Liancheng historical meteorology

This story happened a long time ago, when Qin Shihuang was recruiting 800,000 migrant workers to build the Great Wall of Wan Li. The government arrested people everywhere as migrant workers, and the arrested people built the Great Wall day and night. I don't know how tired they are

There is a scholar named Fan Xiliang in Suzhou. In order to escape from the government, he had to hide everywhere. One day, he fled to Meng Jia Garden and met Meng Jiangnv by chance. Meng Jiangnv is a clever girl. She hid Fan Xiliang with her parents. The two old people like Fan Xiliang very much, so they betrothed Meng Jiangnv to him as their wife.

Less than three days after their marriage, Fan Xiliang was arrested for building the Great Wall. Meng Jiangnv cried like a crybaby, waiting for her husband to come back. Half a year has passed, and there is no news about Fan Xiliang. It is already late autumn, the north wind is blowing everywhere, the reed flowers are turning white, and the weather is getting colder every day. Meng Jiangnv must be very cold when she thinks of her husband building the Great Wall in the north. She sewed her own clothes to keep out the cold, went on her way, and made up her mind to go to the Great Wall of Wan Li to find Fan Xiliang.

Along the way, Meng Jiangnv experienced many difficulties and hardships before she came to the foot of the Great Wall. Who knows that the migrant workers who built the Great Wall told her that Fan Xiliang was dead and his bones were filled into the wall. Hearing this heartbreaking news, Meng Jiangnv only felt that it was dark and suddenly fainted to the ground. After waking up, she cried sadly, only crying very sadly, and the sun and the moon were dark. I don't know how long I cried, but suddenly I heard an earth-shattering noise. The Great Wall collapsed for dozens of miles, revealing countless bones. Meng Jiangnv bit her finger and blood dripped on the bone. She secretly prayed that if it was her husband's bone, blood would seep into it; If not, blood will flow everywhere. Finally, Meng Jiangnv found Fan Xiliang's bones in this way. She hugged this pile of bones and began to cry again.

Qin Shihuang saw that Meng Jiangnv was beautiful and wanted to force her to be a concubine. Meng Jiangnv gave him a false promise, but asked Qin Shihuang to do three things first: ask the monk to read Fan Xiliang the Forty-ninth Classic and then bury him properly; Qin Shihuang will personally lead the minister of civil and military affairs to cry and sacrifice to Fan Xiliang; After Fan Xiliang was buried, Meng Jiangnv was going to travel and get married three days later. Qin Shihuang had to agree to Meng Jiangnv's request. After the three things were done, Meng Jiangnu scolded Qin Shihuang and then jumped into the rolling sea.

Qi Changcheng

Built in the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period, the western part of the Great Wall is located on the Qilu border, while the eastern part passes through the country of Ju. Qi, Lu and Ju are all countries with relatively developed cultures in history, so since the construction of the Great Wall of Qi, the working people here have created many colorful legends around this grand project.

For more than two thousand years, the folklore about the Great Wall of Qi is all-encompassing and rich in content. There are myths and legends such as "Ten suns turn in turn" and "Laozi collects herbs and collects herbs in the mountains", as well as historical legends such as "General Yang Ting builds two Great Walls", "Huang Chao rebels move into Huang Chao village" and "Sister Wan Li becomes a monk in the Great Wall", and there are legends about the reasons for the construction of the Great Wall of Qi, that is, "the southern Great Wall blocks floods and the northern Great Wall blocks soldiers" and the difficult "nail cliff" in the construction of the Great Wall of Qi. There are legends of "Mu Lengguan v. Han Tong" and "Qingshiguan Zeng Guofan's resistance to the twisting army", as well as biographical legends of "General Chang was killed" and "Meng Jiangnv cried at the Great Wall".

These legends are ingenious in conception, fascinating in plot, rich in emotion and simple in language, and have been widely circulated in folk generations with their strong romanticism, becoming treasures in the treasure house of Chinese national literature. These legends and stories are not only literary, informative and interesting, but also provide important materials for us to study the history, culture, architecture and folk customs of the Great Wall of Qi.

Meng Jiang ku cheng

The Statue of Meng Jiangnv in Shi Cun Meng Jiangnv Temple in Qinhuangdao Palace, Hebei Province

There is a horizontal plaque on the niche that says "the immortal is immortal" There are couplets on both sides. The upper paragraph reads: "Qin Huang 'an builds grievances in the Great Wall of Wan Li", and the lower paragraph reads: "Jiang Nv is still alive, but she will be a stone in the future. There is a mural behind the portrait, which is "lined up by the river".

Image source: China Cultural Research Institute

Mentioning the Great Wall will remind people of the story of Meng Jiangnu crying on the Great Wall. The legend of Meng Jiangnv is almost a household name among the people, and it is well known to all women and children. It is one of the most popular folktales in China, and it also occupies a very important position in the history of world folktales and legends. This legendary story is based on the story of "Qi Liang's wife cried and her husband collapsed in the city". After more than 2500 years of artistic processing, it has become a well-known literary work. Because this story has a high degree of popularity and democracy, scholars in past dynasties always graft and clone it by stealing columns, pinning their will and fantasies, expressing their likes and dislikes and expressing their personal feelings.

