After Qin Shihuang unified China, he collected hundreds of thousands of civilian workers, and in 2 14 BC, the northern walls of Qin, Yan and Zhao were connected and repaired, which is the world-famous Great Wall of Wan Li. The legend that Wan Li, Meng Jiangnu, found a husband to send cold clothes and cried down the Great Wall for 800 miles 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 seedling grew fat and tall, climbed over the wall and made a big gourd in Jiang Laohan's yard, weighing dozens of pounds. When the gourd was ripe, old man Jiang cut it open with a knife. Suddenly, he saw a white, fat and lovely female doll lying inside. Old man Jiang 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 conflicts and quarreled as a bee. Meng Laohan said very firmly, "I planted this gourd myself, and the fat girl belongs to me." Old man Jiang stubbornly said, "This gourd is tied in my yard, and this girl should be mine." After quarreling for three days and nights, it was inseparable and fruitless. After mediation by the villagers, it was concluded that the female dolls belonged to two families, lived in turn, and were supported by each other, and they were named "Meng Jiangnv".
Time flies, the sun flies, and more than ten years have passed in a blink of an eye. Meng and Jiang, two old people, chose a son-in-law named Fan Qiliang for Meng Jiangnv, who has now grown up, and chose a good day to get married. Unforeseen things happen. On the day of their wedding, the bride and groom were about to pay their respects. Suddenly, they broke into several courtiers from outside the door and rushed to take 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 hard day and night, countless civilian workers were exhausted and starved to death. In order to speed up the project, they arrested civilian workers everywhere to supplement them, and Fan Qiliang was also sent to serve 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 Zaliang. She was so anxious that Meng Jiangnv couldn't eat, couldn't sleep, and didn't know what to do. After consulting with the two old people, she decided to find her husband and vowed not to go home until she found her husband. She took dry food and special warm clothes for her husband and set off. Along the way, wind, rain, sun, cold, hunger and cold, and hard walking, I finally found a place to repair the Great Wall after a difficult journey in Wan Li. I found out that many people died to repair the Great Wall, and my husband Fan Qiliang was exhausted and buried under the Great Wall, and the bones could not be found. The news was like a bolt from the blue, and Meng Jiangnu immediately began to cry sadly. Tears were like a spring, and the sound was like thunder. She cried earth-shattering, and it was dark. She watched the collapse of the Great Wall, and it was 800 miles long. This time, the project manager was in a hurry to report to Qin Shihuang, who was here to inspect the progress of the project. Qin Shihuang hurried to see Meng Jiangnv to find out the root cause. After seeing her, she was fascinated by her beauty and insisted on making her the "official empress". Although Meng Jiangnv was full of anger, she still suppressed her hatred and had a brainwave. She had to agree to three conditions by Qin Shihuang to become the "official empress". First, we must find the body of her husband Fan Zhaliang; Second, a state funeral should be held for her husband; Third, Qin Shihuang should give Fan Qi-liang a funeral procession with Dai Xiao and banners. Qin Shihuang listened to Meng Jiangnu's three conditions and thought for a moment. In order to get a beautiful Meng Jiangnu, she crustily agreed. After paying homage to Fan Zhaliang's grave, Meng Jiangnu's old wish was fulfilled. Facing the rolling Bohai Sea, she jumped into the sea and committed suicide.
The story of Meng Jiangnu crying at the Great Wall was soon sung by people. In memory of her, people built a grave and a temple for her on a hill near Shanhaiguan, and named it "Jiangnu 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.