Full Moon, Full Feelings
Chinese people have been the Mid-Autumn Festival and enjoying mooncakes for centuries. Mooncakes are in the of a full moon one the Mid-Autumn night. They carry people's wishes to the families they love and miss.
There are many folk stories about this festival. However, most people think that the story of Chang'e is the most touching. Chang'e was Hou Yi's beautiful wife. After Hou Yi shot down the nine suns, a goddess gave him magic medicine to thank him. drank this could live forever, and Hou Yi planned to drink it with Chang'e. However, a bad man, Pang Meng, to steal the medicine when Hou Yi was not at home. Chang'e to give it to him and drank it all. She very light and up to the moon. Hou Yi was so sad that he called out her name to the moon every night. One night, he found that the moon was so bright and round that he could see his wife there. He quickly out her favorite fruits and desserts in the garden. How he wishes that Chang'e could come back!
After this, people started the tradition of the moon and sharing mooncakes with their families.
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