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The Moon
The Moon (Latin: Luna) is Earth's only natural satellite. Although not the largest natural satellite in the Solar System, it is, among the satellites of major planets, the largest relative to the size of the object it orbits (its primary). It is the second-densest satellite among those whose densities are known.
from time immemorial, the Moon takes an important place in people's mind. There have been many special culture and legends about the Moon in every country.
Because, there have already been a lot of secience knowledge about the Moon at Google, so in this Web page, there is more information about Chinese culrure and legends about the Moon.
The Moon Cake Revolution
In Yuan Dynasty, people could not stand the unfair rules that sat by the government. A man called Zhu Yuanzhang (He beat the Yuan Dynasty and became the emperor of Ming Dynasty, which is a dynasty after Yuan Dynasty), find it was difficult to transfer the information about the date of revolution to the revolution army, because there were so many foes. His adviser told him a good idea. They wrote the date on many pieces of paper and put the paper into the cakes for the soldier. Then soldier knew the date and they succeed. Since then, eating Moon cakes became a custom of the Middle Autumn Festival ( Date of the revolution).
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