Giant Rabbit Appears, Lays Down On Farmland
By Alex Chen | January 01, 0001
Dutch artist u31.com เข้าสู่ระบบ Florentijn Hofman, the man who brought the world the giant rubber duck and the giant floating hippo, has created u31 ทางเข้า another giant creature; a giant rabbit. Earlier this week, Hofman’s newest creation was unveiled in Taoyuan Taiwan: an 82-foot sculpture of a white rabbit as part of the Taoyuan Land Arts Festival. This new sculpture lays facing the sky on top of an old school aircraft hangar in the middle of farmland. http://gawker.com/landscapers-nonchalantly-trim-the-grass-in-front-of-th-1629923021 Made up of waterproof paper, styrofoam and wood, many have commented that Hofman’s rabbit is his take on the traditional Chinese folklore creature, the lunar rabbit. This coming Monday is the Chinese mid-Autumn Festival.cnx.cmd.push(function(){cnx({"playerId":"e3616d04-4972-4839-a63a-c6975e2e9731","settings":{"advertising":{"macros":{"AD_UNIT":"/23178111854/od.kotaku.com/article","CHILD_UNIT":"article","POST_ID":"1629948933","POST_TYPE":"post","CHANNEL":"kotaku-east","SECTION":"","SUBSECTION":"","CATEGORIES":"kotaku-east","TAGS":"","NOP":"0"},"timeBeforeFirstAd":0}}}).render("cnx-player-main")}); As the legend goes, a famous archer once shot down all the lights in the sky but one. The ancient deities, impressed by the archer’s skill, bestowed upon him an elixir of immortality. Not wanting to leave his wife, the man kept the elixir hidden in his home. This is where the legend starts to split, but jumping forward, the wife ends up consuming the elixir and in the process becoming a moon spirit. After ascending to the moon, she is kept company by the Jade Rabbit, an inhabitant of the moon. In most variations, the rabbit does nothing apart from keeping the wife company. It’s expected that Hofman will show up at Taoyuan on September 6 to talk with locals and art enthusiasts about his work. This is Hofman’s second major u31 เข้าสู่ระบบ work to hit Taiwan.