notably yellow ducks,
and we now have white rabbits, the Dutch
artist Florentijn Hofman is
well-known for his enormous public sculptures of animals, such as ducks, rabbits, snails,
and toads, this particular rabbit is
in Taoyuan, Taiwan, He's napping on an airport hangar at a defunct naval base, Hofman's plastic and wood bunny would stand 82 feet tall if he stood
up,
Taiwan's government commissioned the sculpture for the Chinese
Mid-Autumn Festival, an event focusing on the cycle of moon. Moon Rabbit, a
figure in folklore throughout East Asia, is a central part during the festival,
He is a traditional symbol of kindness and generosity, the Wall Street
Journal shares two tales of this rabbit,
one
involves three fairies who disguise themselves as miserable old men and ask
some animals for food, when they approach the rabbit, it has nothing to offer
the “old men” but instead leaps into a blazing fire and cooks itself for them, the fairies are so moved by the rabbit’s sacrificial spirit that they grant it
immortal residence in the “moon palace.”
another
tale says the rabbit was a pet to Chang Er, who was forced to leave her husband
on earth after accidentally swallowing a pill of immortality and became a
goddess on the moon, for a few of our posts with yellow ducks in them, have a look here.
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