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In Vietnam, it is believed that a frog or toad devour the Sun, whereas, in China, the eclipses’ explanation is related to a dragon who gobbles down the Sun. Interestingly, the word to eclipse in Chinese is Shih, which literally means, eat.

In ancient China, a tradition lasted two millenniums, which lay in throw fired arrows to chase away the Moon, afraid of the Sun would never shine again. In fact, in the XIX century, Chinese sailors were seen shooting cannons to the eclipse hoping for avoiding the dragon (Moon) eats the Sun. 90 • • •