Today's post is one of those things a person never thinks much about but once you hear that other cultures see the man in the moon as a rabbit you think that the dark areas contrasting with the lighter areas are somewhat like clouds and could seemingly be any number of things. The folklore about a rabbit living on the moon originated in China and was then adopted by other Asian cultures. It is also part of the belief that the rabbit is working with a mortar and pestle but the contents of the mortar vary from the elixir of life to rice cakes so that portion of the lore seems to be open to interpretation.
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