The tales of Chinese Mid-Autumn Day-- Worshipping the moon

According to legend, one year in ancient times, ten suns appeared in the sky, which made the earth smoke and the sea water dried up. The common people could no longer live.

Houyi, a young man who was good at archery was sympathetic with people's torture, so he decided to save them. He took out his bow, ascended up to the peak of the Kunlun Mountain and shot down nine of the ten suns one by one. Thus the severe drought was gone.

Hou Yi thus was respected and honored by people as a hero. Young men who were fond of archery flocked to him to learn shooting.Hou Yi later married a pretty lady called Chang'er and lived a happy life with her.

One day on his way to a friend's home in the Kunlun Mountain, Hou Yi came across the Heavenly Empress. Hou Yi was enamored of the happy life with his wife and wanted to be with her forever so he asked the Heavenly Empress to give him some elixir. The elixir was strictly controlled off common people. The Heavely Empress, however, moved by Hou Yi's contribution and affection to love and gave him one. The drug was said very powerful and people who took it can fly to the heaven and became an immortal immediately. However, the content was only enough for one person and Hou Yi was reluctant to leave his beloved wife alone on the earth so he gave the elixir to Chang'er to preserve and wanted to seek another one for his wife. Chang'er carefully stored it in a treasure box while her action was peeked by the evil Pong Meng-one of his husband's apprentices.