Bronze mirror art from the Song Dynasty (960-1279) shows the Jade Rabbit pounding medicine. (Photo/people.com.cn)
The Moon Rabbit pounding herbs in vain
The Jade Rabbit, also known as the Moon Rabbit, is often portrayed as a companion of Chang'e in the Moon Palace (or the Guanghan Palace), constantly pounding herbs and trying to make a pill to send her back to earth to be reunited with her husband. But it never succeeds.
Famous Chinese poet Li Bai once wrote in his poem series?The Old Dust: "The rabbit in the moon pounds the medicine in vain."
