The Main Contents of WU GANG's "Cutting Gui"

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 laurel tree. Only on August 16 every year will a leaf fall from the moon to the ground. Who is the most industrious, Jin Yezi will float to whom, and whose family will have endless wealth.

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Among many traditional festivals in China, the Mid-Autumn Festival has a unique feeling. It takes the moon as its core. The ancients often called Mid-Autumn Festival "Moon Festival", "Moon Festival" and "Moon Worship Festival". At the same time, many touching legends in history are also related to this festival, telling its cultural implications, such as the Goddess Chang'e flying to the moon, Jade Rabbit, WU GANG and other goddesses.

In addition, the Mid-Autumn Festival emphasizes the connotation of reunion, which is not only a festival of reunion and happiness, but also a festival of adding fragrance to poetry and wine and connecting blood.

There are three customs that run through the Mid-Autumn Festival and last for thousands of years, namely, offering sacrifices to the moon, enjoying the moon and playing with the moon. Sacrificing the moon, also known as "Yue Bai", is a typical "worship" belief. With the development of the times, people's worship of the moon has changed, but their heartfelt admiration has never been forgotten.

Since the Tang Dynasty, the theme of enjoying the moon and playing with the moon in the Mid-Autumn Festival has been very prominent. Yue Bai is mainly played by women, and there is a custom that "men don't Yue Bai and women don't sacrifice stoves".

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