The myth of the snake and the crane exhibits the ideas of tai chi. ©2007 Publications International, Ltd. Tai chi has many myths about its origins. One of those myths says that one day the Taoist monk Chang San-feng was disturbed by the sounds of a snake and a crane fighting in ...
A completely different reason for the holiday concerns one of Rabbi Akiva’s few disciples who survived the Bar Kochba revolt,Rabbi Simeon bar Yohai. He is said to have died on Lag Ba’omer. Rabbi Simeon continued to defy the Roman rulers even after Bar Kochba’s defeat, and was forced ...