EPTThere are stories* and a lot of poetry and literature (the Chinese know their literature dam fucking well) about the moon, among the things people do is to "appreciate the moon" and there's even a phrase for it (赏月).
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一 An alleged overthrowing of the mongols by sending messages in mooncakes
And several legends relating to the moon and it's mystery:
二 Beautiful woman, some plot, and she ends up living on the moon only being allowed to meet her lover during mid autumm festival
三 I've also heard stories about some rabbit and some dude that keeps chopping a tree but always grows back
And several legends relating to the moon and it's mystery:
二 Beautiful woman, some plot, and she ends up living on the moon only being allowed to meet her lover during mid autumm festival
三 I've also heard stories about some rabbit and some dude that keeps chopping a tree but always grows back
So the moon is pretty important in Chinese culture so people even pray/pay homage to it.
My father told me, back then, they were doing the same thing to, paying homage to the moon. However, after the Apollo 11 landing, he said that some were telling everyone to stop praying to the moon:
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then they would be praying to the US flag.
And then he bursted into laughter hahahahahaha
And then he bursted into laughter hahahahahaha
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