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Ele Willoughby, PhD<p>Another older rabbit print, I made this linocut as part of my Chinese zodiac series. I wanted the rabbit to appear bathed in moonlight to allude to the myth of the moon rabbit, companion of Chang’e the moon goddess, continually pounding the elixir of life with mortar and pestle.</p><p><a href="https://spore.social/tags/linocut" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>linocut</span></a> <a href="https://spore.social/tags/printmaking" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>printmaking</span></a> <a href="https://spore.social/tags/rabbit" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>rabbit</span></a> <a href="https://spore.social/tags/ChineseZodiac" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ChineseZodiac</span></a> <a href="https://spore.social/tags/ChineseCharacter" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ChineseCharacter</span></a> <a href="https://spore.social/tags/moonRabbit" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>moonRabbit</span></a> <a href="https://spore.social/tags/mythology" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>mythology</span></a> </p><p><a href="https://minouette.etsy.com/listing/32389621" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">minouette.etsy.com/listing/323</span><span class="invisible">89621</span></a></p>
Camellia Tea Ceremony<p>Because 'Moon Viewing' (月見) is celebrated at this time of year, images of rabbits pop up everywhere.<br>The idea of a Moon Rabbit was imported from China. A story in the 'Songs of Chu' (楚辞) first mentions a toad and rabbit on the moon pounding herbs for the immortals.</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Japan" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Japan</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/moonviewing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>moonviewing</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/%E6%9C%88%E8%A6%8B" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>月見</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/China" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>China</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/moonrabbit" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>moonrabbit</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/autumn" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>autumn</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/harvestmoon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>harvestmoon</span></a></p>
Camellia Tea Ceremony<p>🎑THE MOON RABBIT🐇</p><p>In many Western countries people see a "Man in the Moon" (often considered "god of drunks"), but in Japan folk see the image of a rabbit pounding rice cakes in a mortar.<br>China's rabbit is crushing laurel leaves to create an immortality potion.</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Japan" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Japan</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/rabbit" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>rabbit</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/folklore" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>folklore</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/moon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>moon</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/maninthemoon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>maninthemoon</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/moonrabbit" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>moonrabbit</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/%E5%85%8E" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>兎</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/%E6%9C%88%E8%A6%8B" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>月見</span></a></p>
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