The Jade Rabbit: 5 Things You Should Know - China Highlights
When it comes to Mid-Autumn Festival, Chinese people will certainly mention a certain mystical animal: the Jade Rabbit, also called the Moon Rabbit. It is a character from Chinese folklore, who lives on the moon with Chang'e, the Moon Goddess.
The Legends Behind Mid-Autumn Festival & Why We Eat Mooncake …
Mid-Autumn Festival, also known as Mooncake or Lantern Festival, falls on the 15th day of the eighth month of the Chinese lunar calendar every year. Is the Jade Rabbit or Chang'e, the goddess of the moon, the main symbol of celebration? Depending on who you ask, different people will tell you a different tale they know.
6 Most Well-Known Legends about Mid-Autumn Festival
2021年4月14日 · Rabbit in the Moon Story. The Mid-Autumn Festival rabbit story goes about that three immortals reincarnated themselves into three poor old people and begged food from a fox, a monkey and a rabbit. The fox and monkey both gave food to the immortals. However, the rabbit did not have any food.
CHINA: Mid Autumn Festival mythology and folklore
Also known as the Mid-Autumn Moon Festival, or simply the Moon cake Festival, it also celebrates the legends of ChangE 嫦娥, the Goddess of Immortality and her companion, the moon rabbit, called also 月兔 Yùtù or Jade Rabbit.
Why is rabbit the mascot of Mid-autumn Festival?
The three immortals were moved by the rabbit’s sacrifice, and decided to make the rabbit an immortal, sending her to live in the Moon Palace with Goddess Chang E. Therefore nowadays when Chinese people decorate Mid-Autumn Festival, they would use rabbit as …
How the Jade Rabbit became part of Chinese Mid-Autumn Festival
2024年9月13日 · The Chinese iteration of the festival’s origin revolves around the mythology of Chang’e, a lunar goddess who lives on the moon in the Moon Palace with her pet Yu Tu (“jade rabbit ...
Top 3 Mid-Autumn Festival Stories: Chang'e, Hou Yi, Jade Rabbit
The jade rabbit is also a widespread character related to the Mid-Autumn Festival and the moon. The Chinese believe that the jade rabbit is a companion to Chang'e on the moon. The story goes like this …
Mid-Autumn Moon Festival: 2025 How and When to Celebrate - China Highlights
According to the legend of Mid-Autumn Festival, a fairy maiden named Chang'e lives on the moon with a cute rabbit. On the night of the Mid-Autumn Festival, people set a table under the moon with mooncakes, snacks, fruits, and a pair of candles lit on it.
Chang E, Hou Yi, Moon Rabbit, and Mid Autumn Festival
When Chang E stayed as an immortal Goddess of the Moon, and the Mid Autumn Festival has been celebrated for thousands of years in China, hero Hou Yi left the world with a mysterious ending. In some folklore, Hou Yi grew older and passed away like an average person.
Moon cakes and rabbit lanterns – autumn in China is magical
The rabbit lantern draws inspiration from the Chinese legend, which tells of a selfless rabbit who sacrificed itself for the immortals and was thus rewarded with immortality on the moon –taking its place besides Chang’e. She is not alone up there - after all, the moon festival is a festival of completeness and reunion.