Proverbs, idioms, folk stories, legends and folk songs about the Great Wall

Proverb: "Come to the Great Wall for nothing until you reach Jiuchongmen."

"Both inside and outside the Great Wall are hometown"

Legend of the Great Wall

After Qin Shihuang unified China, he collected hundreds of thousands of civilian workers. In 2 14 BC, the northern wall of Qin, Yan and Zhao was connected and repaired, which is the world-famous Great Wall of Wan Li. Wanli, Meng Jiangnv, found a husband to send cold clothes and cried for 800 miles on the Great Wall, which happened at that time.

In ancient times, Meng Laohan and Jiang Laohan were neighbors separated by a wall. One spring, Meng Laohan planted a gourd seed in his yard. After careful cultivation by watering and fertilizing, the gourd seedlings grew fat and tall, climbed over the fence and made a big gourd in Jiang Laohan's yard, weighing dozens of pounds. When the gourd was ripe, Lao Manjiang cut it with a knife. Suddenly, he saw a white, fat and lovely female doll lying inside. Lao Manjiang was overjoyed and ran to tell everyone. When the villagers heard about it, they came to watch this new thing one after another, but Meng and Jiang had a contradiction and quarreled bitterly. Meng Laohan said firmly, "I planted this gourd myself, and the fat girl is mine." Lao Manjiang stubbornly said, "This gourd is tied in my yard, and this girl should be mine." After three days and nights of quarreling, it was inseparable and fruitless. After mediation by the villagers, it is concluded that the female dolls belong to two families, who live in turn and support each other, and are named "Meng Jiangnv".

Time flies, the sun and the moon fly, and more than ten years have passed in an instant. Meng and Jiang, two old people, chose a son-in-law named Fan Qiliang for their grown-up, and married on a certain day. Unforeseen things happened. On their wedding day, the bride and groom will pay their respects. Suddenly, they broke into several courtiers from outside, scrambling to regard the groom Fan Qiliang as a civilian worker.

It turned out that at that time, because Qin Shihuang dispatched a large number of civilian workers all over the country to build the Great Wall and worked day and night, countless civilian workers were exhausted and starved to death. In order to speed up the progress of the project, they caught civilian workers everywhere to supplement it, and Fan Qiliang was also sent as a civilian worker to repair the Great Wall.

In a blink of an eye, a year passed and there was no news of Fan Zhaliang. She was so anxious that Meng Jiangnv couldn't eat or sleep and didn't know what to do. After consulting with the two old people, she decided to go to her husband and vowed not to go home until she found him. She brought her husband dry food and extra warm clothes and set off. Along the way, the wind and rain, sun and rain, hunger and cold, trudged, and finally found a place to repair the Great Wall after trudging in Wan Li. I found that many people died to repair the Great Wall, and my husband, Fan Qiliang, was exhausted and buried under the Great Wall, and his bones could not be found. The news came like a bolt from the blue, and Meng Jiangnu immediately began to cry sadly. Tears welled up and the sound was like thunder. She cried earth-shattering, and it was dark. She witnessed the collapse of the 800-mile Great Wall. This time, the project manager was anxious to report to Qin Shihuang, who had been here to inspect the progress of the project. Qin Shihuang hurried to see Meng Jiangnv, trying to find out the root cause. After seeing her, I was fascinated by her beauty and insisted on making her an "official empress". Although Meng Jiangnv was full of anger, she still suppressed her hatred and had a brainwave. She must agree to the three conditions of Qin Shihuang to become a "formal queen". First, we must find the body of her husband Fan Zhaliang; Second, hold a state funeral for her husband; Third, Qin Shihuang should put Dai Xiao and flags on the funeral procession of Fan Qi-A Liang. Qin Shihuang listened to Meng Jiangnv's three conditions and thought for a moment. In order to get the beautiful Meng Jiangnv, she crustily skin of head and agreed. After paying homage to Fan Zhaliang's grave, Meng Jiangnv's old wish came true. Facing the rolling Bohai Sea, she committed suicide by jumping into the sea.

The story of Meng Jiangnv crying in the Great Wall was quickly sung by people. In memory of her, people built a tomb and a temple for her on a hill near Shanhaiguan, and named it "Jiangnv Temple". The story of Wan Li, Meng Jiangnu, who found a husband to send a cold coat and cried down the Great Wall for 800 miles, is a household name and has been passed down to this day.