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YUTU - THE JADE RABBIT - BEIJING, CHINA
Jade Rabbit Stone is found in Beijing's Phoenix Ridge - Fenghuangling - Nature Park. Jade Rabbit is the pet of the Chinese Moon Goddess, Chang E, and can be seen on the face of the moon using a mortar and pestle to crush the elixir of life. Chang E was summoned to the palace of the Jade Emperor, and she placed her beloved pet on Phoenix Ridge so that whilst she was gone it could eat and drink. Jade Rabbit explored Phoenix Ridge and played with the other rabbits that lived there. Chang E returned from the palace but couldn't find Jade Rabbit, but with her orders from the Jade Emperor she had a mission to accomplish, and couldn't take any more time to find Jade Rabbit. Jade Rabbit waited and waited at the exact spot where Chang E had left her and turned to stone. So is the Jade Rabbit seen on the moon the spirit of Jade Rabbit returned to the Moon Goddess Chang E. Was the re-union complete when China's first lunar rover landed and explored the moon in December 2013, called by the Chinese public 'Yutu' - Jade Rabbit in an online vote? See on the Map-Olah map: https://www.zeemaps.com/view?group=2653234&item=Jade_Rabbit_Stone_-_Beijing
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THE OLDEST TEMPLE BELL IN SOUTH KOREA, SANGWONSA TEMPLE, PYEONGCHANG
Sangwonsa Temple houses the oldest Temple Bell in South Korea, cast in 725 AD, the 24th year of King Seongdeok. This classic Korean Bronze Buddhist Temple Bell features a dragon at its top from which it is suspended, a lotus and honeysuckle motif and heavenly fairies or angels playing a harp and Korean mouth-organ. See on the Map-olah map: https://www.zeemaps.com/view?group=2653234&item=Oldest_Temple_Bell_in_South_Korea_-_Sangwonsa_Temple,_Pyengchang To celebrate new Zealand's national Waitangi Day we have a legend from Rotoroa:
ROTOROA, NORTH ISLAND, NEW ZEALAND Mokoia Island, in Lake Rotoroa, is sacred to the Te Arawa Tribe of the Maori people, and is the setting for the legend of Hinemoa and Tutenakai. The warrior Tutenakai lived on the tiny island and played music each night on his pipes with his friend Tiki. The music floated on the air across the lake and on its banks noble-born Hinemoa heard the notes the warrior played. Tutenakai visited Hinemoa's village and met her and they fell in love, but he had to return to his village on the island. He promise Hinemoa that he would play the music each night, so that she could follow the music and swim across the lake to the island to join him. Hinemoa heard the music and had selected six dry gourds to use as floats so that she could swim across the lake. She followed the music and made it to the island, gaining refreshment at the hot spring on the island, Waikimihia. By chance Tutenakai had sent his servant to collect water, and he reported back that there was a young woman by the spring. Tutenakai rushed down to greet Hinemoa, and they lived happily ever after. See on the Map-olah map: https://www.zeemaps.com/view?group=2653234&item=Lake_Rotoroa,_Mokoia_Island |
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