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Anyone knows the actual story of Moon Festival?

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javer wrote:Anyone knows the actual story of Moon Festival?

long b4 u were born, there was a monster called nian. nian was very fierce. he will chase after humans n eat them. people r very afraid of him. but nian will only appear once a yr at a specific day. then there was a poet called qu yuan. he knew about it n tried to warn the rest but nobody believes him. he was very sad n so drowned himself in a river. his body was not found. people tried to save his body frm being eaten by fishes n oso wana strike back on tat beast, created a kind of cake tat the animal dun eat. they will throw it into the river to feed the fishes. at the same time, they oso use the cakes to pass messages of the date to fight back. nian was overthrown on the nite of full moon. people try to commemorate this special event by eating mooncakes...

louischia wrote: long b4 u were born, there was a monster called nian. nian was very fierce. he will chase after humans n eat them. people r very afraid of him. but nian will only appear once a yr at a specific day. then there was a poet called qu yuan. he knew about it n tried to warn the rest but nobody believes him. he was very sad n so drowned himself in a river. his body was not found. people tried to save his body frm being eaten by fishes n oso wana strike back on tat beast, created a kind of cake tat the animal dun eat. they will throw it into the river to feed the fishes. at the same time, they oso use the cakes to pass messages of the date to fight back. nian was overthrown on the nite of full moon. people try to commemorate this special event by eating mooncakes...

I thought qu yuan was a patriot who's advises fell on deaf ears? And it was not mooncake that was thrown to feed the fishes. It was rice dumplings.

louischia wrote:

javer wrote:Anyone knows the actual story of Moon Festival?

long b4 u were born, there was a monster called nian. nian was very fierce. he will chase after humans n eat them. people r very afraid of him. but nian will only appear once a yr at a specific day. then there was a poet called qu yuan. he knew about it n tried to warn the rest but nobody believes him. he was very sad n so drowned himself in a river. his body was not found. people tried to save his body frm being eaten by fishes n oso wana strike back on tat beast, created a kind of cake tat the animal dun eat. they will throw it into the river to feed the fishes. at the same time, they oso use the cakes to pass messages of the date to fight back. nian was overthrown on the nite of full moon. people try to commemorate this special event by eating mooncakes...

OEI! YOU KNOW ONE OR NOT?

dun come here bluff small kid ok!

orh! so u noe he's bluffing.....

javer wrote:OEI! YOU KNOW ONE OR NOT?

dun come here bluff small kid ok!

then why u still ask leh??

javer wrote:Anyone knows the actual story of Moon Festival?

louischia wrote:wow! dun tell mi nobody know tat im telling stories?

tsk tsk tsk....

Little Monkey wrote:orh! so u noe he's bluffing.....

javer wrote:OEI! YOU KNOW ONE OR NOT?

dun come here bluff small kid ok!

then why u still ask leh??

javer wrote:Anyone knows the actual story of Moon Festival?

because that story is for BA ZHANG. not mooncake.

mooncake story is something to do with the first lady who sit rocket fly to moon. the upon reaching there, the rocket spoil, cannot come back. so she stuck there.

pls, all dunno dun anyhow spoil the story ok!

javer wrote:

Little Monkey wrote:orh! so u noe he's bluffing.....

javer wrote:OEI! YOU KNOW ONE OR NOT?

dun come here bluff small kid ok!

then why u still ask leh??

javer wrote:Anyone knows the actual story of Moon Festival?

because that story is for BA ZHANG. not mooncake.

mooncake story is something to do with the first lady who sit rocket fly to moon. the upon reaching there, the rocket spoil, cannot come back. so she stuck there.

pls, all dunno dun anyhow spoil the story ok!

hey Javer, why not u take another rocket to rescue the lady la, then next year we will not have the mooncake festival liao since the lady is back to earth =) yyeeehhhaaa....

