Sep 27, 2015
Celebrated on the fifteenth day of China’s eighth lunar month, the
Mid-Autumn Festival is a moment of thanks and togetherness whose origins
stretch deeply into ancient history. In days long since passed, so the
myth goes, ten blazing suns beat mercilessly upon the earth, withering
crops and blistering fields beyond salvation. A skillful hunter named
Hou Yi rode to the top of Mount Kunlun where, with tremendous strength,
he drew an immense bow and shot down the nine superfluous suns, cooling
the earth and revivifying the harvest.
In return for his heroism, Hou Yi was bequeathed an elixir that would
elevate him to the heavens and render him immortal. Unable to bear the
thought of leaving his wife, Cháng'é, and fearing the vial would fall
into the wrong hands, he gave her the potion and asked that she deliver
it from sight. One day, while Hou Yi was out, a nefarious squire stole
into his quarters in search of the elixir. Finding Cháng'é, the man
demanded it; knowing a struggle would be futile, Cháng'é dashed away and
swallowed the potion, whereupon she drifted into the ether and landed
on the moon.
Returning to find his beloved had vanished, Hou Yi was plunged into a
deep sadness. But upon lifting his eyes to the sky that night, he
beheld a particularly brilliant lunar glow.
And being that the moon, as it is, can be something of a lonely place, Cháng'é is accompanied by rabbits wherever she goes.
Concept sketches by Doodler Sophie Diao
Final by Doodler Lydia Nichols
Final by Doodler Lydia Nichols
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