The origin of the common name of osmanthus tree

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Legend has it that in ancient times, at the foot of Liangying Mountain, there lived a widow who sold mountain wine. She is generous and kind, and her wine is mellow and delicious. People respected her and called her Brewmaster. One winter, it was freezing. Early in the morning, Miss Xianjiu just opened the door and suddenly saw a scrawny man lying outside, obviously a beggar. Mrs. Fairy Wine touched the man's nose, and there was still some breath, so she took him home, filled him with hot soup first, and fed him half a glass of wine. The man woke up slowly and said excitedly, "thank you, madam, for saving my life." I am a paralytic. If I go out, I will starve to death. Please be kind and take me in for a few more days. " Mrs. Xianjiu is embarrassed, as the saying goes, "there are 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 and starve to death! Finally agreed to let him stay for a while. As expected, the gossip about Miss Guan Yuxian's wine soon spread, 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 it up. The man left without saying goodbye. Mrs. Xianjiu was uneasy, looking around, and met a white-haired old man 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 weakly, "Water, water, ..." Where can there be 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 blew, and a yellow cloth bag was flying in the sky. There were many small yellow paper bags in it, and there was a yellow note that said, "The Moon Palace gave laurel seeds as a reward for 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. Xianjiu realized that this paralytic and the old man carrying firewood were all changed by Wu Gang. As soon as the news spread, people from far and near came to see Suo Guizi. Well-intentioned people planted cinnamon seeds, and soon they grew osmanthus trees, which were full of sweetness and infinite brilliance. People with ulterior motives just don't plant cassia seeds, which makes him feel embarrassed and turns to good thoughts. Everyone is very grateful to miss fairy wine. It was her kindness that touched WU GANG Daxian, who runs osmanthus trees in the Moon Palace, and spread osmanthus wine all over the world. Since then, osmanthus and osmanthus wine have appeared in the world.

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Legend has it that a long time ago, there was a plague in Xianning, which killed almost one third of the people. People use all kinds of conveniences to no avail. At the foot of the mountain, there is a brave, loyal and filial young man named WU GANG, whose mother can't get up. 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. On August 15th, there was a ladder on Guabang Mountain to 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 this year, I missed the annual flowering period of osmanthus fragrans, and I have to wait another year. To make a long story short, this WU GANG went through a lot of hardships and finally reached the summit 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 saw this thing in the world. He was very unhappy, so he picked it desperately, always trying to pick more 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. This year, a osmanthus tree was gone, and we couldn't eat moon cakes, so we 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's game is against heaven. If he is not punished, he will not be able to establish the prestige of the Jade Emperor. Asked what WU GANG wanted, WU GANG said that he wanted to take osmanthus trees around 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. When WU GANG saw that he couldn't cut down a tree, he was homesick and missed his mother. So he leaves a sweet-scented osmanthus on Guabang Mountain every Mid-Autumn Festival night to express his homesickness. Year after year, the mountain on Guabang is covered with osmanthus, and the villagers use it to make tea. Xianning has never been in trouble again.

Besides, there was a girl named Chang 'e in the same village in WU GANG, and WU GANG were childhood friends. Since WU GANG went to the Moon Palace, she has been taking care of WU GANG's mother 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 this well-known touching story.