moon-palace

Updated: June 6, 2025

In Chinese illustrations we see the moon-palace of Ch'ang O, who stole the pill of immortality and flew to the moon, the fragrant tree which one of the genii tried to cut down, and a hare pestling medicine in a mortar. This refers to the following legend.

E. T. C. (Edward Theodore Chalmers) Werner - Myths and Legends of China