Chang'e, the daughter of Emperor Ku (Emperor of Heaven) and the wife of Hou Yi, one of the Three Sovereigns and Five Emperors in ancient times, was so beautiful that she was originally called Chang'e. She was renamed Chang'e during the Western Han Dynasty to avoid the taboo of Liu Heng, Emperor Wen of Han Dynasty. As Chang'e. Some also call her surname Chunhu and first name Chang'e. In the myth, Yi flew to the moon and became an immortal because he stole the elixir he obtained from the Queen Mother of the West and lived in the Guanghan Palace on the moon.
Before the Eastern Han Dynasty, there was no data showing that Chang'e and Yi were husband and wife. It was not until Gao Yous annotation "Huainanzi" that Chang'e was the wife of Hou Yi. It is said that Chang'e and Hou Yi pioneered monogamy. In order to commemorate them, later generations performed the story of Chang'e flying to the moon. There are many legends and poems about it among the people. In Taoism, Chang'e is the moon goddess, also known as the Taiyin Star Lord. Taoism regards the moon as the essence of yin, and is respectfully called the Moon Palace Huang Hua Su Yao Yuan Jing Holy Queen Taiyin Yuan Lord, or the Moon Palace Taiyin Emperor Xiaodao Ming Wang, as a goddess statue.
