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<p>[QUOTE="sabre123, post: 9743762, member: 8258"]Those are quite lovely, Ches <img src="styles/default/xenforo/smilies/smile.png" class="mceSmilie" alt=":)" unselectable="on" /> I think you got them for a steal.</p><p><br /></p><p>I copied the Chinese text from the one with the moon in the sky and Google Translate says:</p><p>嫦娥奔月</p><p>Chang'e flies to the moon</p><p><br /></p><p>From that, I found the following from <b><a href="https://www.travelchinaguide.com/essential/holidays/mid-autumn-festival-story.htm" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.travelchinaguide.com/essential/holidays/mid-autumn-festival-story.htm" rel="nofollow">this site</a></b>:</p><p><br /></p><p><b>Mid-Autumn Festival Story - Chang E Flying to the Moon</b></p><p>Several versions of Mid-Autumn Festival story about Chang E flying to the moon are spread in the folklore. The most popular one is that a powerful archer, Hou Yi, shot down nine suns and saved people from suffering. As a reward, Wangmu, the Queen of Heaven, gave him the elixir of immortality. Hou Yi was not willing to become an immortal himself and gave the elixir to Chang E, his wife, for safekeeping. On a 15th day of an eighth lunar month, when Hou Yi was not out, one of his followers called Pengmeng forced Chang E to hand over the elixir. In desperation, Chang E swallowed it in desperation and flew to the moon. Since then, every year on 15th day of eighth lunar month, Hou Yi set up a banquet towards the moon, hoping to reunite with Chang E.</p><p><br /></p><p>Whether this has any useful meaning as pertaining to your art, I do not know.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="sabre123, post: 9743762, member: 8258"]Those are quite lovely, Ches :) I think you got them for a steal. I copied the Chinese text from the one with the moon in the sky and Google Translate says: 嫦娥奔月 Chang'e flies to the moon From that, I found the following from [B][URL='https://www.travelchinaguide.com/essential/holidays/mid-autumn-festival-story.htm']this site[/URL][/B]: [B]Mid-Autumn Festival Story - Chang E Flying to the Moon[/B] Several versions of Mid-Autumn Festival story about Chang E flying to the moon are spread in the folklore. The most popular one is that a powerful archer, Hou Yi, shot down nine suns and saved people from suffering. As a reward, Wangmu, the Queen of Heaven, gave him the elixir of immortality. Hou Yi was not willing to become an immortal himself and gave the elixir to Chang E, his wife, for safekeeping. On a 15th day of an eighth lunar month, when Hou Yi was not out, one of his followers called Pengmeng forced Chang E to hand over the elixir. In desperation, Chang E swallowed it in desperation and flew to the moon. Since then, every year on 15th day of eighth lunar month, Hou Yi set up a banquet towards the moon, hoping to reunite with Chang E. Whether this has any useful meaning as pertaining to your art, I do not know.[/QUOTE]
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