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Where is WU GANG from? Why did he cut laurel trees on the moon?
There are two legends about WU GANG cutting laurel trees.

First, in the Han Dynasty, there was a man named WU GANG, who was ignorant every day, but obsessed with the way of cultivating immortals, eager to soar to immortality one day, and gathered a group of believers, which led to a bad atmosphere.

Later, this incident was known by the Emperor of Heaven, and he was very angry. He found WU GANG and said to him: Since you really want to cultivate immortality, I have a way to help you. There is a 550-foot-high osmanthus tree in 500 miles next to the Moon Palace, which has extraordinary strength. If you can cut down this tree, you can live forever. Would you? ? When WU GANG heard that there was such a beautiful thing, he agreed without saying anything.

When he arrived at the Moon Palace, he began to chop, only to find that every time he chopped an axe, the wound of the osmanthus tree healed immediately. Day after day, WU GANG struggled, but he couldn't cut the laurel tree, so later generations could always see the picture of WU GANG cutting the laurel tree on the moon.

Second, WU GANG, formerly known as Wu Quan, fell in love with a beautiful girl at the age of 65,438+06 and made a lifelong commitment. Once WU GANG went hunting and found a fairy and told him that he could cultivate immortals. WU GANG said goodbye to his wife in a hurry for five years.

A lot can happen in five years. Wu's wife met her grandson, Bo Ling, who was still a warm man, and was finally attracted by his singing and fell in love. A few years later, Wu's wife gave birth to three children for Buring, and gradually forgot the existence of WU GANG.

I want to make the years quiet, but I can't. Wu Gang returned from cultivating immortals five years later and walked to the familiar door, only to hear the voice of a strange man and the voice of children playing. The more he listened, the more wrong he became. He pushed open the door and found a strange man singing to his wife. WU GANG suddenly understood the truth and killed Berlin in a rage. Emperor Yan was furious when he knew this, and sent WU GANG to cut osmanthus trees on the moon.