A Brief Introduction to Meng Jiangnv's Crying for the Great Wall

"Meng Jiangnu Crys for the Great Wall" mainly tells the story that Meng Jiangnu searched for her husband thousands of miles away and learned that her husband died of fatigue while repairing the Great Wall. She was heartbroken and cried her eyes out over the Great Wall.

After Qin Shihuang unified the world, he collected hundreds of thousands of civilian workers all over the country, connected and repaired the northern walls of Qin, Yan and Zhao, and built the Great Wall of Wan Li. There was a scholar named Wan Xiliang, who escaped the chase of the leader, climbed over the wall and fled into Meng's yard, hiding under the towel gourd rack, and was just found in the garden.

Meng Jiangnu saw that she was a handsome scholar and reported it to Meng Laohan. Seeing that Wan was good-looking and bookish, Meng Laohan proposed to marry Meng Jiangnv. On an auspicious day, just as they were about to get married, they accidentally broke into several courtiers and swarmed, treating the groom Wan Xiliang as a civilian worker.

There is no news since Liang Yi left in western Anhui. Seeing the freezing weather, Meng Jiangnu was extremely uneasy. She arrived at the foot of the Great Wall overnight, and Wan Li trudged to find the foot of the Great Wall, only to hear that her husband was exhausted and his body was buried somewhere. Meng Jiangnu burst into tears at once, crying until the sun and the moon were dark, the autumn wind was sad, the sea changed and the Great Wall collapsed in sections, with a foot of 800 miles.

Inheritance of future generations:

With the spread of Meng Jiangnu's story, the temple building boom has arisen in all previous dynasties. Now it is known that Meng Jiangnu's earliest temple was built in the Northern Song Dynasty. In Xu Shui, Hebei Province, Tongchuan, Shaanxi Province and other places, the inscriptions on the Jiangnu Temple rebuilt during the period of Xiangfu and Qian Jianian in the Northern Song Dynasty were found. The story of Meng Jiangnv reflects the people's desire and pursuit for a free and happy life. The story has been circulated and evolved for more than two thousand years.

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 national intangible cultural heritage list. In 20 14, the legend of Meng Jiangnv was listed in the fourth batch of national intangible cultural heritage representative projects by the State Council, and was declared in Laiwu, Shandong.