What is a rabbit!

Basic introduction:

The male prostitute is a long-eared fairy in the Romance of the Gods, so the early image of the male prostitute is a "golden hole". China people have the custom of offering sacrifices to the stove by men and the moon by women. But in the early days of rabbits, it was a toy given to children by women to prevent children from making trouble when they sacrificed to the moon and the stars. Beijing, Hebei, Shandong and other places have the custom of making, sacrificing and displaying rabbits.

Legend:

The image of rabbit comes from the jade rabbit in the middle of the moon, but it is different. There is such a legend:

One year, a plague broke out in Beijing, and almost everyone got it and could not be cured. Chang 'e was very sad to see this scene, so she sent the jade rabbit around her to treat the people. Jade rabbit turned into a girl. She went door to door and cured many people. In order to thank Jade Rabbit, people gave her things in succession. Yutu wants nothing but to borrow other people's clothes to wear. Wherever she goes, she has to change clothes. Sometimes she dresses like an oil seller, sometimes she looks like a fortune teller ... sometimes she dresses like a man and then dresses like a woman. In order to treat more people, Yutu rode his horse, deer, lion and tiger all over the capital. After the plague was eliminated in Beijing, the Jade Rabbit returned to the Moon Palace. Therefore, people created the image of Jade Rabbit with clay sculpture, including those who rode deer, those who rode phoenix, those who wore armor, and those who wore various work clothes. It was very cute. On the fifteenth day of the eighth lunar month, every household will worship her and give her delicious fruits and beans as a reward for her good luck and happiness. They also affectionately called her "male prostitute" and "grandma rabbit".