Moon Fairy Chan Ae and Moon Hare

Chang'e's story began in ancient times, when she lived in a heavenly palace with her husband, the wonderful shooter I. Once it happened that not one sun came out to the sky, but as many as 10, a terrible heat and drought set in. Then the shooter I descended to the ground, drew his magic bow and in turn shot down 9 suns, leaving only one, as it should have been. The shooter and his wife remained to live on earth and performed many more deeds, for which the Lady of the West Sivanmu presented him with a bottle with the elixir of immortality. The shooter Yi himself was in no hurry to return to heaven, but his wife was very burdened by earthly life and secretly drank the elixir. She felt very light and flew into the sky. However, the inhabitants of heaven did not approve of her act and she had to retire in shame to the desert moon, to the Palace of Cold.
In addition to her, a magic hare lived on the moon, who was engaged in the fact that the mortar was pounded with a potion of immortality from the bark of a cinnamon tree, wonderful lingzhi mushrooms and many other ingredients.
The same he who so many times
In palaces among the moonlit rocks
Crystal, morning dew
I collected the remains in a mortar
And with a marvelous jasper pestle,
Sitting in a secluded corner
All day, from morning to late,
Immortality is a potion.

("Journey to the West," Wu Chen En)

The hare itself possessed extraordinary abilities, could take any shape. In Wu Chen En's classic novel, Journey to the West, the Lunar Hare escaped from the moon and turned into a princess, and then tried to steal his yang power from a Tang monk. But the valiant Song Wukong, the monkey king, recognized him in time and returned him to the moon.
The Moon is associated with the Mid-Autumn Festival, when moon cakes are baked in China and gather in the evening to admire the moon. It is believed that on this day it is the most round and clear. They say that in clear weather on the surface of the moon you can see that very hare.