Meng Jiangnu cried at the Great Wall
During the Qin Dynasty, there was a kind and beautiful woman named Meng Jiangnu. One day, she was doing housework in her yard, when she suddenly realized that someone was hiding under the grape arbor. She was startled and was about to scream, when she saw the person wave his hands repeatedly and begged: "Don't yell, don't yell, help me." Me! My name is Fan Xiliang, and I’m here to escape.” It turns out that at this time, Qin Shihuang was arresting people as laborers in order to build the Great Wall, and countless people had died of starvation and exhaustion! Meng Jiangnv rescued Fan Xiliang, and when she saw that he was well educated and sensible, and had good features as well, she began to love him, and Fan Xiliang also fell in love with Meng Jiangnv. The two of them were in love with each other, and after obtaining their parents' consent, they prepared to become husband and wife.
On the day of the wedding, the Meng family was decorated with lanterns and colorful decorations, and the house was full of guests. It was a joyful scene. Seeing that it was getting dark, the people drinking wedding wine gradually dispersed. The bride and groom were about to enter the bridal chamber. Suddenly, they heard chickens flying and dogs barking, and then a group of vicious officers and soldiers broke in. Without any explanation, they locked them with iron chains. , and forced Fan Xiliang to work at the Great Wall. The beautiful happy event turned out to be in vain. Meng Jiangnu was filled with grief and anger, and she missed her husband day and night. She thought: Instead of sitting at home worrying, I might as well go to the Great Wall to find him. right! Just do it! Meng Jiangnu immediately packed her bags and hit the road.
On the way, I don’t know how many winds, frosts, rains, and snows I have experienced, and how many dangerous mountains and rivers I have trudged through. Meng Jiangnu never cried out in pain or shed a drop of tear. Finally, with her tenacious perseverance, she finally made it through. Deeply in love with her husband, she reached the Great Wall. At this time, the Great Wall was already a very long city wall made up of many construction sites. Meng Jiangnu went to one construction site after another, but her husband was nowhere to be seen. Finally, she plucked up the courage and asked a group of migrant workers who were about to start work: "Do you have a Fan Xiliang here?" The migrant worker said, "There is such a person, a newcomer." Meng Jiangnu was very happy when she heard this. ! She quickly asked: "Where is he?" The migrant worker said: "He is dead, and his corpse has already been filled up at the foot of the city.
When Meng Jiangnu heard the bad news, it was like a thunderbolt from the blue. Meng Jiangnu could only My vision went dark, I felt sad, and I cried loudly for three days and three nights. I cried until the sky was dark and the earth was dark. The sky became darker and darker, the wind became more and more fierce, and I heard a "crash". The Great Wall fell down in tears, and it was Fan Xiliang's body that was revealed. Meng Jiangnu's tears fell on his bloody face. She finally saw her beloved husband, but he could never see her again, because He has been killed by the cruel Qin Shihuang
Ice Road Transporting Stones
When the Jiayuguan City was built, thousands of blocks 2 meters long, 0.5 meters wide and 0.3 meters thick were needed. After the craftsmen cut the stone strips in Heishan, they couldn't lift them or pull them with cars. The mountains were high and the roads were far away, so they couldn't transport them. Everyone was worried while cutting the stone strips. Seeing that the middle of winter was coming. , a piece of stone has not been transported from the mountain. If the construction period is delayed, no wages are small, and this head is not safe. The craftsmen quickly caught the brocade silk, and saw a few lines of words faintly written on it. After reading it, everyone suddenly realized and acted accordingly. When winter came, everyone built a road from the mountain to Guancheng and poured water on the road to let it form knots. They formed an ice road, and then put the stone strips on the ice road for sliding transportation. As a result, the stone strips were transported to Jiayuguan City very smoothly. Not only did the construction period not be delayed, but a lot of construction time was saved. In order to thank God for his protection, the craftsmen worked at the pass. Temples were built near the city to enshrine the gods, and became a place where craftsmen must visit after starting their careers.
Goats carrying bricks
The city wall of Jiayuguan City is 9 meters high and must be on top of the city wall. The amount of bricks used to build dozens of pavilions of different sizes and numerous stacked walls was astonishing. At that time, the construction conditions were very poor and there were no lifting equipment, so the bricks used to build Guancheng at that time were all transported by hand. They are all fired at a place 40 miles away. After the bricks are fired, they are pulled to the foot of Guancheng on an ox cart and then carried up manually.
Due to the height of the city, the only horse path that could go up and down had a steep slope, making it difficult to go up and down. Although many people were sent to carry bricks on the city wall, and they were all exhausted, the supply of bricks was still in short supply, and the progress of the project was seriously affected. One day, a kid who was herding sheep came here to play with the sheep. Seeing this scene, he had an idea. He took off his belt, tied a brick on each end, and put it on the goat. Then, he patted the goat's back with his hand. The lightweight goat Carrying bricks on his back, he climbed up the city wall at a trot. People were surprised and happy to see it, and they followed suit one after another. A large number of bricks were soon transported to the city wall.
Ten Thousand Years of Gray and Yanjing City
People say that it was the first Great Wall built by Qin Shihuang. In fact, he did not build the Great Wall in the first place. As early as the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period before Qin Shihuang, there was a king of Yan. His territory was small, his troops were few, and his strength was weak. He was in danger of being eaten by his neighboring countries at any time. In order to protect the territory, the King of Yan recruited civilians and built high walls on the top of the mountains on the border of his territory to prevent foreign enemies from invading.
Because there was no lime at that time, the walls, stones and bricks he built were all plastered with mud. In order to save time and repair the city wall as soon as possible, he ordered that the work would not stop during the winter. It was cold and hot water was needed to make mud, so the workers carried the big iron pot to the construction site, propped it up with three stones, and added firewood to boil the water. Over time, a big hole was burned in the iron pot, and all the water in the pot leaked out; the fire under the pot was doused. But the villagers also unexpectedly discovered that when water was sprinkled on the stone supporting the pot, the hot stone exploded when it met the water, exploding a lot of white noodles. The villagers looked at it and thought about it, which was strange. Someone mixed the white flour with water and found it to be more moisturizing and sticky than mud, so he smeared it into the cracks of stone strips and bricks.
The next day, the villagers discovered that the stone strips and brick joints plastered with this white flour were much stronger than those plastered with mud. The people of Yan State were inspired. From then on, they burned lime to wipe the cracks in the city wall.
Later, Qin Shihuang unified China. In order to keep his throne, he also followed the example of King Yan and built the Great Wall. When the construction started, he issued an order to let the original Yan people take over the work of burning lime. Therefore, all the ashes used to build the Great Wall at that time were burned by the people of Yan. Ashes were burned on the hillsides wherever the Great Wall was built, and the quality of the burned ash was so good that it was called ten thousand-year ash by later generations, which means it will not deteriorate for ten thousand years.
After the construction of the Great Wall was completed, other civilians returned to their respective places. Because the people of Yan State had merit in burning ashes, Qin Shi Huang also pulled out gold and silver and built a town specifically for the people of Yanyuan to live in. This town is now Beijing. Therefore, Beijing was called Yanjing at that time, and the mountains where Yan people burned ashes and used stones were collectively called the Yanshan Mountains.
Famous Quotes
He who has not visited the Great Wall is not a true man, he only travels 20,000 miles
The key to the two capitals is unparalleled, the first pass of the Great Wall - Shanhaiguan Great Wall Alliance
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In the Han Dynasty, the Lulong Pass was the first peak of the Great Wall