Once there was an old man from the Meng family. His neighbor is the Jiang family. He grew gourds (葫芦) in his yard. One of the gourd tree extended (延伸) to his neighbor’s house, so they decided to cut the gourd open on the tree. But when they opened the gourd, they found a baby girl sit in it. Both of the families wanted to raise the girl. And then they decided to raise the girl together and called the girl Meng Jiang Nv.
When Meng Jiang Nv grew up, she chose to marry a man named Fan Xiliang. But on their wedding day, soldiers took Xiliang away to build the Great Wall. Life there was hard and many workers died. After a year without any news from Xiliang, Meng Jiang Nv went to look for him. Meng Jiang Nv walked thousands of miles to the foot of the Great Wall. One of the labors told her that her husband died and was buried under the Great Wall. Meng Jiang Nv was very angry and sorrowful. She was crying under the Great Wall for three days and three nights without stopping. Suddenly, a 400-kilometer-long (248-mile-long) section of the Great Wall collapsed. And she found her husband’s body.
The Emperor of Qin Dynasty heard this and wanted to punish Meng Jiang Nv. But when he saw the beautiful woman, he changed his mind and asked Meng Jiang Nv to marry him. Meng Jiang Nv was so angry, but she pretended to agree. She asked the Emperor for three things. After she got what she wanted, Meng Jiang Nv jumped into the sea and died.
Later, people built a temple named “Temple of Meng Jiang Nv” in memory of the brave and beautiful woman. It is at the foot of the Great Wall.
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