The Great Wall,which winds thousands of miles across the land of China,has long been known to the world for its unparalleled grandeur.Today,under the call of"Love my China and repair my Great Wall",many places have been renovated and become more magnificent,becoming the most famous scenic spots in our country.It attracts thousands of tourists at home and abroad,and it is a pleasure to see the Great Wall for a lifetime.Anyone who has visited the Great Wall is amazed.
Folk Stories about the Great Wall 1.Meng Jiangnu wept on the Great Wall
In 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 found a person hiding under the grape trellis,which startled her.Just as she was about to shout,she saw the person repeatedly waving his hands and pleading,"Don't shout,don't shout,save me!My name is Fan Xiliang,and I'm here to escape."It turned out that Qin Shi Huang was arresting people everywhere to work as laborers in order to build the Great Wall,and many people starved to death and died of exhaustion!Meng Jiangnu rescued Fan Xiliang,and seeing that he was well-informed and beautiful,he developed a love for him,and Fan Xiliang also fell in love with Meng Jiangnu.The two of them were in love with each other,and after obtaining the consent of their parents,they were ready to marry.
On the day of the wedding,the Meng family was brightly lit,the house was full of guests,and it was a beaming scene.Seeing that it was getting dark,the people drinking the wedding wine gradually dispersed.The bride and groom were about to enter the bridal chamber when suddenly they heard chickens and dogs barking.Then a group of vicious officers and soldiers broke in,indistinguishable,locked with iron chains,and forced Fan Xiliang to catch the Great Wall to work.The happy event turned into nothing.Meng Jiangnu was sad and angry,and missed her husband day and night.She thought:Instead of sitting at home and worrying,I might as well go to the Great Wall to find him myself.Yes!That's it!Meng Jiangnu immediately packed up and went on his way.
Along the way,I don't know how many storms,rain and snow have been experienced,how many dangerous mountains and bad waters have been trekked,Meng Jiangnu did not cry out bitterness,did not shed a single tear,and finally,with tenacious perseverance and deep love for her husband,she reached the Great Wall.At this time,the Great Wall was already a very long wall composed of construction sites.Meng Jiangnu came to the construction site one by one,but her husband was never seen.Finally,she mustered her courage and asked a group of migrant workers who were about to start work:"Do you have Fan Xiliang here?"The migrant worker said,"There is such a person,a newcomer."When Meng Jiangnu heard that,she was very happy!She quickly asked again,"Where is he?"The migrant worker said:"He is dead,and the corpse of the capital has been filled with the city feet.
Suddenly hearing this bad news,it was like a bolt from the blue,Meng Jiangnu only felt dark in front of her eyes,a burst of sadness,and she cried.She cried for three days and three nights,crying until the sky was dark,and even the world was touched.The sky became more and more gloomy,the wind became more and more violent,and only heard a"clatter",a section of the Great Wall was cried down,revealing Fan Xiliang's body,Meng Jiangnu's tears dripped on his bloody face.She finally saw her beloved husband,but he could never see her again,because he had been killed by the brutal Qin Shi Huang.
Folktales about the Great Wall II.The Legend of Dingcheng Bricks
Dingcheng brick refers to a brick placed on the back eaves of Jiayuguan West Wengcheng Gate Building.
According to legend,during the Zhengde years of the Ming Dynasty,there was a craftsman named Yi Kaizhan who was proficient in the 99-9 algorithm.As long as he calculated all the buildings,the materials used were very accurate and economical.The supervisor who supervised the repair did not believe it and asked him to calculate the number of bricks used in Jiayuguan.After detailed calculation,Yi Kaizhan said:"99,999 bricks are required."The supervisor issued bricks according to his words and said:"If there is one more or less piece,your head will be cut off and the craftsmen will be punished for three years of hard labor."After completion,only one brick was left,which was placed on the eaves behind the gate building of Xiwengcheng.When the supervisor found out,he was overjoyed and wanted to use this to deduct the wages of Yi Kaizhan and the craftsmen.However,Yi Kaizhan said unhurriedly,"That brick was placed by the gods,and it is a fixed city brick.If it is moved,the city building will collapse."When the supervisor heard it,he did not dare to pursue it again.Since then,this brick has been placed in place,and no one dares to move it.Now,this brick is still retained on the Jiayuguan city building.
