Wugang cut laurel

There are several versions of this legend.

One of the legends

Legend has it that WU GANG's wife had an affair with Sun Boling, the grandson of Emperor Yan. WU GANG killed Boling in a rage, angered the Sun God of Emperor Yan, and was sent to the moon to cut down immortal trees. However, laurel and cuttings hit it off. Every time WU GANG cuts an axe, the branches and leaves cut by the axe will grow back on the tree. After so long, WU GANG still failed to cut down the laurel tree. Feeling guilty, WU GANG's wife ordered her three sons to become toads, rabbits and snakes and fly to the moon to accompany WU GANG. In order to help his father cut down the osmanthus tree as soon as possible, Yutu kept mashing the cut branches and leaves.

2 Legend 2

WU GANG, also known as Wu Quan, is a native of Xihe. Sun Boling, the son of Emperor Yan, had an affair with WU GANG's wife when he left home for three years in WU GANG, and gave birth to three children. WU GANG killed Boling in a rage, angered Emperor Yan, sent WU GANG to the moon, and ordered him to cut down the immortal tree-laurel. The laurel tree is 500 feet high and can be cut down together. Emperor Yan used this endless labor as a punishment for WU GANG.

WU GANG's wife also felt guilty about her husband's experience and ordered her three sons to fly to the moon to accompany WU GANG. One turned into a toad, one into a rabbit and one into a snake. See Shan Hai Jing.

3 Legend 3

WU GANG in The Worse Gate is close to Chang 'e on the moon, but he often hangs to greet Chang 'e and neglects his duty. When the Jade Emperor knew about it, he was very angry and sent WU GANG to cut down a big tree called laurel on the moon. If WU GANG hadn't cut down the laurel tree, he wouldn't have returned to the worse gate, and he wouldn't have seen Chang 'e.

WU GANG cut and cut for half a year from winter to summer. When the tree was about to be cut down, the Jade Emperor sent a crow to the osmanthus tree, and with a swish, he took WU GANG's coat hanging on the tree. WU GANG immediately put down his axe and went after the crow. After the clothes were taken back, WU GANG returned to the tree and saw that all the branches and leaves that had been cut were born on the tree again. So, from then on, whenever WU GANG wanted to cut off all the branches and leaves of the osmanthus tree, the crow stood on the tree and shouted "Wow, Wow". As long as WU GANG stops his axe and takes a look, the tree will grow branches again.

In this way, year after year, WU GANG cut down more trees than this moon tree. Only on August 16 every year will a leaf fall from the moon to the ground. Whoever finds this laurel leaf will get inexhaustible gold and silver jewelry.

4 Legend 4

WU GANG cut osmanthus to make the best wine in the world-osmanthus wine.

WU GANG cuts down trees every day. Thousands of years have passed, and that magical osmanthus tree is still as old and full of vitality. Every Mid-Autumn Festival, I miss my parents twice. WU GANG knew that there were no osmanthus trees in the world, and he was going to spread the seeds of osmanthus trees to the world.

In ancient times, there lived a widow selling wild grapes at the foot of two mountains in Hangzhou. She is generous and kind, and her wine is mellow and delicious. People respected her and called her Brewmaster. One winter, there was ice and snow. Early in the morning, Miss Xianjiu just opened the door and suddenly saw a skinny, naked middle-aged man lying outside, obviously a beggar. Fairy wine lady touched the man's nose and mouth, and when she still had some breath, she was very kind. No matter what others said about her, she carried him home, first filled him with hot soup and fed him half a glass of wine.

The man woke up slowly and said excitedly, "madam, thank you for saving your life." I am paralyzed. If I go out, I won't freeze to death, but I will starve to death. Please be kind and take me in for a few days. "

Lady Xianjiu was embarrassed, because as the saying goes, there were many things in front of the widow's door. If a man like this lives at home, others will gossip. But think again, you can't watch him freeze to death or starve to death! Finally agreed to let him stay for a while.

As expected, the gossip about Miss Xianjiu spread quickly, and everyone alienated her, and fewer and fewer people came to the hotel to buy wine.

But miss Xianjiu endured the pain and took care of the man wholeheartedly. Later people didn't come to buy wine, and she couldn't keep going. The man didn't take French leave and didn't know where to go.

Mrs. Xianjiu was uneasy, looking around, and met an old man with white hair on the hillside, carrying a load of dry wood and walking hard. Mrs. Xianjiu was about to help when the old man suddenly fell down and the dry wood was scattered all over the floor. The old man closed his eyes, his lips trembled, and he shouted feebly: Water, water … Where is water on the barren hills and slopes? Fairy wine lady bit her middle finger, suddenly, blood flowed. She put her finger on the old man's mouth and he suddenly disappeared.

A breeze, a yellow cloth bag flying in the sky, containing many small yellow paper bags, and a yellow note that read:

The Moon Palace gives laurel seeds and rewards good people. Gao Fu Gui Shu Bi, life is full of flowers and trees. Pick flowers to brew osmanthus wine, and send it to mom and dad first. WU GANG is helpful, but treacherous.

Mrs. Fairy Wine realized that this paralytic and the old man with firewood were all changed by Wu Gang. As soon as the story spread, people from far and near came to Mrs. Fairy Wine to buy osmanthus wine.

Good-hearted people plant cinnamon seeds, and will soon grow osmanthus trees, which will bloom with sweet and infinite scenery.

For people with ulterior motives, the planted cassia seeds just don't take root and sprout, which makes them feel embarrassed and turn their hearts to goodness.

