Whos that sexy lady on the cake box?
She is Chang’e, wife of hero Houyi and we’ll thank you to show a little more respect for a woman widely acknowledged by ancients as the most beautiful in heaven. It is said on Mid-Autumn Festival Day she can be seen on her lonesome roaming the moon. But don’t feel too bad for her: Like a lot of ladies in legendary folklore, she appears to have brought it all upon herself. Here’s how: Now in heaven there was a moon, an earth and 10 ravens, each carrying one sun on its back. One day, the bad birds skipped tian and decided not to return. Thus they all appeared together. The sky burned so brightly, the very existence of all living beings on earth was threatened. People implored heaven for mercy. The Jade Emperor summoned master archer Houyi, and told him to get those bad boys home. But Houyi had trouble convincing them and was forced to down nine. For performing his job overzealously, Houyi was banished from heaven to lead a miserable human life on earth together with Chang’e. But Chang’e