Folktales about the Great Wall III.Ice Road Stone Transport
At first,when building Jiayuguan City,thousands of stone strips with a length of 2 meters,a width of 0.5 meters,and a thickness of 0.3 meters were needed.After the craftsmen had chiseled the stone strips in the Black Mountain,they could not lift them,the car could not be pulled,and the mountain was high and the road was long,so it could not be transported.Everyone was worried while chiseling the stone strips.Seeing that the winter season was coming,the stone strips had not been transported out of the mountain.If you want to delay the construction period,it is small without wages,and it is difficult to guarantee your head.Everyone was sighing for a long time when suddenly there was a dull thunder on the top of the mountain,and a brocade silk floated down from the white clouds.The craftsmen hurriedly caught it,and saw a few lines of words looming on it.After seeing it,everyone suddenly realized and acted according to it.After the winter arrived,everyone built a road from the mountain to Guancheng,splashed water on the road,and made it form 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 they not delay the construction period,but they saved a lot of construction time.In order to thank God for the protection,the craftsmen built temples near Guancheng,worshiped the gods,and became a place where the craftsmen must visit after graduation.
Folk Stories about the Great Wall 4.Goat carrying bricks
In Jiayuguan City,the city wall was 9 meters high,and dozens of pavilions of different sizes and numerous stacking walls had to be built on top of the city wall.The number of bricks used was astonishing.At that time,the construction conditions were very poor,there was no lifting equipment,and it was all carried by hand.At that time,the bricks used to repair the city were all fired 40 miles away.After the bricks were burned,they were pulled under the city by ox carts,and then manually carried up.Due to the height of the city,the only horse path that could go up and down had a large slope,and it was very difficult to get up and down.Although many people were sent to carry bricks on the city wall,they were all exhausted,but the bricks on the back were still in short supply,and the progress of the project was seriously affected.One day,a child herding sheep came here to play with sheep.Seeing this scene,he had an idea.He took off his belt,tied a brick to each end,and put it on the goat.Then,he patted the back of the goat with his hand,and the light goat ran up the city wall with the bricks.
Folk Stories About the Great Wall 5.Stoning Yanming
According to legend,in ancient times,there was a pair of swallows nesting in the Rouyuan Gate of Jiayuguan.Early one morning,the two swallows flew out of the gate.At dusk,the female swallows flew back first.When the male flew back,the door was closed and could not enter the gate,so she hit the wall with grief and died.For this reason,the female swallows were so distraught that they would make"chirping"swallows from time to time,and they would cry until death.After death,their spirits did not disperse.Every time someone hit the wall with a stone,they would make"chirping"swallows to confide in others.In ancient times,people regarded hearing swallows chirping in Jiayuguan as auspicious sounds.When a general left the gate for battle,his wife would hit the wall to pray.Later,it developed into a custom for soldiers to take their families and children to the corner of the wall to pray before leaving the gate.
Folk Stories About the Great Wall 6.Ten Thousand Years of Ash and Yanjing City
People say that Qin Shi Huang was the first to build the Great Wall of Miles.In fact,he did not build the Great Wall at the beginning.As early as in the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period before Qin Shi Huang,there was a King of Yan,whose country was small,with few soldiers and horses,and his strength was weak,and he was in danger of being eaten by neighboring countries at any time.In order to protect his country,the King of Yan requisitioned people and built a high city wall on the top of the mountain border of his country to prevent foreign invaders.
Because there was no lime at that time,the city walls he built,stones and bricks were covered with mud.In order to seize time and repair the city walls as soon as possible,he ordered that the work should not stop in winter.It was cold,and hot water was needed to mix the mud.Therefore,the villagers carried the large iron pot to the construction site,supported it with three stones,and added firewood to boil the water.After a long time,the iron pot was burned a big hole,and all the water in the pot leaked out;the fire under the pot was extinguished.But the villagers also found that the water was sprinkled on the stones supporting the pot,and the hot stones exploded when they met the water,and many white noodles were fried.The villagers looked and thought,and it was strange.Someone mixed the white noodles with water and felt that it was more moisturized than mud and sticky,so he smeared it into the stone bars and brick cracks.
The next day,the villagers found that the stone strips and brick cracks smeared with the white surface were much stronger than those smeared with mud.The people of Yan were inspired,and from then on they burned lime to smear the cracks in the city walls.
Later,Qin Shi Huang unified China.In order to keep his throne as emperor,he also built the Great Wall of Miles according to the method of King Yan.When the construction started,he issued a decree to let the original Yan people do the work of burning lime.Therefore,the ash used to repair the Great Wall at that time was all burned by the Yan people.Wherever the Great Wall was repaired,the ash was burned on the hillside,and the quality of the ash burned was very good.It was called Wannian ash by later generations,which means that it will not deteriorate for ten thousand years.
After the Great Wall was repaired,other folk went back to various places.Because the Yan people burned ash meritorious,Qin Shi Huang pulled out gold and silver and built a town for the people of Yan Yuan to live in.This town is now Beijing.Therefore,Beijing was called Yanjing at that time,and the mountains where the Yan people burned ash and used stones were collectively called Yanshan Mountains.
