Published: September 22nd, 2021,
Last updated: September 22nd, 2021

The Chinese Moon Festival also calls for the right outfit. These ladies in a Beijing park dressed up as the moon goddess Cháng’é (嫦娥) on their day off. According to Chinese mythology, the moon goddess lives, well, on the moon, always with the Jade Rabbit (玉兔, yùtù) by her side. Both characters, by the way, are also the namesakes of the Chinese lunar mission. Cháng’é is the name of the space probe, yùtù that of the lunar rover.