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Monday, September 8, 2008

Chinese stories:Chinese Mid-Fall Moon Festival Day-Part three

The Hare - Jade Rabbit





In this legend, three fairy sages transformed themselves into pitiful old men and begged for something to eat from a fox, a monkey and a rabbit. The fox and the monkey both had food to give to the old men, but the rabbit, empty-handed, offered his own flesh instead, jumping into a blazing fire to cook himself. The sages were so touched by the rabbit's sacrifice that they let him live in the Moon Palace where he became the "Jade Rabbit."





sources: Chinese Fortune-Telling Calendar

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