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Hanfu photoset via coser小梦, Part 8/?
According to Chinese legend, the white Jade Rabbit (玉兔) is a companion to the beautiful moon goddess Chang'e (嫦娥), and pounds the Elixir of Life for her with its mortar and pestle under a cinnamon tree. Chang’e and the Jade Rabbit live in the Moon Palace, and can be seen every year in full view on the day of the Chinese Mid-Autumn Festival. Jade Rabbit - Coser小梦 (read about him here); Chang’e - 真的菜菜.
Happy Mid-Autumn Festival everyone! (Source)
Temple overgrown with tree roots, Siem Reap Province, Angkor, Cambodia by Eric Lafforgue
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The Countess di Castiglione caused a scandal by appearing at a 1857 costume ball at the French Ministry of Foreign Affairs as The Queen of Hearts, a thinly veiled allusion to the fact the she was currently the mistress of the emperor, Napoleon III.
She was photographed in the costume by Pierre-Louis Pierson several years later, between 1861 and 1863, apparently wishing to preserve the scandal for posterity.
