Editing Chinese mythology (section)

====Moon====
[[File:Tang dynasty bronze mirror with moon goddess and rabbit design, HAA.JPG|thumb|Tang dynasty bronze mirror with design on back depicting moon goddess, partially-chopped tree, three-legged toad, and rabbit with mortar and pestle]]
[[Chang'e (mythology)|Chang'e]] (or in older versions Chang'O) is goddess of the moon. Another lunar deity is [[Changxi]], probably an older version of Chang'e with the name changed due to a naming taboo. Chang'e is modern.

=====Chang'e=====
In mythology it was said that Chang'e had been married to the heroic archer [[Hou Yi|Houyi]], but one day she swallowed a Pill of Immortality and floated up to the moon. Now it is said Chang'e lives in a cold crystal palace on the moon. Every year during a full moon toward harvest time, Chang'e is worshiped. This is the [[Mid-Autumn Festival]], families gather under the moonlight and celebrate in honour of the moon. Although somewhat lonely, Chang'e is not alone on the moon.

=====Wu Gang and the Magic Tree=====
A magical tree grows on the moon. It is possibly an osmanthus tree (''Osmanthus fragrans''), some type of laurel ([[Lauraceae]]), such as a cassia such as (''Cinnamomum cassia''), but more likely a unique specimen of a magical tree. Every month the ''[[Xian (Taoism)|xian]]'' [[Wu Gang]] cuts away at the tree, chopping it smaller and smaller. Then, just when he just has it chopped completely down, it magically grows back. Once it has grown back Wu Gang returns to his chopping, in an endless monthly cycle.

=====Rabbit in the Moon=====
An [[Chinese alchemy|alchemical]] hare or rabbit lives on the moon. The lunar rabbit can be seen when the moon is full, busy with mortar and pestle, preparing the Elixir of Immortality.

=====Three-legged toad=====
[[File:Good-fortune three-legged toad vermilion ink pad.jpg|thumb|Good-fortune three-legged toad with a reservoir for vermilion ink paste used for stamping seals]]
(See [[Liu Haichan]] for Chinese characters)

A three-legged toad lives on the moon. During full moons the three-legged Golden Toad [[Jin Chan]] frequents near houses or businesses that will soon receive good news generally in the form of wealth. Also known as a Money Toad, statuettes of this toad are used as a charm in [[Fengshui]]. The mythology of the Immortal [[Liu Haichan]] (who seems to be a form of [[Caishen]]/Zhao Gong, God of Wealth) is associated with this tripedal toad.