Traditional Culture of Rabbit

The traditional culture of the Rabbit zodiac is as follows:

The Rabbit is gentle in nature and is a symbol of holiness, resourcefulness, kindness and vitality. From ancient times to the present day, the Rabbit has been much loved by the people, and the figure of the Rabbit can be often seen in ancient mythological stories. Apart from the Jade Rabbit in the story of Chang'e, the Rabbit is also symbolic of good luck and longevity.

Rabbits and the moon, in ancient times, rabbits are often associated with the moon. One theory is that when primitive people looked up at the moon in the night sky, they saw shadows on the moon and interpreted it in terms of something they were familiar with, the rabbit.

The theory that there is a rabbit on the moon arose, and myths related to the moon rabbit developed. According to archaeological evidence, the legend of the rabbit in the moon may have existed before the Western Han Dynasty, such as the tomb painting of Mawangdui Tomb No. 1 unearthed in Hunan province, which shows the sun on the upper right and the moon on the upper left, with a toad and a rabbit above the moon.

There are also countless literary works about the Jade Rabbit since ancient times. Fu Xuan wrote in "Proposing to the Heavenly Direction," "What is there in the moon, the white rabbit pounding medicine." There is also Jia Dao's poem "Gift to Zen Master Zhilang" which says: "The superior is clearly visible, but the Jade Rabbit is not at the bottom of the pool." Xin Qiji wrote in "Full River Red in Mid-Autumn", "I want to climb the stairs to see the Jade Rabbit, but why would anyone open the curtain to cover the Silver Que?"

Rabbit and auspiciousness, the ancient book "Rui Ying Tu" recorded: "red rabbit big Rui, white rabbit in Rui," in ancient China, white is a mysterious color, white animals because of the rarity of the ancient people are often regarded as a symbol of auspiciousness. Ming Dynasty famous medical doctor Li Shizhen in the "Compendium of Materia Medica" wrote, "the fox has yellow, black, white three kinds, the white is still rare." Earlier, the Han wei book "Tongdi check" also said, "white fox, auspicious beasts also."

"Song book fly Fu Rui Zhi" in the white horse, white fox, white swallows, white cranes, white rabbit and other white animals as auspicious things. The white rabbit is even rarer in ancient China, "the rabbit is more brown and less white, so Rui Yingtu to the white rabbit as auspicious." There are also historians will encounter the experience of white rabbit specifically recorded down, enough to see the rarity of the white rabbit.