The origin of Beijing jade rabbit(Tuyeer)
Tuyeer is a household name in Beijing, and so has been deriving many of the sayings and phrases associated with Tuyeer, such as "Tuyeer's flag, one-on-one hit," because Tuyeer's flag is only one side;There is also the "Tuyeer of the other year", because Tuyeer is made of mud and rarely holds until the next year, so if you see the Tuyeer that you did last year, it's old Tuyeer.
The origin of the rabbit is this: a year, the city of Beijing suddenly has a pestilence, almost every family has, it is not good.When chang 'e saw this, she felt very sad and sent the jade rabbit around to treat the people.The jade rabbit became a girl. She went door to door and cured many people.People gave her something to thank the jade rabbit.But the jade rabbit nothing, just borrowed clothes from others, changed clothes every time, sometimes dressed like an oil, sometimes like a fortune-teller...For a moment it was a man's costume, and a moment later a woman.
In order to treat more people, the jade rabbit rode on horseback, deer or lion, tiger, around the capital.After eliminating the plague in the capital, the jade rabbit went back to the palace.Thus, people used mud to shape the image of the jade rabbit, and there were the deer, the riders, the armor, and the various clothes of the workers, which were very beautiful and very lovely.Every lunar calendar August 15 that day, every family want to worship her, and gave her on the delicious fruits and beans, used to reward her bring good luck and happiness to the world, also affectionately call her "Tuyeer", "grandma rabbit".