In China, there
are a lot of folk tales, but one of the most famous stories is Chang’e flying
to the moon. There are many versions of this story, but I remember another
version that my grandma told to me.
In ancient time,
Chang’e is a very beautiful, royal person. She liked to help poor people.
Everyone liked her. In that country, the king who was named Hou Yi was brave and
good at shooting, but the character of him was cruel, the implementation of
tyranny in the country, so that the people complained.
One day, there
ten suns suddenly appeared in the sky, and the temperature became very high. There was no food and water in the world, the crops were dead. The sky was so smoky that
the people could no longer live.
Hou Yi saw his
country was about to die, so he had to take out his bow and arrow, climb to the
top of KunLun, full of strength, and pull the bow, “whoosh ~” he shot down nine suns
in one breath. The temperature has become normal. People are back to their
original lives. Because Hou Yi saved many people’s lives, the Western Queen
Mother on KunLun Mountain gave Hou Yi a pill of fairy medicine. It is said that one who takes this medicine can live forever and also ascend to Heaven. But if Hou Yi is
immortal, the people will always bear the brutal rule of Hou Yi. Everyone was in
a panic. The days of the common people were not as good as the days before.
Chang’e had no patience to see people’s lives getting worse and worse, so she
had an idea. One day, on night, she sneaked into the palace, and stole the panacea
collected by Hou Yi. When she got the fairy medicine, she hesitated, because if
she ate the fairy medicine, she would be immortal and ascend to heaven. She couldn’t
see her friends or her family any more. She would no longer be a mortal and could no
longer enjoy the happiness of the world. But she remembered the people, so she ate the fairy medicine and flew in the sky . Chang’e missed the world and the
people, so she flew to the nearest moon. Then became a fairy on the moon. But
she saved the whole country.
This is another
version that my grandma told to me; I think it is very interesting.
April 29, 2020
Libby
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