Apollo saw Daphne and ran to her at once, but Daphne ran away in panic. During the chase, the sun god murmured his love to her, but this only made Daphne more afraid. In this way, one chased and the other fled, crossing many Shan Ye. Gradually, Daphne lost her strength. She felt breathless-Apollo's footsteps were in her ear, and she could even feel his breathing. Daphne turned to her father for help in despair: "Please help me, father! The earth cracked. Swallow me in! " As soon as her voice fell, she became stiff: her body became a trunk, her blonde hair stretched into leaves, her arms became branches, and her feet, which can run well now, took root. Her head was covered by thick shade, leaving only her beauty and cleanliness.
Although Daphne became a tree, Apollo still liked her very much. He clung to the trunk and the leaves rustled. "You will be my tree," he said. "You will be evergreen all the year round and become the winner." From then on, Apollo honored the laurel as his sacred tree, and his hair, piano and quiver were decorated with branches and leaves of the laurel. Every year, the best poet in Greece selected by him will also be given a crown made of cassia twig as a sign of glory. This is the origin of "Poet Laureate".
Any of various trees or shrubs of the genus laurel, especially laurel, whose leaves were used by the ancient Greeks to crown the winners of the Pythia movement.
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 obsessed with fairy tales and didn't concentrate on reading. He was banished to the moon to cut laurel, but the laurel in the moon was also cut, and it was cut endlessly, so later generations could see the image of WU GANG cutting laurel endlessly in the middle of the month.