There are a high five hundred Zhang = 3.3 meters laurel inside the legend moon.Han dynasty has the person who is called Wu Gang occasionally ,is infatuated Yu Xian studies say but no attentive ,Heaven's Emperor is enraged therefore,reside in with him in the palace of the moon,make him cut down cinnamon in the palace of the moon ,saying together:"If you fell cinnamon,may obtain magic arts ".But Wu Gang chops one axe every time ,the axe gets up but the tree wound heals right away immediately,day in and day out,Wu Gang attacks desire of the Chinese cinnamon not having reached yet ,Wu Gang cuts down Chinese cinnamon therefore in the palace of the moon average year,all the time cannot fell this sets up ,the future generations people fells as a result without cessation in managing to see Wu Gang in the month the laurel image.傳說月亮里有一棵高五百丈的月桂樹.漢朝時(shí)有個(gè)叫吳剛的人,醉心于仙道而不專心學(xué)習(xí),因此天帝震怒,把他居留在月宮,令他在月宮伐桂樹,并說：“如果你砍倒桂樹,就可獲仙術(shù).”但吳剛每砍一斧,斧起而樹創(chuàng)傷就馬上愈合,日復(fù)一日,吳剛伐桂的愿望仍未達(dá)成,因此吳剛在月宮常年伐桂,始終砍不倒這棵樹,因而后世的人得以見到吳剛在月中無休無止砍伐月桂的形象.