What is Lord Rabbit?

The Rabbit is an old traditional toy in Beijing. It first appeared in the late Ming Dynasty and was used to worship the moon. The Ming Dynasty Ji Kun (lived around 1636) wrote in "The Remaining Manuscript of Kao Pavilion": “On the Mid-Autumn Festival in Beijing, people usually make rabbits in the shape of mud, and they sit in human-like clothes, and children worship them.” On the fifteenth day of the eighth lunar month, every family will worship the rabbit and put out delicious fruits and beans. .

The ancients always regarded the full moon as a symbol of happiness and reunion, so the custom of worshiping the moon on August 15th has a long history. The "Altar of the Moon" in Beijing was built during the Jiajing period of the Ming Dynasty for the royal family to worship the moon. Whenever the moon rises during the Mid-Autumn Festival, a table is set up in the open air, and moon cakes, pomegranates, dates and other fruits are offered on the table. After worshiping the moon, the whole family sits around the table, eats and talks, and enjoys the bright moon.