What does Grandpa Rabbit mean?

Rabbits (folklore) generally refer to male prostitutes (a popular children's toy in Beijing).

Male prostitute is a local traditional handicraft in Beijing, which belongs to children's toys that should be in season during the Mid-Autumn Festival. Every Mid-Autumn Festival, Beijingers worship "male prostitutes". This custom originated in the Ming Dynasty. In the Qing Dynasty, "male prostitutes" were transformed into children's Mid-Autumn Festival toys. Later, some people shaped the "male prostitute" into a warrior wearing a golden helmet and shining armor. Some rode lions and elephants, some carried paper flags or umbrellas on their backs, or sat or stood, which was pleasing to the eye. ?

According to the statement that there is a Jade Rabbit of Chang 'e in the Moon Palace, the Jade Rabbit is further artistically personified and even deified, and made into various forms of male prostitutes with mud. Since the Ming and Qing Dynasties, the Moon Palace Jade Rabbit gradually broke away from the attachment of the moon worship, and formed an independent image in the ceremony of offering sacrifices to the moon, and gradually enriched it. Male prostitutes have both sacred and secular characteristics, and they have both sacrificial and recreational functions. Nowadays, male prostitutes have become one of the most representative intangible cultural heritages in Beijing.

Extended data

Male prostitutes are more than three feet tall, and the youngest is only three inches. They all have pink faces, wearing golden helmets and armour, and carrying a flag or umbrella cover on their backs. Its mounts include lions, tigers, deer and elephants. A prostitute holds a mortar in her left hand and a pestle in her right hand as medicine.

In addition, there are male prostitutes, scratching their mouths. He made the hole, covered his upper lip and tied it with thread. If you pull it, the rabbit's lips will be crushed. Anyway, there are many kinds. In old Beijing, some people regard it as a business. Every August in the old calendar, they set up stalls in the street, which makes it suitable for festivals.