What is the historical story of the Great Wall in Beijing?

Jiayuguan City, the wall is 9 meters high, and dozens of pavilions of different sizes and countless stacked walls will be built on the wall. The amount of bricks used is amazing. At that time, the construction conditions were very poor, there was no lifting equipment, and it was all carried by hand. At that time, the bricks used to repair Guancheng were all burned 40 miles away. After the brick is burned, it will be pulled to the bottom of Guancheng by ox cart, and then carried up manually.

Because of the height of the city, the only way to get up and down is steep and it is difficult to get up and down. Although many people were sent to carry the bricks on the wall, all of them were tired to death, but the bricks on their backs were still in short supply, which seriously affected the progress of the project.

One day, a shepherd boy came here to play with sheep. Seeing this scene, he had a brainwave. He took off his belt, tied a brick at both ends and put it on the goat. Then he patted the goat on the back with his hand. The little goat trotted up the wall with a brick on its back. People were surprised and happy after seeing it, and they followed suit. A large number of bricks were quickly transported to the city wall.

2. Ice transportation of stones

At the beginning, when Jiayuguan City was built, thousands of them were 2 meters long and 0 meters wide. The thickness is 0. 5m. It takes 3 meters. After the craftsman chisels the stone strips in Montenegro, he can't lift them, the cart can't walk, and the mountain is high and the road is far, so he can't transport them. Everyone is worried while cutting stone strips. Seeing that winter is coming, the stone strips have not been shipped out of the mountains. If the construction period is delayed, it will be small without salary, and this head will be difficult to protect.

Everyone sighed for a long time. Just then, suddenly there was a muffled thunder from the top of the mountain, and a piece of brocade fell from the white clouds. All the craftsmen quickly caught it and saw several lines looming on it. After reading it, everyone suddenly realized and did it. When winter comes, people build a road from the mountain to Guancheng, and splash water on the road to form an ice road.

Then the stone strips were put on the ice track for sliding transportation. As a result, the stone strips were transported to Jiayuguan City very smoothly, which not only did not delay the construction period, but also saved a lot of construction period. In order to thank God for his protection, many craftsmen built temples near Guancheng to worship the gods, which became a must-visit place for craftsmen after they started their careers.

3. Hit Shi Yanming

According to legend, in ancient times, there was a pair of swallows nesting in Rouyuanmen, Jiayuguan. One morning, two swallows went through the customs. At dusk, the female Yan flew back first, and when the male Yan came back, the door was closed and he could not enter the customs. As a result, the female Yan was heartbroken and made a "chirp" sound from time to time, crying and dying.

After his death, his soul is still there. Every time someone hits the wall with a stone, he makes a "chirp" to tell people. In ancient times, people thought it was auspicious to hear the sound of Yan Ming in Jiayuguan. When the general went to war, his wife knocked on the wall to pray. Later, before going out, the soldiers took their children to pray in the corner, which formed a custom.

4. The Legend of Jiayu Mountain

A long time ago, the snow water flowing from Qilian Mountain flowed into Beida River continuously, passed through the wasteland in the middle of Hexi Corridor, watered the fertile fields in that area and nurtured the people of all ethnic groups there.

One day, a shepherd boy was herding sheep in the wasteland and met an eccentric old man with a bag of stones and sand on his back. I asked him how to get to the Beida River and said, "This Beida River used to be my home, but it was robbed by a group of people. I'm going to block the Beida River with stone sand this time. "

The shepherd boy was very angry after hearing this, and immediately retorted, "Don't say that you used a bag of stone sand. Even if you move the mountains in the north, you want to divert to the Beida River." Hearing this, the old man immediately scattered the bag of stones and sand to the left and right.

Suddenly, many hills and a mountain rose from the wasteland, which is now Jiayu Mountain. It turns out that this strange old man is a turtle, but he is reading a spell in his mouth in an attempt to knock down Jiayu Mountain to block the Beida River. At this moment, there was a sudden strong wind, lightning and thunder, and the Jade Emperor sent Raytheon to kill the old man.

At the place where he died, a mountain bag shaped like a turtle immediately rose, which is now the "turtle covers the mountain"

5. Wannian Grey and Yanjing City

People say that the Great Wall of Wan Li was first built by Qin Shihuang. In fact, he didn't build the Great Wall at first. As early as the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period before Qin Shihuang, there was a prince of Yan State, who was in danger of being eaten by neighboring countries at any time because of his small territory, few military forces and weak strength. In order to save his country, the monarch of Yan requisitioned civilian workers and built a high wall on his national border to prevent foreign enemies from invading.

Because there was no lime at that time, the walls, stones and bricks he built were plastered with mud. In order to seize the time and repair the city wall as soon as possible, he ordered not to stop work in winter. It was cold and the mud needed hot water, so the migrant workers carried the big iron pot to the construction site, supported it with three stones, and added firewood to boil water. Over time, the iron pot was burned with a big hole, and the water in the pot leaked out; Put out the fire under the pot.

However, migrant workers also unexpectedly found that when water was spilled on the stones in the pot, the hot stones exploded in the water, and many white noodles were fried. It's strange for migrant workers to watch and think. When a person mixes this white flour with water and thinks it is wetter and more sticky than mud, he puts it in the gap between stone strips and bricks.

The next day, migrant workers found that the stone strips and brick joints plastered with this white flour were much stronger than those plastered with mud. Yan people were inspired and burned lime to wipe the seams of the city walls. Later, Qin Shihuang unified China, and in order to keep the throne, he also built the Great Wall of Wan Li in the form of a prince.

When construction started, he ordered the original Yan people to do the work of burning lime. Therefore, the white plasters used to build the Great Wall at that time were all burned by Yan people. Where the Great Wall was built, it was burned on the hillside. The quality of the burned ash was very good, and it was called "eternal ash" by later generations, which means it will not deteriorate for ten thousand years.

After the Great Wall was completed, other migrant workers returned to their respective places. Because Yan people burned ashes, Qin Shihuang allocated gold and silver to build a town for Yan people. This town is now Beijing. So at that time, Beijing was called Yanjing, and the mountain where Yan people burned ashes with stones was collectively called Yanshan.