Meanwhile, Hou Yi started burning incense and offering food to the moon after losing his wife. It was believed that she would return to her husband on Mid-Autumn day. She then floated to the moon and stayed there as a deity. However, he gave the elixir to his wife Chang-e who once drank it to save it from being stolen by his followers. For this, he was awarded the immortality elixir for his bravery. The emperor hired the famous archer Hou Yi, who brought nine of them down. One of the popular ones is about the Jade Emperor whose ten sons altered themselves as ten suns and began disturbing life on earth with their scorching heat. Mid-Autumn Festival folklores Image Courtesy: Ha Jang/Unsplashīased on various beliefs, Asian parents tell different stories revolving around the festival to their children. Meanwhile, those with Chinese heritage in Indonesia celebrate another variation of the festival called the Lantern Festival (not the one celebrated in China). Additionally, it is known as the Mooncake Festival, too, going by the festival-specific dessert. Known as Zhōngqiū Jié in Mandarin in China, Hong Kong, Macau and Taiwan, it is called Tết Trung Thu in Vietnam and Chuseok in Korea. In 2008, it was declared a public holiday by China. All about Mid-Autumn Festival and the magical mooncakes Image Courtesy: Marie Martin/Pexels The history of the Chinese festival and its different namesĪlthough the Chinese festival finds its roots in the Tang (618-907 CE) and Song (960-1279 CE) dynasties, it became popular during the Ming (1368-1644 CE) and Qing (1644-1912 CE) dynasties and came to be known as the Spring Festival thereafter.
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