2023 is the Year of the Rabbit in China. All kinds of rabbits appear around the country's shopping malls, parks and social media platforms. Here is something about three famous rabbits in China.
Jade rabbit（玉兔） is probably the most famous. Most people mention it when they greet each other. In China's legend（传说）, Chang'e lived with it on the moon. In fact, there were silk paintings with rabbits running on the moon in the Western Han Dynasty or earlier. Today, our first moon rover （月球车） is named"Yutu". It's sent onto the moon in 2013.
White rabbit is a kind of milk candies born in 1959. Many people send white rabbit to each other as festival gifts. Today it has been 64 and it's still popular among young people. It has developed many different kinds of products, such as milk tea, ice cream and so on. It even has clothing, handbag and shoe products.
Lord rabbit（兔爷） is known as Tu'er Ye in Chinese. It's a kind of clay（粘土） toy for Beijing children. It's another kind of jade rabbit. It has a human body and rabbit's ears and mouth. In the legend, Beijing made it to thank the god for helping them out of disease.