We can save a lot of money on buying the mooncake and lantern


B.O

louischia wrote:

javer wrote:Anyone knows the actual story of Moon Festival?

long b4 u were born, there was a monster called nian. nian was very fierce. he will chase after humans n eat them. people r very afraid of him. but nian will only appear once a yr at a specific day. then there was a poet called qu yuan. he knew about it n tried to warn the rest but nobody believes him. he was very sad n so drowned himself in a river. his body was not found. people tried to save his body frm being eaten by fishes n oso wana strike back on tat beast, created a kind of cake tat the animal dun eat. they will throw it into the river to feed the fishes. at the same time, they oso use the cakes to pass messages of the date to fight back. nian was overthrown on the nite of full moon. people try to commemorate this special event by eating mooncakes...

no la..
I think King of Hell recognised Qu Yuan patriotic and send him to heaven.. and probably he lost his way, ending up detour to the moon meeting Chang Er, so they share with each other a dumpling and mooncake, all from the civilian back then..

jhouse wrote:
no la..
I think King of Hell recognised Qu Yuan patriotic and send him to heaven.. and probably he lost his way, ending up detour to the moon meeting Chang Er, so they share with each other a dumpling and mooncake, all from the civilian back then..

Think not.

Version 1:
Nobody actually knows when the custom of eating moon cake of celebrate the Moon Festival began, but one relief traces its origin to the 14th century. At the time, China was in revolt against the Mongols. Chu Yuen-chang, and his senior deputy, Liu Po-wen, discussed battle plan and developes a secret moon cake strategy to take a certain walled city held by the Mongol enemy. Liu dressed up as a Taoist priest and entered the besieged city bearing moon cake. He distributed these to the city's populace. When the time for the year's Chung Chiu festival arrived, people opened their cakes and found hidden messages advising them to coordinate their uprising with the troops outside. Thus, the emperor-to-be ingeniously took the city and his throne. Moon cake of course, became even more famous. Whether this sweet Chinese version of ancient Europe's "Trojan Horse" story is true, no one really known.


Version 2:
A woman , Chang-O, was married to the great General Hou-Yi of the Imperial Guard. General Hou was a skilled archer. One day, at the behest of the emperor, he shot down eight of nine suns that had mysteriously appeared in the heaven that morning. His marksmanship was richly rewarded by the emperor and he became very famous. However, the people feared that these suns would appear again to torture them and dry up the planet, so they prayed to the Goddess of Heaven (Wang Mu) to make General Hou immortal so that he could always defend the emperor, his progeny and the country. Their wish was granted and General Hou was given a Pill of Immortality.

Another version of this story notes that Chang-O, the wife of the Divine Archer, shot down nine of ten suns plaguing the world and received the Herb of Immortality as a reward.

Whoever the hero was, Chang-O grabbed the pill (or the herb) and fled to the moon. In some versions it is uncertain whether she ever actually got there, because Chinese operas always portray her as still dancing-flying toward the moon.

When Chang-O reached the moon, she found a tree under which there was a friendly hare. Because the air on the moon is cold, she began coughing and the Immortality Pill came out of her throat. She thought it would be good to pound the pill into small pieces and scatter them on Earth so that everyone could be immortal. So she ordered the hare to pound the pill, built a palace for herself and remained on the moon.

This helpful hare is referred to in Chinese mythology as the Jade Hare. Because of his and Chang-O's legendary importance, you will see - stamped on every mooncake, every mooncake box, and every Moon Cake Festival poster - images of Chang-O and sometimes the Jade Hare.

Referenced from: http://www.regit.com/hongkong/festival/mooncake.htm

BTW, were you guys really joking about not knowing the stories behind such festivals?

blueocean wrote:
hey Javer, why not u take another rocket to rescue the lady la, then next year we will not have the mooncake festival liao since the lady is back to earth =) yyeeehhhaaa....

We can save a lot of money on buying the mooncake and lantern


B.O

If Neil Armstrong had his way, javer wouldn't have his chance now. But don't think he'll take the rocket there. Coz no smoking in the shuttle.

Since today is THE day... so tell us what's the correct story laaaa...

Btw, 祝 everyone

中 秋 節 快 樂

louischia wrote:wow! dun tell mi nobody know tat im telling stories?

EPL wrote:Since today is THE day... so tell us what's the correct story laaaa...

Btw, 祝 everyone

中 秋 節 快 樂

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