Moon Festival 2012 page 2


Moon Festival
Zodiac Race:
(4:30 PM) A Chinese legend says that China's Jade Emperor had all the members of the animal kingdom race across a river. The first twelve to finish would be included in the Shengxiao, the Chinese zodiac. The present day calendar is in the order in which they placed. It's told that the rat hopped onto the ox and leaped off at the end, thus establishing its place as number one. But who will be # 1 at the Tacoma Moon Festival? Each animal will have its boat and do a three point race on Commencement Bay.





 
 

























Photos above courtesy of C.W. and Jill Clark

 
 
Photo courtesy of  Roy and Kathleen Geller
 

 
 

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