Why were rabbits and the moon associated in ancient times?

A major feature of rabbits in physiology and fertility is: after the rabbit mates, it gives birth to a rabbit about a month later, and it can mate immediately after giving birth, and it can give birth again after a month. Moreover, rabbits always give birth at night.

These physiological characteristics of rabbits coincide with the waxing cycle of the moon, which always appears at night. The mythical relationship between the moon and the rabbit does not seem to be an unfounded and arbitrary fantasy, but has its own inherent metaphorical logic. Lu Dian's "Yuya" said when explaining the alias of the rabbit "Mingshi":

Rabbit, spit also. The essence of the bright moon is born according to the moon, so it is called bright vision. Rabbits have one characteristic:

Extremely reproductive. The moon is generally considered to be a symbol of women, and the ancient people were relatively weak in their ability to survive, so of course they hoped that women could reproduce more, thus associating rabbits with the moon. Most legends or myths related to the moon are related to "fertility" to some extent.

Second, due to the super reproductive ability of rabbits, they provide a relatively stable food for carnivores (including humans)**. Another symbol of the moon is "hunting", which I personally think may have something to do with the fact that moonlit nights are more suitable for hunting or lighting a campfire to make barbecue rabbit meat (which is doubtful). Therefore, the rabbit's connection with the other part of the moon comes from this.

The primitive thinking is all about the same. Then a big lump of moon cannot be ignored, so they worship, fantasize, name, and create gods. People worship the sun as well as the moon.

I think the sun is a male god, and the moon is a goddess. Occasionally, there are strange cultures in which the moon god is a fat man with a deformed lump, although the taste is heavy, it is not out of the category of primitive thinking. I don't know much of the other cultures where the moon is associated with rabbits.

However, in antique shops in Sri Lanka, I did see a circle painted with a white rabbit, similar to the shape of a Chinese jade rabbit. The boss said that this thing represents the moon. The image of the sun next to it is similar to that of the whole world, and a lump of yellow color emits a circle of light.

<>Although the Mid-Autumn Festival is more and more like the mooncake festival by us, the charm of the moon itself has endured for a long time. As the brightest luminous object in the night sky, people around the world once regarded it as an object of worship. There are many similarities in these cult myths, such as Chinese, Indian, and Latin American legends where rabbits are on the moon.

And the Chinese folk curse word "rabbit cub" is also related to the moon. Today, I will talk to you about how human beings worship the cold moon in the sky in different civilizations. In the eyes of the ancestors, the moon was simply omnipotent, as the American historian Boorsyan described in his "The Discoverer":

From Greenland on the Arctic Circle to the southernmost tip of Patagonia, people cheer the appearance of the new moon – a time to sing, dance, pray and drink. The Eskimos set up a feast, the wizards began to perform, they extinguished the fire, and exchanged female companions. The Bushes in Africa prayed and chanted

Hi, newborn moon! Hi! Newborn Moon!

In the earliest nature worship, the moon was generally believed to have the power to preside over the growth of all things. Due to its cyclical nature, the moon was regarded by the ancestors as the master of fertility, and they hoped that under the moonlight, it would be able to bring fertility to the plants they produced and planted.

Only China is. Other countries do not.