An ancient poem to welcome the Year of the Rabbit is as follows:
Happily celebrate the Year of the Rabbit, the rabbit leaps over the moon palace to win the laurels; happily hold the dragon card, the dragon walks around the world and it is spring.
The gentle breeze brings warmth to China, harmonizing with peace, happiness, happiness and longevity. The rabbit wants Yue'e to run forward, sending the present to the past year after year.
The Jade Rabbit is coming, and blessings are everywhere. Firecrackers are laughed every day, and happy events are heard every morning.
The rabbit writes about the Spring and Autumn Period, and the floating life sighs leisurely. Looking back, life is like a dream, gathering and separation are too hasty.
Relatives, friends and *** are connected to each other from the ends of the world, and I miss you from afar! The new year is approaching and the new rabbit is with you as before, but I still leave my homeland.
Ten years of family debts are countless, and thousands of miles have come to make up for them! Another night of spring breeze comes, and thousands of peach blossoms bloom on the trees.
The tiger's power has not yet ended, but the lucky rabbit has arrived, and thousands of lights are shining brightly in China.
The theory of the Jade Rabbit.
The moon. Legend has it that there is a white rabbit in the middle of the moon, so it is the symbol of the moon. Fu Xuan's "Animation of Heaven": "How can there be a white rabbit pounding medicine in the middle of the moon?" Jia Dao's poem "Gift to Zen Master Zhilang": "The Master clearly sees that the bottom of the Jade Rabbit Pond is gone." Xin Qiji's "Man Jiang Hong·Mid-Autumn Festival" poem: " I deliberately climbed up the stairs to see the Jade Rabbit, but who would put up a curtain to cover the Silver Tower?" The idiom "The Golden Crow falls in the west, the Jade Rabbit rises in the east" is derived from this, see Golden Crow.
The theory of Moon Rabbit.
In ancient myths and legends, there is a white rabbit in the middle of the moon, which is called the mid-month rabbit, also known as the moon rabbit. The first volume of "Yi Wen Lei Ju" quotes Han Liu Xiang's "General Meanings of the Five Classics": "Why are there rabbits and toads in the moon? The moon is yin, and the toad is yang, and together with the rabbit, yin is related to yang." The first volume of "Yi Wen Lei Ju" quotes Jin Fu Xian's "Xian Tian Wen": "What is there in the middle of the moon? The Jade Rabbit pours medicine."
Song Dynasty. Yu Yan's "Fu Tan" Volume 1: " It is foolish to say that the rabbit belongs to the sun. The so-called rabbit in the moon is also the sun in the middle of the moon... The common people then say that there is a medicine rabbit in the moon, which is ridiculous. "The moon rabbit also refers to the mythical story "Chang'e flies to the moon" and rises with Chang'e. A white rabbit in the moon palace. It is often cited in ancient poems and articles, and also refers to the moon.