Legend has it that there is a laurel tree 500 feet high on the moon. There was a man named WU GANG in the Han Dynasty who was at fault in the process of learning immortals. Therefore, Yan Long was furious and detained him in the Moon Palace, where he was asked to cut down the osmanthus tree, saying, "If you cut down the osmanthus tree, you will be immortal." But every time WU GANG cut an axe, the tree wound healed immediately.
Day after day, Wu Gang's wish to cut Guangxi did not come true. So WU GANG cut laurels in the Moon Palace all the year round, but he couldn't cut trees. Therefore, future generations can see the image of WU GANG endlessly cutting down osmanthus trees in the middle of the month.
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Story origin
The earliest documentary record of Wu Gang's myth of cutting Guangxi was later than Youyang Miscellanies in the Tang Dynasty.
As a collection of note novels, the first volume has 20 volumes, and the sequel 10 volumes. There are immortals, buddhas, ghosts, people, animals, plants, food, wine, temples and so on. , and classified and catalogued. Some content belongs to the legend category, while others record exotic things in different places, similar to Jin Zhanghua's natural history.
What it describes is either based on old news or written by itself. Many of these titles are quite obscure and bizarre, such as "History of Daohu", "Notes on Buddhist Books and Monuments", "Burying Bodies", "Strange Purposes and Nogory Records" and so on. The sequel, The Story of the Temple Pagoda, consists of two volumes, detailing the buildings and murals of the Buddhist temples in Chang 'an, and preserving many precious historical materials for future generations to compile the chronicle of Chang 'an.
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