HouYi(后羿)wasagreatarcher（射手）andarchitect（建筑家）,whoshotdownnineextra（多余的）sunsthathadsuddenlyappearedintheskyandthus（因此）kepttheearthfrombeingscorched（烤焦）.Healsobuiltapalaceofjade（翡翠）fortheGoddessoftheWesternHeaven（西王母）.Forthis,hewasrewardedwithapillcontainingtheelixir（长生不老药）ofimmortality（不朽）,butwithstringsattached--hemustfast（斋戒）andprayforayearbeforetakingit.Hiswife,ChangE(嫦娥),whosebeautywassurpassed（超过）onlybyhercuriosity,discoveredandswallowed（吞）thepillandinnotimesoared（高飞）tothemoonandbecameapermanent（永久）resident（居民）there.Uponreachingthemoon,ChangE,indismay（沮丧）,coughedupthepill,whichturnedintoajaderabbitthat,dayandnight,poundsoutacelestial（天上的）elixirfortheimmortals.

　　AnotherpermanentlunarresidentofChineseorigin（出身）isWuKang(吴刚),ashiftless（偷懒的）fellowwhochangedapprenticeships（学徒年限）allthetimebeforedisappointing（使失望）hislastmaster,whowasanimmortal.FromhimWulearnedtobeimmortalhimself,buthewaspunished（惩罚）bybeingrequiredtochop（砍）downacassia（肉桂）treeinthemoon,animpossiblemission.Thecutinthetreeheals（痊愈）completelythesameday,soWuKangisstillchoppingawayforeternity（永远）.SomeChinesecrave（渴求）todrinkhiscassiablossomwine（桂花酒）.

　　TheChinesebelievethatthemoonisatitslargestandbrightest,andChangEathermostbeautiful,onthe15thnightoftheeighthlunar(阴历)month.Theyareatleasthalf-right,foratthattimemostofChinaisinthedryseasonandthemoonloomsbrightest.It'salsocoolthen,aperfecttimetocelebratetheharvestwhichhasjustconcluded;hence（因此）,theMid-AutumnFestivalisalsocalledtheHarvestFestival.Thefestivalisatimeforfamilyreunions（团聚）toappreciatethemoon(赏月)andeatmooncakestogether.Bathedinbrightmoonshineandwiththecompany（陪伴）ofchrysanthemum（菊花）andcassiablossoms,poets（诗人）eatcrabmeat（蟹肉）andmooncake,drinkteaandwine,andversifythenightaway.