The Great Wall was built in the Spring and Autumn Period and lasted for more than 2,000 years,with a total length of more than 50 million meters.The Great Wall of Miles we refer to today mostly refers to the Great Wall built in the Ming Dynasty.It starts from Jiayuguan in Gansu Province in western China and reaches the Yalu River in Liaoning Province in northeastern China in the east.It is 6.35 million meters long.It is like a vigorous dragon,crossing mountains,passing through cliffs,through grasslands,across deserts,undulating on the top of mountains,on the other side of the Yellow River and on the shore of the Bohai Sea.Anyone who has visited the Great Wall at all times and all over the world is amazed by its majestic momentum,magnificent scale and arduous projects.The Great Wall is a rare treasure and an extraordinary cultural relic site of art.It symbolizes the unbreakable will and strength of the Chinese nation to survive in the world.It is the pride of the Chinese nation and the pride of the entire human race.Evaluation by the World Heritage Committee:Around 220 BC,Qin Shi Huang,who ruled the world,connected some intermittent fortifications built earlier into a complete defense system to resist aggression from the north.During the Ming Dynasty(1368-1644 AD),construction continued,making the Great Wall the longest military installation in the world.Its cultural and artistic value rivals its historical and strategic importance.
Folk stories about the Great Wall 7.Horse racing on the Great Wall
After Qin Shi Huang beat the Hu away,in order to stop the Hu from taking revenge,he proposed to build a strong Great Wall at the border with the Hu.His suggestion won the praise of many ministers.They agreed that it should start from Liaozhong in the northeast,because it is facing the sea and is still a strategic location.From there,before the Hu regain their former momentum,the Great Wall can be completely repaired.
So,where is it going to be repaired?Qin Shi Huang advocated that all the unified six countries be surrounded by the Great Wall.Many ministers said:If all the six countries are surrounded,the total length of the Great Wall can reach tens of thousands of miles,and it will take decades to complete.In this way,the consumption of manpower and material resources is too great,and it may cause people to die and the country to be empty.Therefore,the ministers suggested that it should be shorter.However,no matter how the ministers objected,Qin Shi Huang still strongly advocated that the Great Wall should be used to surround the six countries.The more he argued,the more strongly the ministers objected.Qin Shi Huang raised his head and thought for a while,and a sneer appeared on his face that was imperceptible.He proposed to run a horse and draw the Great Wall.Let a general ride a fast horse,after the people and horses are full of food,they don't get off the horse,they start non-stop,and run from the Shanhaiguan,passing through the borders of the six countries.
The ministers thought about it,this is okay.Even if it is a Maxima chasing the wind and the moon,it can run for two or three days,that is,two or three thousand miles.So,they nodded and promised who thought that Qin Shi Huang put forward another condition:along the national border,no matter the mountain peak or flat land,every three hundred miles to build a camp,and the runners run through the camp to strengthen the prestige of the people.The ministers did not know the intention,and all agreed.
After the civil and military officials retreated,Qin Shi Huang brought his confidant here,and so ordered a few words,and they went separately.
On the day of the horse race,I saw a member of the general,wearing a white helmet,riding a white horse,wearing a white robe,and hanging white armor.He flew out of the first camp,walked on flat ground,and climbed the mountains.After more than half a day,he rushed to the second camp.Rush out of two camps and went straight to three camps.Four,five...In more than six days,he rushed through ten camps.
Qin Shi Huang received a message from the horse exploration:The runners rushed through ten camps.
These ministers were very puzzled,how could this horse run like that?After more than six days,it still runs.
After another five or six days,I found out that the runners had already rushed through twenty camps.The minister was even more curious,why,where is this horse still running?Who is this person?What kind of horse is riding?It's been more than ten days,and Russia should be exhausted if he doesn't die.Presumably an immortal riding a god horse?
After another six days,the horse-hunting report was reported again,and the runners rushed through the ten camps again.
This time the minister understood that even immortals could not.You look at me,I look at you,is it Qin Shi Huang from the ghost?
The horse scout reported one after another that the runners were rushing through forty camps.Qin Shi Huang was happy,so let's not say,but some ministers had their noses crooked.
The white-robed general was still flying on horseback.When the warhorse ran to Jiayuguan,the white-robed general whipped the white horse a few times,and the white horse's mouth and nose were flowing,and it fell to the ground.The white-robed general also fell off the horse.
