In ancient times the sky appeared at the same time for ten days, and the sun dried up and the people died. A hero named Hou Yi was so powerful that he sympathized with the suffering people.

Hou Yi's wife was named Chang' e. Hou Yi in addition to the art of hunting, all day with his wife. Many scholars come to cast a teacher to learn art, mind is not correct Peng Meng also mixed in.

One day, Hou Yi went to the Kunlun Mountains to visit friends to seek Tao, to Wang mother for a package of undead medicine. It is said that taking this medicine, can immediately ascend to heaven. However, Hou Yi can not leave his wife, temporarily handed the undead medicine to Chang' e collection.

Chang' e hid the medicine in the treasure box of the dresser. Three days later, Hou Yi led the disciples out hunting, the heart of the ghost of Peng Meng pretended to be sick, did not go out. After Hou Yi leads everybody to go soon, Peng Meng holds a sword to break into inside house backyard, force Chang' e to hand over undead medicine.

Chang' e knew that she was not Peng Meng's opponent, when the crisis she turned to open a treasure box, took out the undead medicine swallowed. Chang' e swallowed, his body immediately floated off the ground, rushed out of the window, flying to the sky.

Because Chang' e worried about her husband, then flew to the nearest moon from the world became immortal.

In the evening, Hou Yi came home, and the maids cried about what happened during the day.

Hou Yi was frightened and angry, draw a sword to kill evil, Peng Meng had already fled, Hou Yi was so angry to beat his chest, sad, looking up at the night sky to call Chang' e, when he found that today's moon is particularly bright, and there is a shaking figure like Chang' e.

Hou Yi missed his wife, then sent people to Chang' e's favorite back garden, put incense case, put Chang' e usually love to eat honey fresh fruit, remote sacrifice in the moon palace Chang' e.

People heard the news that Chang' e ran to the moon to become immortal, one after another set incense cases under the moon, to the kind Chang' e pray for auspicious peace.

Since then, the Mid-Autumn Festival worship the custom spread in the folk.