玉兔捣药 - 儿童神话故事

月亮上有一只白兔在捣药，这个说法很早就有了：汉朝的乐府诗里就写到"白兔捣药"，晋朝的傅玄问"月中何有？"，答案也是"白兔捣药"，距今将近两千年。兔子是怎么到月亮上去的，本集讲的是唐朝玄奘在《大唐西域记》里记下的一个古印度佛经故事，距今一千三百多年：天神变成一个饿坏了的老人，来试狐狸、猴子和兔子。原文里，兔子什么也没找到，就跳进火里，把自己献给老人，天神很感动，把兔子的样子放进了月亮；本集改成老人在兔子跳下去的那一刻接住了它，带它去了月亮。原文里的兔子并没有捣药，捣药是中国自己的说法，本集把两个故事接在一起讲；嫦娥陪着玉兔，也是民间的讲法；狐狸和猴子每到月亮圆圆的晚上抬头看好朋友，是本集新加的。

森林里住着三个好朋友：机灵的狐狸，灵活的猴子，还有个子最小的小白兔。有一天，一位饿坏了的老爷爷坐在大树底下："你们能帮我找点吃的吗？"狐狸"哗啦"一扑，叼回来一条大鲤鱼；猴子"噌噌噌"爬上树，摘回来满满一怀果子。可是小白兔找呀找，从早上找到太阳落山，什么也没找到……它最后给了老爷爷什么？这位老爷爷，又是谁？

用温暖的声音和慢慢的节奏，陪 4-10 岁的小朋友听中国神话故事。适合睡前、旅途中和亲子时间收听，也欢迎所有正在学中文的大朋友一起来听哦！

玉兔捣药。兒童睡前故事、兒童故事、中國神話、親子中文、中文學習、海外華人。

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"The Jade Rabbit" (玉兔捣药, yù tù dǎo yào) is one of China's oldest moon stories. Chinese poems from almost 2,000 years ago already say a white rabbit on the moon is making medicine. How did the rabbit get there? Our story comes from an old tale from India. The Chinese monk Xuanzang wrote it down about 1,300 years ago. In the old tale, the rabbit jumps into a fire to feed a hungry old man, and the old man, who is really a god, puts the rabbit's picture on the moon. In our story, the old man catches the rabbit just in time.

Deep in a forest live three friends: a clever fox, a quick monkey, and a little white rabbit. One day a hungry old man sits down under a tree. "Can you find me something to eat?" The fox jumps at the river — SPLASH! — and brings back a big fish. The monkey climbs a tree and brings back an armful of fruit. But the little rabbit looks and looks, from morning until the sun goes down, and finds nothing at all... What will the rabbit give the old man? And who is this old man, really?

A warm voice and a gentle pace, bringing classic Chinese myths and legends to little ones ages 4-10 — perfect for bedtime, travel, and family time. Chinese learners big and small are very welcome to tune in too!