Jiang Meng was born.

Once upon a time, there lived two families under the Great Wall Ridge in Shoushan, one surnamed Meng and the other surnamed Jiang. They are good neighbors separated by a wall, but none of them have children.

One year, the Meng family planted a gourd, and the gourd grew vigorously, and the gourd seedlings climbed up the roof of the Jiang family. It is strange that this gourd only bears one gourd, but this gourd grows on the walls of two houses. In autumn, the gourd is ripe, and both Meng and Jiang want to keep it for themselves. The two families don't give in to each other and quarrel endlessly. Finally, under the mediation of the villagers, it was decided that each family would be divided into half.

The two families picked the gourd and sawed it in half on the spot. The Meng family couldn't open the saw after looking for it, and finally saw it under the guidance of the carpenter. When it was sawed, everyone was very surprised! There sits a beautiful little girl who looks like a fairy. When the two families saw the little girl, they gave up the gourd, but rushed to hug the little girl. None of the two families could convince anyone. Finally, everyone mediated and the two families took turns raising the little girl.

Since then, the little girl has been raised by Meng and Jiang. One day, the Meng family said to the Jiang family, "Let's give her a name." After discussion, she was named Meng Jiangnv. Since then, the name Meng Jiangnv has been called by people. She got married when she grew up. In less than two months, her husband was recruited by Qi Weiwang as a migrant worker and went to Shoushan to build the Great Wall. Later, her husband was exhausted under the Great Wall and buried in it, and she cried. Her good reputation has been circulated among the people.

New theory of stories

The story of crying down the Great Wall first appeared in the Spring and Autumn Period (about 549 BC), when Qi was in the north of Mount Tai. In other words, Meng Jiangnv should be crying about the Great Wall of Qi, not the Great Wall built by Qin Shihuang (22 1-206 years ago). In fact, when the story appeared, Qin Changcheng had not yet been built, and the western section of the Great Wall of Qi had been completed before 557 BC. "Historical Records of Chu Family" just quoted Miracle as saying: "Qi Xuanwang rides mountains to build the Great Wall, east to the sea, and west to Jeju for more than a thousand miles." It can be seen that Qi Great Wall, not Qin Changcheng, was crying. As for the tomb of Meng Jiangnu near Shanhaiguan, it has been recorded in history. That's the tomb of Meng Jiangnv, which was changed from the virgin tomb of Qing Dynasty, and even misunderstood history. After a comprehensive inspection of the Great Wall, the Qi Great Wall expedition team put forward a new saying of crying for the Great Wall. From the perspective of historical evolution, the prototype of Meng Jiangnu is the wife of Qi Liang, whose former residence is in Changchengpu (village) of Changqing County, and her husband Qi Liang's former residence is in Qingzhou City, and Qi Liang's tomb is in Linzi District, all in Shandong Province, and all on the first line of Qi Great Wall. According to "Guanzi Light and Heavy Articles", the age of the Great Wall of Qi Dynasty: "Guanzi said: Yang of the Great Wall, Luye. The yin of the Great Wall is also angry. Guan Zhong was in Qi Huangong (685-642 BC), so Qi Huangong has the Great Wall. According to the research of China historians, the western section of the Great Wall of Qi was completed as early as fifteen years ago (557 years ago). The story of Qi Liang's wife crying her husband was first recorded in 549 BC, when the western section of the Great Wall of Qi was completed. I used to live in the Great Wall Store in the Great Wall of Xiqi. According to the story of Meng Jiangnv circulated in great wall village, Meng Jiangnv sent her husband away, returned to the Great Wall Store, wept bitterly, threw herself into Hongshijiang (the existing site of double suicide), was rescued by the Queen Mother, and later generations set up a temple as a god. It can be seen from this legend that Meng Jiangnu cried in the Great Wall and evolved into Meng Jiangnu crying in the Great Wall.

The historical story was born in Shandong, and the Great Wall of Qi was built before the death of Qi Liang. At this time, the Great Wall of Qin Changcheng and other countries has not been built, so the Great Wall called by Meng Jiangnv can only be Qi Great Wall, not other Great Walls.

Ginger in Qi State

In the ravine west of Mount Tai, there has been a traffic artery from Qi to Lu since ancient times. At the throat of this avenue, there are several villages in the north and south. The southernmost one is called Jieshou, the middle one is called Pijiadian, and the northernmost one is called Pudian. It was the junction of Qilu and Qilu. In order to defend the powerful state of Qi, the weak state of Lu built a border defense wall from west to east with tall and thick stakes, leaving only a stockade at the intersection and sending troops to guard it. Soon, a village was formed here, and its name was Jieshou. In the future, in order to do business conveniently, merchants in the State of Qi transported their goods to a place near the border between the two countries and settled down. They built shops and inns here, and soon formed villages, whose names were also called "shops" and "shops".

