Brief introduction to Meng Jiangnv's story

The story of Meng Jiangnv is that Fan Xiliang, Meng Jiangnv's husband, was recruited by Wang Wei to build the Great Wall (now the Great Wall of Warring States at the junction of Weihui and Huixian). He died of fatigue and hunger and was buried under the Great Wall. Meng Jiangnv found her husband in Chishan section of Weihui, and cried to the Great Wall, which moved the world. The Great Wall collapsed, revealing her husband's bones.

The story happened in the Qin Dynasty. After Qin Shihuang unified the world, he began to collect the prime of life from all over the country to build the Great Wall. Be forced to collect labor, or you will be taken away. Many young people have to start their own escape, and Fan Xiliang is one of them.

On the way to avoid government arrest, Fan Xiliang hid in the backyard of a family and met Meng Jiangnv. They fell in love at first sight and began to live together, ready to get married. Who knows the wedding night, the government began to grasp the labor force, and Fan Xiliang was directly taken away to repair the Great Wall. From then on, she never came back, leaving Meng Jiangnv waiting at home alone.

Meng Jiangnv missed her husband day and night, and finally got up the courage to start her own path of finding relatives. She stumbled all the way to the bottom of the Great Wall, but didn't see her husband. On the contrary, she heard from the workers that Fan Xiliang was exhausted by overwork and was buried in the Great Wall.

After learning the news, Meng Jiangnv burst into tears and was extremely sad. She cried under the Great Wall for three days and nights. Just as Meng Jiangnu was crying under the Great Wall, suddenly the sky was overcast, the weather turned cloudy in an instant, and a section of the Great Wall suddenly collapsed, just revealing Fan Xiliang's body.

Meng jiangnv s influence on later generations;

The story of Meng Jiangnv crying down the Great Wall is widely circulated in China, which can be said to be a household name. In memory of her, later generations built the Notre Dame Temple, commonly known as Meng Jiangnv Temple. This Notre Dame Temple is located at the top of North Phoenix Mountain in Shi Cun, 6.5km east of Shanhaiguan District, Qinhuangdao City. 1956 was announced as the first batch of key cultural relics protection units in Hebei province.

The state attaches great importance to the protection of intangible cultural heritage. On May 20th, 2006, the legend of Meng Jiangnv was approved by the State Council to be included in the first batch of cultural relics. On July 14 and 16, the legend of Meng Jiangnv was officially listed in the fourth batch of national intangible cultural heritage. Meng Jiangnv's hometown is Chayekou Town, Laiwu City (formerly known as Laiwu Wu Mou).

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