It is said that the Ching dynasty ch'in maker Lei Wei, each time it snowed, donned his palm-bark rain cape and bamboo rain hat, and went deep into Omei Mountain to listen to the whistling of the winds in the pines. When he heard one that was especially lingering, he cut it down and brought it back.
古來就有不少傳奇軼事。像是唐朝的斲琴者雷威，每逢大風雪就喝得微醺，披上蓑衣、笠帽，深入峨嵋山中，傾聽松林的呼嘯聲，聽到聲音特別綿長悠遠的，便砍下帶回。