The Red Hare is a supernatural creature that appears on earth only When the country is under a good rület, Soame Jenyns, in his book "A. Background to Chinese Painting," says "The expression the jade Ware' is constantly used in Chinese literature to margate the moon. He is also thought to be the special friend of the married girl, and should the mother of an ünmárriéd girl cut a Unknown i Europe The Bika or Mou¥e-hare, a close relation. of the rabbit amd ha very plentiful in certain parts of Mû and North Americ picture of-a hare to fit the shoe of her daughter, and place it under the lining só thàt she will wear it without knowing it, she will certainly be married during the New Year,"
In the same book he gives a reproduction of a painting of what he calls. wk hare done by an artist of. th period. Actually the mal is domestic rabbit, as can at once "Be by the proportionate pize df its front limbs, which are far too to be those of a hare. It ma; be noted that much confusión exists in Chinese literature in regard to the identity of hares and rabbits, bice the Chinese use the pom. fu for both these animals. n the spoken language, however, t rabbit is often referred to as the Chia t'u or house hare, while in rural districts in north China the hare is often called yeh mao, or wild cat. "This is interesting because in England the hare is also often called "puss" by country folio,
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