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=== Chinese === In some Chinese cultures, people would ring bells to prevent a [[Chinese dragon|dragon]] or other wild animals from biting the Moon.<ref>{{Cite news |url=http://au.ibtimes.com/articles/548133/20140415/lunar-eclipse-facts-myths-superstition-nasa.htm#.VC2MJyldXmU |title=Interesting Facts and Myths about Lunar Eclipse |last=Quilas |first=Ma Evelyn |newspaper=LA Times |access-date=2 October 2014}}</ref> In the 19th century, during a lunar eclipse, the [[Chinese navy]] fired its artillery because of this belief.<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.lifeasmyth.com/journal_planet_Eclipse.html |title=Mythology of the Lunar Eclipse |website=LifeAsMyth.com}}</ref> During the [[Zhou dynasty|Zhou Dynasty]] ({{Circa}} 1046β256 BC) in the [[Classic of Poetry|''Book of Songs'']], the sight of a Red Moon engulfed in darkness was believed to foreshadow famine or disease.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.dnaindia.com/india/report-what-lunar-eclipse-means-in-different-parts-of-world-1555136 |title=What Lunar Eclipse Means in Different Parts of the World |last=Kaul |first=Gayatri |date=15 June 2011 |website=India.com |access-date=6 October 2014}}</ref>
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