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What's the name of the man who cut down trees on the moon?
The name of the man who cut down trees on the moon is WU GANG. The saying that some people cut down trees on the moon comes from the China myth that "WU GANG cut down laurel". It is said that WU GANG was punished by Heaven for cutting down a laurel tree in front of the Moon Palace, but every time he cut down a laurel tree, the damaged place was immediately closed and cut down forever.

What's the name of the man who cut down trees on the moon?

The story of cutting down osmanthus trees in the Moon Palace in Wugang originated in China during the Tang Dynasty, and it really became popular at the end of the Tang Dynasty, reaching a household name.

Since the late Tang Dynasty, the Moon Palace in Wugang has been written by later generations in the form of poems, words, songs and notes. Among them, Huang Ru and Li Yuan, famous writers in Song Dynasty, and Li He, known as "Shi Gui", wrote "Li Ping Yong Yin" and so on.