Everyone is very grateful to Mrs. Fairy Wine. It was her kindness that moved WU GANG Daxian, who was in charge of osmanthus trees in the Moon Palace, and sprinkled cinnamon on the earth. Since then, osmanthus and osmanthus wine have emerged in the world.

At that time, WU GANG's wife, because of her inner guilt, called her three sons, one named Drum, one named Yan and the other named Yan, and flew to the moon together to accompany their nominal father through the long and endless cold years. WU GANG's three sons, named Drum, became a toad, Yan, Rabbit and Yan, an unknown genius. Since then, arrows have been made, bells and chimes have been made of drums and drums, and the composition of music has also been formulated. So the lonely Guanghan Palace is often filled with Yue Xian.

Historical legends

Later, when Emperor Ming of the Tang Dynasty roamed the Moon Palace, he recorded these pieces of music and returned to the world and created Song of Nishang. Legend has it that when Emperor Tang Ming roamed the Moon Palace, WU GANG also met him! It's just that his face was tired, his axe was covered with black rust, and his worn-out sleeves were worn out because no one mended them.

The fifth legend

Legend has it that a long time ago, there was a plague in Xianning, and almost one third of the people died. People used all kinds of folk remedies, but all of them were useless. At the foot of the mountain, there is a brave, loyal and filial young man named WU GANG, and his mother is also ill in bed. The young man goes up the mountain every day to collect medicine to save his mother. One day, Guanyin returned from her eastward tour and was rushing back to the west for the Mid-Autumn Festival. When he passed by, he saw the young man collecting medicine on the cliff, and he was deeply moved. In the evening, I had a dream for him, saying that there was a tree named Osmanthus fragrans in the Moon Palace with golden flowers. Soaking in water could cure this plague. From Guibang Mountain to August 15th, there is a ladder to hang in the Moon Palace. Tonight is August 12, and the Mid-Autumn Festival will be celebrated in three days. But to get to the top of the hanging list, you have to cross seven deep streams and climb seven cliffs. It takes at least seven days and seven nights, but time waits for no one. After August 15, I missed the annual flowering period of osmanthus fragrans and had to wait another year. To make a long story short, this WU GANG went through a lot of hardships and finally reached the top of the Guibang on the evening of August 15, catching up with the ladder leading to the Moon Palace. August is the season of sweet-scented osmanthus, and the fragrance is floating outside the clouds. WU GANG followed the scent to the osmanthus tree, looked at the golden osmanthus, and was very happy to see this thing in the sky. He picked it desperately, always wanting to pick more and go back to save his mother and villagers. But I couldn't hold it when I picked too many, so I thought of a way. He shook the osmanthus tree, causing it to fall down one after another and fall into the river at the foot of the mountain. Suddenly, the river was fragrant and dyed golden yellow. People drank this river, and all the diseases were cured. So people said, this is not a river, it is obviously the life-saving water of a river that is more expensive than gold, so people named this river Jinshui. Later, three points of water were added to the gold inscription, and it was named "Ganjiang". Tonight is the fairy party held in Tiangong on August 15, where they will enjoy the moon and eat moon cakes. At this time, the fragrance of osmanthus rose into the sky, which alarmed the immortals and sent people to investigate. When the police officer arrived at the Moon Palace, he saw that the osmanthus tree in the sacred tree of the Moon Palace and the precious osmanthus tree in Dinggong Palace were all gone, and they all fell into the "dry river" of the world, so he reported it to the Jade Emperor. The Jade Emperor was furious. You know, the Jade Emperor likes to eat moon cakes made of osmanthus. Without osmanthus trees, he couldn't eat moon cakes, so he sent heavenly soldiers to catch WU GANG.

After WU GANG caught it, he told the Jade Emperor what happened that night. The Jade Emperor was speechless after hearing this, and really admired the young man. But WU GANG broke the rules of heaven after all. If he is not punished, he will not be able to establish the prestige of the Jade Emperor. The Jade Emperor asked WU GANG what he wanted, and WU GANG said he would bring osmanthus trees to the world to help the poor. So the Jade Emperor thought of an idea, which could not only punish WU GANG, but also promise WU GANG's request. He said that as long as you cut the osmanthus, you can take it away. So WU GANG found a big axe to chop down, trying to cut down the tree quickly. Who knows, the Jade Emperor cast a spell and cut it for a long time, so WU GANG cut it for thousands of years. Seeing that the tree can't be cut down, WU GANG is homesick for his mother, so every Mid-Autumn Festival night, he drops a sweet-scented osmanthus on Guibang Mountain to express his homesickness. Year after year, Guibang Mountain is covered with osmanthus, and villagers use this osmanthus to make tea. Xianning is no longer a disaster. Besides, there was a girl named Chang 'e in the same village in WU GANG, and WU GANG was a childhood friend. They had no guess and fell in love. WU GANG has been taking care of WU GANG's mother since she went to the Moon Palace. Until the old man died. WU GANG and Chang 'e live in different places, and their love for each other is growing day by day. WU GANG won't come back until he cuts down the osmanthus tree, and Chang 'e won't be able to meet Wu Lang. Finally, one day, the Queen Mother took her seven daughters to Mingshui Spring at the foot of Guabang Mountain to take a bath. When Chang 'e saw it, she secretly took the elixir of the Seven Fairies, took it home to eat, and took her own jade rabbit to see WU GANG in heaven. The seven fairies can't go back to heaven without the elixir, and they can only go to heaven when their sister comes to take a bath three days later. You know, one day in the sky, one year on the earth, in these three years, the seven fairies met Yong Dong, so there was that touching story that was a household name.