What's going on?How did a horse run more than 10,000 miles in one go?It turned out that this was Qin Shi Huang's plan.In order to achieve the purpose of surrounding the six countries on the Great Wall,he proposed to set up a camp every three hundred miles,and he sent eight of his confidants,each camp was equipped with a white horse,and one white-robed general.The white-robed general of the first camp will go to the second,and the reserve men and horses of the second camp will then run out,looking like a person.In this way,a total of more than 40 camps were passed down.
Then why did the people who went to Jiayuguan fall down?It turned out that there was a general surnamed Zhao in the camp in Jiayuguan,who was extremely dissatisfied with Qin Shi Huang's approach.He thought that the Great Wall could be repaired to Jiayuguan to stop the Hu's invasion,so why do you need to repair it so long?It's too much work and money.So,when he saw the fast horse from the front camp arrive,he made the war horse who had been hungry for a few days drink water.After he got on the horse,he whipped the war horse twice,and the war horse was clever,ran a few steps,and choked on the ground.
Qin Shi Huang heard the horse come down Jiayuguan,very unhappy.However,according to his words beforehand,the Great Wall had to be repaired in Jiayuguan.
Folk Stories About the Great Wall 8.The Beacon Show Princes
The beacon fire played the princes,referring to King You of Zhou in the Western Zhou Dynasty.He smiled at Baosi and lit the beacon tower,teasing the princes.Baosi laughed when he saw it.King You was very happy,so He lit the beacon fire many times.Later,the princes didn't believe it,and they gradually stopped coming.
Detailed article:In the third year of King You of Zhou(779 BC),You Wang Ji's palace was extravagant and lewd.Since receiving the beautiful woman Baosi presented by Baosi,she was named the favorite concubine,and she indulged in beauty all day long,and the dynasty was wasted.Baosi was not smiling by nature,and she had no pleasure in facing the Jade and Yuqionglou in the palace,with fine clothes and jade food.Baosi is extremely beautiful,but it has become a big pity to worry about clouds all day long.King You wanted to see Baosi's smile,but the ministers tried every means to achieve no effect.One day King You was traveling to Mount Li,and the minister Guo Shi's father offered the poor strategy of the princes of the beacon fire play.King You decided to give it a try and lit the beacon fire.
When all the princes saw the beacon fire calling the police,they thought that there was an enemy situation in the capital.They quickly arrived with their troops.Seeing that the monarch and his subjects were safe and sound,and they were busy wandering,they felt inexplicable.When asked why,the other party laughed but did not answer."When the princes heard that they had arrived,but there were no invaders,Bao Si laughed loudly"("Historical Records·Zhou Benji").Seeing this scene,Bao Si couldn't help but smile.Seeing that Bao Si finally smiled,and when he smiled,his posture was even more beautiful,and the dusty princes finally understood that the beacon fire called the police and dispatched troops,which was originally the favor of Bo's pet concubine.
The king's order was like a mountain,and there was nothing he could do,so he had to leave.In order to ask Baosi to smile again,King You repeated the same trick several times.Later,Baosi gave birth to a son,and King You was very happy and named it Bofu.In 774 BC,King You abolished Queen Shen and Crown Prince Yisu,and made Baosi the queen and the emperor.At the same time,he reused the traitor Guo Shi's father,who was good at flattering good interests,as the minister,and the people complained.Queen Shen and Yisu told their father Shenhou about these situations.Shenhou was very indignant and resolutely united the two princes to attack the Western Zhou Dynasty.When the troops approached the city,Gong Nie hurriedly ordered to light the beacons and call the police.The princes who were often mocked thought that it was a fool who was courting the beauty again,so they stayed put,the capital fell,and King You was killed.The 300-year history of the Western This is the true image of the allusion of"Losing the World with a Smile".
When the ancients summed up this historical lesson,they thought,"Hehe Zongzhou,Bao Si destroyed it"("Book of Songs·Xiaoya").And issued a lament that the scourge of female sex was great enough to subjugate the country!They also put"You Wang's beacon fire play princes,Bao Si smiled and lost the world"on the stage to warn future generations to take warning.Careful analysis of this historical event is not difficult to see that the Western Zhou Dynasty had its own historical trajectory from strength to demise.Its demise has no direct causal relationship with Bao Si's laughter.Beautiful woman Bao Si laughed at the ignorance of the ignorance of the ruler and the ugliness of the courtiers.You Wang was dissolute and stupid,and did not love the country and the beautiful people;the ministers were flattering and beneficial,and did not take the people as the monarch;the whole country was backed by the people's hearts and was in danger.This was the real reason for the demise of the Western Zhou Dynasty.
As the historian Guo Moruo put it:"The cruel economic exploitation and political oppression of slaves and commoners by the slave owners and nobles promoted the continuous development of social contradictions,which finally led to the demise of Zong Zhou."This is the story of the"Beacon Opera Princes."