Monday, September 12, 2016

ecns [expanded by feedex.net]: Lord Rabbit ready to celebrate Mid-Autumn Festival

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Lord Rabbit ready to celebrate Mid-Autumn Festival
http://www.ecns.cn/visual/hd/2016/09-12/105204.shtml
Sep 12th 2016, 16:23

Shuang Yan of Beijing makes a Lord Rabbit sculpture, a popular ornament for the upcoming Mid-Autumn Festival. Shuang, born in 1958, learned to make clay figures of Lord Rabbit from his father at age 7. Lord Rabbit is a mythical creature said to have been sent down from the moon to bring good health and safety. Many people today still worship Lord Rabbit at the Mid-Autumn Festival, which falls on the 15th day of the 8th lunar month, or Sept. 15 this year. Shuang said it¡¯s hard to know clearly when the tradition started, but it certainly became popular in the Ming (1368-1644) and Qing (1644-1911) dynasties. Today many of the materials used to make Lord Rabbit are hard to find, he said. (Photo: China News Service/Fu Tian)
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