Chang'e

The Moon Goddess

Domain: Moon & Solitude
Alignment: Neutral Good
Element: Air
Relics of Power: Elixir of Immortality Vial

Speak with Chang'e

The People

People

Chinese

Region

China

Period

c. 1600 BC – present

The Chinese deities bring together traditions of Taoism, Buddhism, and folk religion, worshipped for millennia across China. Presided over by the Jade Emperor, they form a vast celestial bureaucracy mirroring the earthly empire. They are honored in temples, at Chinese New Year, and at the altars of homes and ancestors.

Chinese New Year greets the gods with fireworks, dancing lions, and offerings to the Kitchen God, who ascends to heaven to report on the family's conduct. The Dragon Boat Festival honors the poet Qu Yuan, and at Qingming families sweep the tombs and venerate the ancestors.

The Sacred Scrolls

Chinese moon goddess who ascended after drinking the elixir of immortality of her husband Hou Yi. She dwells in the moon with her jade rabbit. As The Moon Goddess, this deity occupies a position of supreme prestige in the chineses pantheon. Their domains over Moon & Solitude reflect ancestral cosmic order maintained across millennia. In classical iconography, they are depicted with an aura of unshakeable majesty and sacred attributes that inspired reverence in emperors and peasants alike. Their influence extended beyond earthly boundaries, governing fates and harmony between the visible and invisible worlds. For ancient devotees, contemplating their essence was to understand the very fundamental forces of nature and human existence.

Sacred Symbols

Moon, the jade rabbit, the elixir and the peach of immortality

Divine Lineage

Wife of the heroic archer Hou Yi.

The Legendary Myth

Hou Yi was granted the elixir of immortality after shooting down nine of the ten suns scorching the earth. Chang'e drank the elixir and floated to the moon, where she has dwelt ever since with a jade rabbit.

Legends & Deeds

A celebrated secondary legend preserved in the oral traditions of the chineses recounts the journey when Chang'e intervened directly in the lives of mortals.

Cult & Worship

Historically, the cult of Chang'e occupied a central place in the religious and architectural calendar of antiquity.

Relics of Power

A jade vial containing liquid drops of cosmic eternal life.

Did You Know?

The Mid-Autumn Festival celebrates her with mooncakes; China's lunar space probes bear her name, 'Chang'e'. In modern astronomy and science, Chang'e's name and symbols inspired the naming of celestial bodies and geologic…