A simple drawing of Chang'e flying to the moon

Step 1: First draw the outline of Chang'es face.

< p>Step 2: Outline Chang'es head.

< p>Step 3: Draw Chang’e’s body and hands.

< p>Step 4: Draw the clouds Chang'e steps on.

< p>Step 5: Draw Chang'es feet and the surrounding auspicious clouds.

< p>Step 6: The last step of coloring is completed.

< p>Chang'e Flying to the Moon: A Chinese myth and legend from ancient times. It tells the story of Chang'e being forced by a misfortune. In desperation, she took two pills of immortality given to her husband Houyi by the Queen Mother of the West, and then flew to the moon palace.

The myths and legends about Heng'e can be found in the classic "Gui Zang" from the Shang Dynasty to the Warring States Period. The interpretation of the hexagrams may be that they are husband and wife. Gao Yous annotation "Huainanzi" of the Eastern Han Dynasty clearly stated that Chang'e was Hou Yi. wife. Hou Yis wife Heng'e, because the Han Dynasty people avoided the taboo of the then emperor Liu Heng, her name was later changed to Chang'e (also known as Chang'e).

Why is August 15th the Mid-Autumn Festival?

It is said that Chang'e was originally the wife of Hou Yi. After Hou Yi shot down 9 suns, the Queen Mother of the West granted her immortality. It was a fairy medicine, but Hou Yi was reluctant to take it, so he gave it to Chang'e for safekeeping. Hou Yis disciple Peng Meng coveted the elixir and forced Chang'e to hand over the elixir. Chang'e swallowed the elixir in desperation and flew to the sky. It was the fifteenth day of the eighth month, and the moon was big and bright. Not wanting to leave Hou Yi, Chang'e stopped at Li.The moon closest to the earth has lived in Guanghan Palace ever since. Hou Yi was heartbroken after returning home, so he held a banquet to face the moon and reunite with Chang'e on August 15th every year.

Mythical figure

Chang'e is the moon palace fairy in Chinese mythology. According to "The Classic of Mountains and Seas", the ancient Emperor of Heaven - the daughter of Emperor Jun and the wife of Hou Yi (Da Yi), had extraordinary beauty. Her original name was Heng'e (姮娥). It was renamed during the Western Han Dynasty to avoid the taboo of Liu Heng, Emperor Wen of Han Dynasty. Chang'e, also known as Chang'e. Some also call her surname Chunhu and first name Chang'e.

In the myth, Dayi became an immortal by taking the elixir he obtained from the Queen Mother of the West, and lived in the Guanghan Palace above the moon.

Before the Eastern Han Dynasty, there was no data that clearly stated that Chang'e and Yi were husband and wife. The interpretation of "Gui Zang" based on the hexagrams may indicate that they were husband and wife. It was not until Gao Yous annotation of "Huainanzi" that Chang'e was specified as Hou Yis wife. In some folklore, Chang'e is merged with the moon god Taiyin Xingjun in Taoist mythology, and is honored as the Moon Palace Huang Hua Su Yao Yuan Jing Holy Queen Taiyin Yuanjun, or the Moon Palace Taiyin Emperor Xiaodao Ming Wang, as a female statue.

There is another view:

There is a sentence in "Lu Shi Chun Qiu · Don't Gow" that says "Shang Yi Zuo Zhan Yue", a Qing Dynasty man Bi Yuan made an annotation and said: "Shangyi is Changyi. In ancient times, 'yi' was read as 'why', and later generations had Chang'es scorn." "That is to say, it is believed that the prototype of Chang'e is Chang Xi who was born in "Twelve out of ten moons" recorded in "The Classic of Mountains and Seas - Dahuang Xi Jing".

But apparently this view did not take into account that Chang'es real name recorded in ancient ancient books of the Warring States Period was "Heng'e". It was not until the Han Dynasty that it was changed to Chang'e due to taboo avoidance.