Transcript Chinese Moon Festival Legends and Customs

Chinese Moon Festival
Legends and Customs
Hou Yi the Archer
Hou Yi the Archer, shooting
down the 9 Suns that
endangered the Earth with
extreme heat.
He was rewarded by the Jade
Emperor with a potion of
immortality.
Hou Yi Coloring Picture Chinese Moon Festival
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The Jade Emperor
The Jade Emperor rewards
Hou Yi for saving the world
with a pill (in some legends,
an elixir) of immortality.
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Chiang E, the Moon Lady
Chiang E, Hou Yi’s wife,
somehow swallows the
potion of immortality,
causing her to float up
and fly to the moon.
Coloring Page of Chiang
E, Chinese Moon Festival
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Jade Rabbit
When Chiang E arrived on
the moon, she coughed out
the pill of immortality. This
became the Jade Rabbit.
Since then Jade Rabbit has
worked at its pestle trying to
make the potion of
immortality with no success.
Coloring Page of the Jade
Rabbit, Chinese Moon
Festival
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Chiang E, a Toad?
In some legends,
Chiang E becomes a
toad and becomes a
princess only during the
Full Moon.
Coloring Page of
Chiang E as a Toad.
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Hou Yi and Chang E
Hou Yi, now the sun
god, can visit his wife
Chiang E only during
nights of the full moon.
Coloring Page of Hou
Yi and Chiang E,
Chinese Moon Festival
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Wu Gang, another Moon Legend
Another moon legend is that
of Wood cutter Wu Gang, who
attempted to become immortal.
He was punished for his
hubris by being required to cut
down a tree that magically
heals itself after each cut.
Coloring page of Wu Gang,
Chinese Moon Festival
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Moon Cakes
Moon Cakes that are
traditionally eaten during the
Moon Festival.
Moon cakes usually have
fillings of fruit or nut paste.
Egg yolks inside also signify
more good luck.
Moon Festival Moon Cakes
coloring page -
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Time for thanksgiving with Family
In olden times, the Mid-autumn
signals the end of working in
the fields for the year. It is the
time for family members to
come home and be together
again.
These days, families spend
Moon Festival together at
home or in parks.
Family enjoying Moon Cakes
during the Chinese Moon
Festival Coloring Page
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More Moon Festival Resources
• Chinese Moon Festival Calendar of Events for the United
States and Canada
• Chinese Moon Festival Background
• Chinese Moon Festival Teaching Lesson Plans,
Worksheets, Games, and more for use in the class room
and at home!
• Chinese Moon Festival Books and Stories Chinese
Moon Festival Links
• Moon Cakes - Where to Buy/Purchase