Why is Chang 'e fickle?

Chang 'e is a fairy in ancient China mythology. Her Chinese pinyin is Chang 'e, and the corresponding English name is Chang E, which means change in English.

So Chang 'e is fickle. The above answer is purely funny. In fact, according to legend, Chang 'e abandoned his lover Hou Yi and went to the Moon Palace alone in order to live forever, which coincides with Chang 'e's fickle and snobbish character.

The Historical Origin of Chang 'e

Chang 'e is a fairy in ancient China mythology. The myth of the Goddess Chang'e flying to the moon originated from the worship of stars by the ancients, and the story of Chang 'e first appeared in Tibet. Later, the story was further developed by the people and evolved into several story versions. According to the book Huai Nan Zi in the Western Han Dynasty, the Goddess Chang'e flying to the moon's fairy tale is because she ate the elixir that her husband Yi asked the Queen Mother of the West, flew into the Moon Palace and became a toad.

In the evolution of the story, Chang 'e became the daughter of one of the three emperors and five emperors in ancient times and the wife of Yi with extraordinary beauty. It is said that Chang 'e was originally called Heng E, but it was renamed Chang 'e and Chang 'e in order to avoid Liu Heng in the Western Han Dynasty. Before the Eastern Han Dynasty, there was no data showing that Chang 'e and Yi were husband and wife. It was not until Gaoyou annotated Huai Nan Zi that Chang 'e was Yi's wife.

It is said that Chang 'e and Yi started monogamy. In order to commemorate them, later generations interpreted the story of the Goddess Chang'e flying to the moon, and many folk legends, poems and songs were circulated. According to myths and legends, Chang 'e landed on the moon and became immortal by stealing the elixir from the Queen Mother of the West, and lived in the Guanghan Palace above the moon.

Later, in Taoist mythology, Chang 'e and Xing Jun, the moon god, became one. Taoism regards the moon as the essence of Yin, respects it as the Empress of the Moon, or the Emperor of the Moon Palace as a filial and wise king, and creates female idols.