Chang'e
항아
ChineseChinese Mythology
"Goddess of the Moon"
✦ Personality Traits
✦ About
Chang'e is the goddess who lives on the moon, forever separated from her husband Houyi, the divine archer. She ascended to the moon after consuming an elixir of immortality, and now resides in the Moon Palace with only a jade rabbit for company.
Her story is one of the most poignant in Chinese mythology—immortality gained at the cost of eternal loneliness. She is celebrated during the Mid-Autumn Festival, when families gather to gaze at the moon and think of distant loved ones.
Chang'e represents the bittersweet nature of immortality, the beauty and loneliness of the moon, and the enduring bonds of love across impossible distances.
✦ Famous Story
Houyi obtained the elixir of immortality from the Queen Mother, intending to share it with Chang'e. But Chang'e consumed it all—whether by accident, greed, or to prevent it from falling into wrong hands—and floated up to the moon, where she remains to this day.
✦ If You Match
Your features carry the luminous beauty of Chang'e. There is moonlit solitude in your appearance—the look of one who embodies both the beauty and melancholy of eternal separation.
