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Legends about the Great Wall

Meng Jiangnu cry the Great Wall

The folk story of Meng Jiangnv crying at the Great Wall is a famous folk tale in ancient China. It is widely circulated in the form of drama, folk songs, poetry and rap, which can be described as a household name. According to legend, during the reign of Qin Shihuang, the labor was heavy, and young men and women Fan Xiliang and Meng Jiangnu got married for three days. The groom was forced to start building the Great Wall, and soon died of hunger, cold and fatigue, and his bones were buried under the walls of the Great Wall. Meng Jiangnv wore a warm coat and went through a lot of hardships. Wan Li came to the Great Wall to look for her husband, but what he got was her bad news. She wept bitterly at the gate of the city for three days and nights, and the city was torn apart, revealing Fan Xiliang's body. Meng Jiangnv threw herself into the sea in despair.

Legend has it that a long time ago, there was a Mengjiazhuang in Songjiang Prefecture, Jiangsu Province, and there was an old man in Mengjiazhuang who was good at growing gourds. This year, the gourds he planted are very prosperous, and one of them actually grew to the neighbor Jiang Jiayuan. Meng and Jiang are very close, so they met in autumn and married half the Hulu family. In autumn, there is a big gourd. Meng and Jiang are very happy. They picked the gourd and prepared to share it. Suddenly, I heard a child crying from the gourd. Meng Laohan was very strange, so he cut the gourd with a knife and looked at it. There is a little girl sitting in a gourd with a red face and a round mouth, which is very pleasing. The old lady of the Chiang family was overjoyed when she saw it. She picked it up and said, "Give me this child!" " "But Meng old man has no children and no daughters, so we have to. The two families quarreled for a while. Later, I had to ask the elders in the village to break it. The elder said, "You two families agreed that the gourd family is half, so let's assume that the children in the gourd are your two families." So the little girl became the apple of Jiang Meng's eye. Old and childless, he lives in the Meng family and is named. The stars move and fly, and Meng Jiangnv grows up day by day. She is ingenious, clever and beautiful. She weaves and sings orioles, and Meng Laohan regards it as a treasure. On this day, Meng Jiangnv finished sewing and went to play in the back garden. Lotus flowers are in full bloom in the garden, and the water in the pool is as clear as blue. Suddenly, a pair of big butterflies landed on the lotus leaf by the pool and caught her attention. She walked over gently and slapped the fan, not wanting to push too hard, and the fan fell into the water. Meng Jiangnu was very angry, so she rolled up her sleeves and reached for it. Suddenly, she heard something behind her and looked back quickly. It turned out to be a young boy standing under a tree, dusty and exhausted. Meng Jiangnv hurried to find her parents. Meng Laohan was very angry with the young people for entering the back garden without permission. He asked, "Who are you who dare to enter my back garden without permission?" The young man quickly and repeatedly confessed and told the story. It turns out that this young man's name is Fan Xiliang, and he is from Suzhou. He studied since he was a child and wrote many articles. I don't want Qin Shihuang to build the Great Wall and catch Ding everywhere. Three Ding Pingyi, five Ding Pinger, Li Min complained bitterly. Fan Xiliang quickly escaped in disguise. Just now, because I was hungry and thirsty, I went to the garden to have a rest. I didn't want to disturb Meng Jiangnv, so I pleaded guilty again and again. Meng Jiangnv saw that Fan Xiliang knew how to write books and was honest, so she secretly made a wish. Meng Laohan also sympathized with Fan Xiliang, so he stayed with him. Meng Jiangnv made it clear to her father that Meng Laohan was very much in favor of it. He hurried to the front hall and said to Fan Xiliang, "You are wandering around now and have no place to live. I want to make you my husband. what do you think? Fan Xiliang quickly left his seat and said, "I'm a fugitive, and I'm afraid I'll bring trouble to my young lady in the future." . I dare not think about getting married. "But Meng Jiangnv has made up her mind that she doesn't want to get married unless she likes it. Finally, Fan Xiliang finally agreed. Meng Laohan was happy from ear to ear. He quickly discussed with the Chiang family, chose an auspicious day and married them. It happened that there was a rogue in Mengjiazhuang who looked down on the beauty of Jiang Nv and visited relatives and friends many times. Meng Laohan insisted that he held a grudge, and Meng Jiangnu cried at the Great Wall.

Waiting for revenge. Now that I have heard about Fan Xiliang, I secretly went to the government to tell the secret, and took the officers and men to arrest people. At this point, the Meng family was still in the dark. They have just been married for three days and are still immersed in joy. Suddenly, with a loud noise, the door was knocked open and a group of officers and men rushed in. They jumped in and tied Fan Xiliang's rope. Meng Jiangnv rushed forward and was pushed away by the officers and men, watching her husband being taken away. From then on, Meng Jiangnu missed you day and night, and she was very sad. In a blink of an eye, winter came and it snowed heavily. Jiang Nv wants her husband to build the Great Wall. It's freezing. She has no clothes to keep out the cold. She rushed to sew cotton-padded clothes day and night, singing her own ditty while doing it: "The moon is curved, and Meng Jiangnv's husband built the Great Wall. Even though Wan Li went all the way, it was a warm coat. " Overnight, the cotton-padded clothes were ready, and Meng Jiangnv trudged all the way and embarked on a journey. Along the way, I waded through mountains and rivers, slept in the wind, and rushed forward day and night without knowing hunger, thirst and fatigue. This day finally came to the foot of the Great Wall. But there are tens of thousands of migrant workers under the Great Wall. Where can we find them? She asked everyone, and the kind civilian worker told her that Fan Xiliang died of fatigue and was buried in the Great Wall to build a wall. Meng Jiangnv felt a knife in her heart, so she asked kind migrant workers to take her to bury the Great Wall in Fan Xiliang. Sitting at the gate, Meng Jiangnv was both sad and angry: I went all the way to find my husband to send cold clothes, but in the end I couldn't even find his bones, which didn't hurt my heart. The more I think about it, the sadder it gets. I cried day and night at the Great Wall, without drinking or eating, like crying at the cuckoo and looking at the moon. This feeling of crying shook the earth, the white clouds stopped and the birds were silent. I cried for seven days and nights, and suddenly I heard a mountain ringing, which shook the mountain for a while. Sand and stones flew, and the Great Wall collapsed for eight hundred miles, revealing Fan Xiliang's bones. The Great Wall fell 800 miles, and the officers and men became alert. They reported to Qin Shihuang. Qin Shihuang was furious and ordered the arrest of Meng Jiangnv. When Meng Jiangnu was arrested, Qin Shihuang wanted to marry her as soon as he saw her extraordinary beauty. Meng Jiangnv said, "If you want me to be your concubine, you must first rely on three things: first, you must build a long bridge, ten miles long and ten miles wide; Second, we should build a mound on Shilifang Mountain; Third, long live wearing linen to pay homage to the grave. " Qin Shihuang thought about it and agreed. In a few days, all the graves of Long Bridge will be built. Qin Shihuang, dressed in linen, lined up, crossed the long bridge on the city and came to the grave to offer sacrifices. After the sacrifice, Qin Shihuang asked Meng Jiangnv to return to the palace with him. Meng Jiangnv sneered: "You are so cruel and vicious, and you have harmed the people all over the world. Now you killed my husband. Can I be your concubine? Forget it! " After that, he held her husband's bones and jumped into the rough sea. At that time, the waves rolled and soared, as if lamenting for Meng Jiangnu.