"Moon" is our country folk popular folk story. During the Mid Autumn Festival when we would side while on this beautiful legend. In China in 2010 National Day launch of Chang (Chang 'e, the lady in the moon. Some English newspapers and magazines said, "Chang E" for "goddess of the moon") No. 2 satellite, the satellite by the three C (the long march on the 3rd C Long March 3C) rocket directly into the Earth Moon transfer orbit (Earth-Moon transit orbit), the stroke ratio of Chang'e-1 satellite relationship the 7 days. Chang e two successfully completed the scheduled tasks, the move for unmanned lunar rover (official name is Rover vehicle lunar, Americans often called Moonbuggy) on the (Moon), and even the end of the Chinese astronauts landing on the basis. "Made a stride big towards a major country flight space in has".

China named series of lunar exploration satellite (moon probe/exploration satellite at least a foreign media with the Chinese Pinyin Tan Yue) as "Chang'e" because the legend about the goddess of the moon represents the ideal human missions to the moon. Is said to ancient times (in remote antiquity). There are ten suns in the sky, the earth is drying to scorch, people living in dire poverty (live in dire poverty), a man named Hou Yi lux (man of unusual strength reached the Kunlun Mountains, with an arrow shot down nine suns. Therefore, West Queen Mother of the West Queen Mother of the Western Heaven) gave him a packet of after service can immediately become immortal climbing (become a celestial and ascend to heaven the elixir (elixir). Hou Yi to make Xianyao to his beautiful wife the goddess of the moon (formerly known as "Er", because of the taboo, Emperor Wen of Han name Liuheng to observe taboo of using any character with the pronunciation of the Emperor 's name - instead for "goddess in the moon") custody.

One day, a friend of Hou Yi pengmeng while Hou Yi out to Hou Yi, with the sword attempts forced Chang surrender this medicine. In desperation in. Chang swallow elixir, after stand sleep the body lightsome rise, and drifting in the air, has been to the moon. Hou Yi missing his wife, and finally on the 15 day of the lunar calendar to see the moon on the goddess of the moon. He wanted to fly to the moon, but he was flying high, the moon along away; he stopped, the moon then stop (the moons recedes as he came, and the moon stops as soon as he stops.), and it had no choice Yi only in the yard a from the table, placed on the Chang-E favorite fruit sweets, burn incense and away from worship (burns incense and makes remote obeisance to her). It is said that the custom of Mid Autumn Festival to worship the moon, hence the.