Legend has it that there is a rabbit in the middle of the moon that is as white as jade, so it is called "Jade Rabbit". This white rabbit held a jade mortar and pestle and knelt down to pound medicine into toadstools, which could be taken to grow into immortals.

The Jade Rabbit is said to have been used as a medicine for immortality. This medicine is called "Toad Pill", and its effect is to make people immortal. This allusion is from the Han Lefu's "Dong Escape", the original text is "The white rabbit kneels long and pounds pills for the toad pills. I present a jade plate to His Majesty, take this medicine can get immortal", so it can be seen, this "toad pill", or "shrimp toad pill", is the legendary immortality drug.

About the origin of the Jade Rabbit, there are many sayings, the first that the Jade Rabbit was originally a rabbit on earth, a fairy disguised as a poor old man begged it for food, the rabbit did not give him food, but jumped into the fire pit himself, let him eat himself. Touched, the fairy sent the rabbit up to the Moon Palace to become the Jade Rabbit, after which it kept Chang'e company and pounded medicine all the time.

Another belief is that the Jade Rabbit is Chang'e, because after Chang'e drifted above the Moon Palace, she offended the Jade Emperor and was turned into a rabbit, and had to pound medicine for the celestial deities in the Moon Palace every time the moon was full as a sign of her punishment.

Mid-Autumn Festival Customs

1, moon festival

Moon festival customs should be the Mid-Autumn Festival among the many customs of the most far-reaching historical origins. The ancient ancestors were always full of curiosity about the unknown, especially about the starry sky, the moon and the sun in the starry sky, and the worship of the heavenly phenomena, and so a variety of stories arose.

One of these stories is the Autumn Festival Moon Festival, which evolved from the worship of celestial phenomena, the purpose of which was to pray for the blessing of the moon god and to fulfill one's heart's desire, and gradually evolved into the activity of enjoying the moon and playing with the moon with the development of the times. With the eventual formation of the Mid-Autumn Festival, through the prosperity of the Song Dynasty and the further development of the Ming and Qing Dynasties, the full moon gradually evolved into the meaning of human reunion.

2. Moon Festival

Moon Festival

Moon Festival evolved from the moon festival, the Mid-Autumn Festival is determined early, that is, the Tang and Song dynasties, the main activities of the Mid-Autumn Festival is still in the moon, moon celebration, play with the moon, the 15th day of the 8th month as a festival of the moon, on this day, people will hold a banquet, invite friends and relatives to drink together to enjoy the moon. As of the Song Dynasty, the grandness of the Mid-Autumn Festival and the atmosphere of the festival can be said to be unprecedented.