中秋節

Sunday, September 7, 2014

中秋節/Moon Festival:
在月球上的玉兔
Rabbit in The MOON 
月の兎 / 옥토끼

★Moon Festival
“Zhong Qiu Jie", which is also known as the Mid-Autumn Festival, is celebrated on the 15th day of the 8th month of the lunar calendar. It is a time for family members and loved ones to congregate and enjoy the full moon - an auspicious symbol of abundance, harmony and luck. Adults will usually indulge in fragrant moon cakes of many varieties with a good cup of piping hot Chinese tea, while the little ones run around with their brightly-lit lanterns. 
★Jade Rabbit / Moon Rabbit 
The Moon rabbit in folklore is a rabbit that lives on the Moon, based on pareidolia that identifies the markings of the Moon as a rabbit. The story exists in many cultures, prominently in East Asian folklore and Aztec mythology.In East Asia, it is seen pounding in a mortar and pestle, but the contents of the mortar differ among Chinese, Japanese, and Korean folklore. In Chinese folklore, it is often portrayed as a companion of the Moon goddess Chang'e, constantly pounding the elixir of life for her; but in Japanese and Korean versions, it is pounding the ingredients for rice cake.

中秋一詞,最早見於《周禮》,《禮記·月令》上說:「仲秋之月養衰老,行糜粥飲食。」,也提到中秋有拜月的活動,但並沒有說明是八月的哪一天。中秋節也是農作物收穫的時節,有民俗學家認為中秋祭月是源於慶祝秋季豐收,同時也會拜祭土地神,是一個感謝神恩的節日。

★玉兔 /Jade Rabbit / 月の兎 / 옥토끼
月兔,也叫玉兔,在一些神話傳說中是居住在月球上的兔子。有人認為是因空想性錯視而產生的。在許多文化中,特別是在東亞(中國大陸、臺灣、日本、朝鮮)的民間傳說和阿茲特克神話中,常塑造成用研杵搗研缽的形象
。在中國神話中,月兔在月宮陪伴嫦娥並搗藥,而在日本和韓國,月兔則是在上面製造麻糬。

★這一隻白兔 B.J.D.作品 是 DIO太歲 於2010年所創作。原先是用作愛麗絲夢遊仙景 B.J.D.係例裡的白兔角色。但由於這隻白免的造形有別於一般B.J.D.兔仔而令很多娃友喜愛,所以決定將會以動物為主題的獨立系列推出。