumnFestivalfallsonthe15thdayofthe8thlunarmonth,usuallyinOctoberinGregoriancalendar. Thefestivalhasalonghistory.InancientChina,emperorsfollowedtheriteofofferingsacrificestothesuninspringandtothemooninautumn.HistoricalbooksoftheZhouDynastyhadha
2、dtheword"Mid-Autumn".Lateraristocratsandliteraryfigureshelpedexpandtheceremonytocommonpeople.Theyenjoyedthefull,brightmoononthatday,worshippeditandexpressedtheirthoughtsandfeelingsunderit.BytheTangDynasty(618-907),theMid-AutumnFestivalhadbeenfixed,whichbecameevengrander
3、intheSongDynasty(960-1279).IntheMing(1368-1644)andQing(1644-1911)dynasties,itgrewtobeamajorfestivalofChina. Folkloreabouttheoriginofthefestivalgolikethis:Inremoteantiquity,thereweretensunsrisinginthesky,whichscorchedallcropsanddrovepeopleintodirepoverty.AheronamedHouYiw
4、asmuchworriedaboutthis,heascendedtothetopoftheKunlunMountainand,directinghissuperhumanstrengthtofullextent,drewhisextraordinarybowandshotdowntheninesuperfluoussunsoneafteranother.Healsoorderedthelastsuntoriseandsetaccordingtotime.Forthisreason,hewasrespectedandlovedbyth
5、epeopleandlotsofpeopleofidealsandintegritycametohimtolearnmartialartsfromhim.ApersonnamedPengMenglurkedinthem. HouYihadabeautifulandkindheartedwifenamedChangE.OnedayonhiswaytotheKunlunMountaintocallonfriends,heranupontheEmpressofHeavenWangmuwhowaspassingby.EmpressWangmu
6、presentedtohimaparcelofelixir,bytakingwhich,itwassaid,onewouldascendimmediatelytoheavenandbecomeacelestialbeing.HouYi,however,hatedtopartwithhiswife.SohegavetheelixirtoChangEtotreasureforthetimebeing.ChangEhidtheparcelinatreasureboxatherdressingtablewhen,unexpectedly,it
7、wasseenbyPengMeng. OnedaywhenHouYiledhisdisciplestogohunting,PengMeng,swordinhand,rushedintotheinnerchamberandforcedChangEtohandovertheelixir.AwarethatshewasunabletodefeatPengMeng,ChangEmadeapromptdecisionatthatcriticalmoment.Sheturnedroundtoopenhertreasurebox,tookupthe
8、elixirandswalloweditinonegulp.Assoonassheswallowedtheelixirherbodyfloatedofftheground,dashedoutofthewindowandf
