Does anyone know the Chinese story about the moon cake/moon festival b/t the two lovers?
I think you got the two Chinese myths mixed up. The Cow Maiden (Niu Lang and Zhi Nu) and Chang’e, the Chinese goddess of the moon are two different myths and each has it own celebration. The Moon Festival story is about Chang’e, the Chinese goddess of the moon. The Moon festival was celebrated in honour of her and her lonliness in the Moon kingdom. According to legend, Chang’e and her husband Houyi were immortals living in heaven. One day, the ten sons of the Jade Emperor transformed into ten suns, causing the earth to scorch. Having failed to order his sons to stop ruining the earth, the Jade Emperor summoned Houyi for help. Houyi, using his legendary archery skills, shot down nine of the sons, but spared one son to be the sun. The Jade Emperor was obviously not pleased with Houyi’s solution to save the earth: nine of his sons were dead. As punishment, the Jade Emperor banished Houyi and Chang’e to live as mere mortals on earth. Seeing that Chang’e felt extremely miserable over her lo