This year, a girl named Jiang, who moved from Linzi, the capital of Qi, was born in Puzi Village. Jiang has been smart since childhood and is very popular. With the growth of age, Xiao Mengjiang is not only more and more beautiful, but also more and more dexterous. She can spin, weave, cut and sew clothes, and her parents have always regarded her as the apple of her eye. When Meng Jiangnv was seventeen or eighteen, people came to visit relatives and friends in an endless stream. Finally, her parents chose a young man surnamed Wan, also from the capital Linzi, as her husband. The young man's name is Wan Qiliang.

After the couple got married, they were very kind, loving and sweet. This is a natural couple, a perfect couple. However, shortly after their marriage, in order to strengthen their defense, Qi vigorously recruited militia at home. First, the Great Wall was built on the border line from Taishan West to Jishui East Cliff.

At that time, young adults in China were basically recruited. Wan Qiliang is certainly not immune. At first, he built the Great Wall in his hometown. Although she is bitter and tired, Meng Jiangnv can visit her husband in the mountains at any time because he is close to home. After several years of hard construction, a very tall Great Wall has been built on the east and west hills of Puzi Village, and a very magnificent gate has also been built on the main road in the middle of Puzi Village.

After the Great Wall west of Mount Tai was completed, Wan Qiliang was transferred to the east of Yishan to build the Great Wall. Several years have passed, and there is no news. At home, parents miss their son, and Meng Jiangnv is more worried about her husband. The weather is particularly cold this winter. Meng Jiangnv's husband, who was distressed at home, rushed to make cotton-padded clothes overnight, cried goodbye to his in-laws and parents, and walked east along the Great Wall to find warm clothes for her husband. She walked all the way and asked, I don't know how many difficulties and obstacles she experienced, and finally got the news that her husband was in Ju 'an and the surrounding cities. When she arrived at the place where her husband built the city, she realized that her husband had already died of fatigue and was buried in the Great Wall.

Meng Jiangnv found her husband's face and body all the way here. She couldn't help rushing into her heart like an arrow. She can't stand her inner grief any longer. She threw herself on the wall where her husband was buried and burst into tears until the mountains wept and the sun and the moon hid their faces. In this way, Meng Jiangnv cried for more than ten days and nights, and finally moved to heaven. The Great Wall collapsed in a large area, and the body of her husband Wan Qiliang was well exposed. She rushed to embrace her husband's body and burst into tears again. Finally, with the help of many migrant workers and people, she dressed her husband in a new cotton-padded coat and chose a place with a sunny lee for reburial. She wanted to go with her husband, but when she thought of her parents' in-laws, she had to hold back her grief, bid farewell to her husband's grave and return to her hometown, but her parents had passed away.

In order to serve my in-laws and to be filial to my husband, I buried my inner pain deeply and took care of my in-laws wholeheartedly. But soon my in-laws learned from others that their son had died, and they were heartbroken and died one after another.

Desperate Meng Jiangnv fell into the Hongshi River in the east of the village and died.

The villagers in Puzi Village renamed the village "Changchengpu", because the Great Wall was built here, and a Meng Jiangnv named Great Wall was born. To commemorate the martyr Meng Jiangnv, the Meng Jiangnv Temple was built in the east of the attic of the city gate. The main hall of the temple is located in three rooms facing south, with two halls, east and west. There is a statue of Meng Jiangnu in the main hall, a mural painting of the legendary story of Meng Jiangnu and Wan Qiliang on the wall, and a three-step two-hole bridge in front of the hall. Although there were countless dynasties in the future, the incense of Meng Jiangnv Temple in Changchengpu Village kept burning, and the story of Meng Jiangnv crying at the Great Wall was passed down from generation to generation.

1, Meng Jiangnu cried over the Great Wall, but she cried over it.

2. It is said that many Huns on the Great Wall are exhausted outside to fight against the rulers.

Legend has it that there are many human bones under the Great Wall, which shows the dark rule of the rulers at that time.

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. He met an eccentric old man with a bag of stones and sand on his back and asked him how to get to Beida River. He said: "This Beida River used to be my home, but it was taken away by a group of people. I want to block it with stone sand this time. " When the shepherd boy heard this, he was very angry and immediately retorted, "Don't say that you used a bag of stone sand. Even if you move the mountains in the north, you still want to divert to the Beida River." Hearing this, the old man immediately turned the bag of stone salad to the left and right. Suddenly, many hills and a mountain rose from the wasteland, which is now Jiayu Mountain. It turned out that this strange old man was a turtle, but he read a spell to knock Jiayu Mountain down and 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 "Guigai Mountain".

Interviewee: Jigong Living Buddha 1- Shushenger10-10/7: 34

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4. Patriotic Qi Jiguang.

5. Zhan Rong who broke the enemy's side.

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8. Xiong Tingbi, the star of Shanhaiguan who was unjustly killed.

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10, Sun Chengzong, twice overseer of Guan Yu.

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