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Chinese New Year | Year of the Rabbit

Updated on April 11, 2024January 14, 2023

Chinese Lunar New Year is January 22, 2023 and is the year of the rabbit.

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In Chinese culture, a rabbit represents the moon and symbolizes grace, beauty, mercy, and good luck

Updated on May 18, 2024January 13, 2023

According to an ancient legend, lady Chang’e drank an elixir of life and flew to the moon with a white rabbit in her arms; it was believed Chang’e would live on in immortality as the goddess of the moon and that the spot on the moon was the rabbit.

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