Wife of the archer 后羿 who swallowed the elixir of immortality and floated up to live on the moon with a jade rabbit. Her story is told at the 中秋节 (Mid-Autumn Festival), and China's lunar probes carry her name.
Cháng'é wǔ hào chénggōng dēng yuè bìng cǎijí le yàngběn.
Chang'e-5 successfully landed on the moon and collected samples.
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Her older name was 姮娥; 姮 was replaced by 嫦 to avoid the personal name of 汉文帝, 刘恒. The best-known verse about her is 李商隐's 嫦娥应悔偷灵药, 'Chang'e must regret stealing the elixir'.
