In the Qin Dynasty, there was a kind and beautiful woman named Meng Jiangnv. One day, when she was doing housework in her yard, she suddenly found a man hiding under the grape trellis, which startled her and was about to shout. I saw the man waving his hand again and again, pleading, "Don't shout, don't shout, help me!" " My name is Fan Xiliang, and I'm here to escape. "
It turns out that Qin Shihuang arrested people everywhere to do coolies in order to repair the Great Wall. I don't know how many people died of starvation! Meng Jiangnv saved Fan Xiliang. When she saw that he was sensible and had fine features, she fell in love with him, and Fan Xiliang fell in love with Meng Jiangnv. They are soul mates, and with the consent of their parents, they are ready to get married.
On the wedding day, Meng's family was decorated with lanterns and decorations, beaming with joy. Seeing that it was getting dark, the people who drank the wedding banquet gradually dispersed. The bride and groom were about to enter the bridal chamber when they heard a chicken fly and a dog bark. Then a group of vicious officers and men broke in. It's hard to say that they chained Fan Xiliang and took him to work in the Great Wall.
The happy event went up in smoke, and Meng Jiangnv was filled with grief and indignation, missing her husband day and night. She thought that instead of sitting at home in a hurry, I would go to the Great Wall to find him myself. Yes! Do it! Meng Jiangnu immediately packed her bags and set off.
Along the way, I don't know how much wind, frost, rain and snow I have experienced and how many steep mountains and rivers I have trekked. Meng Jiangnv never cried a bitter word or shed a tear. Finally, with tenacious perseverance and deep love for her husband, she reached the Great Wall.
At this time, the Great Wall is already a long wall composed of construction sites. Meng Jiangnv looked everywhere from one construction site to another, but never saw her husband. Finally, she summoned up her courage and asked a group of migrant workers who were about to go to work: "Do you have Fan Xiliang here?" Migrant workers said: "There is such a person, a newcomer."
Hearing this, Meng Jiangnv was extremely happy! She quickly asked again, "Where is he?" The migrant workers said, "They are dead, and their bodies have been filled at the foot of the city. Suddenly hearing the bad news was like a bolt from the blue. Meng Jiangnv only felt black at the moment and burst into tears. I cried for three days and nights, and I cried so dark that even the sky was moved.
It's getting dark and the wind is getting stronger and stronger. There was a loud crash, and a section of the Great Wall cried down, revealing its corpse. Meng Jiangnv's tears dripped on his bloody face. She finally met her beloved husband, but he never saw her again because he had been killed by the cruel Qin Shihuang.
2. hemp grass
There is a kind of grass called sisal grass in Badaling. This grass is poisonous. It hurts like a scorpion sting when people touch it. It grows outside the Badaling Great Wall, stands guard for the border guards and contributes a lot to the defense of Badaling.
Legend has it that after the Great Wall was restored, heavy guards were set up at the pass. Of course, Badaling is an important pass. Since the day it was repaired, the garrison has been uninterrupted. Are there no buildings on the Great Wall? That building is called the enemy building, and the people on guard are there. Officials often take a whip to check the sentry and find that the sentry of the watchtower is asleep, that is, a whip.
What they are more afraid of is falling asleep, and the enemy doesn't know it when he touches it. In that case, they will not only be beaten, but also beheaded! Therefore, as soon as they arrived at the post, they cried to God: "God, please don't let me fall asleep. When the enemy comes, say hello to me and let me know. " Needless to say, the Jade Emperor really knows their crying.
Realizing the sufferings of the border guards, the Jade Emperor thought of a way to send grass gods with grass seeds and scatter them outside the Great Wall. Grass is growing everywhere. As soon as the invading enemy touched the grass, he was stung and screamed, and the sentry woke up when he heard someone shouting. From now on, I will never be beheaded for standing guard mistakes. Simao and the sentry became good friends, and they were more protective of Simao.
3. East Rice Warehouse and West Rice Warehouse
Looking south at Badaling, there are two mountains, and the gravel on the mountains is rice-grained. The mountain in the east is called Dongmicang, and the mountain in the west is called Simicang. To build the Great Wall, migrant workers have to eat. There are many people, so we have to eat a lot of food every day.
At that time, all the country's grain was sent here. There is not enough food, but more food, which is moldy in the sun and rain. Despite the constant delivery, it is still not enough for migrant workers to eat. Migrant workers don't have enough to eat and have to do heavy work, so even if they are hungry and tired, more people will die.
Empress Wang was very sympathetic to the sufferings of the people and touched the two Mi Shan in Badaling, which were full of food. Boy, two mountains of food, many people can't finish it!
From then on, the people of the whole country will never send meals here again, and the migrant workers who built the Great Wall will never go hungry again. Until the Great Wall is completed, the two mountains will not be reduced. It is said that it was handed down from that time that men worked outside and women ate at home, because the heavenly queen was responsible for eating.
4. The legend of Dingcheng Brick
Dingcheng Brick refers to a brick placed on the back eaves of the West Wengcheng gatehouse in Jiayuguan. According to legend, during the Ming Dynasty, there was a customs repairman named Yi who was proficient in the 99 algorithm. As long as all the buildings are calculated by him, the materials used for labor are very accurate and economical. The supervisor who supervised customs clearance asked him to count the number of bricks used in Jiayuguan. After detailed calculation, Yi Zhankai said, "99,999 bricks are needed."
The supervisor handed out the brick and said, "One more, one less, cut off your head and punish the craftsman for three years." After the completion, only one brick was left, which was placed on the back eaves of the West Wengcheng gatehouse.
The supervisor was overjoyed when he learned that he wanted to deduct the wages of Iraq and all craftsmen. Unexpectedly, Yi said unhurriedly, "That brick was put by the gods, and it is a fixed city brick. If it is moved, the tower will collapse. " The supervisor is in charge, and dare not pursue it again. Since then, this brick has been put in place, and no one dares to move it. Now, this brick still remains on Jiayuguan Tower.
5. Wannian Grey and Yanjing City
People say that the Great Wall of Wan Li was first built by Qin Shihuang. In fact, he didn't build the Great Wall at first. As early as the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period before Qin Shihuang, there was a prince of Yan State, who was in danger of being eaten by neighboring countries at any time because of his small territory, few military forces and weak strength. In order to save his country, the monarch of Yan requisitioned civilian workers and built a high wall on his national border to prevent foreign enemies from invading.
Because there was no lime at that time, the walls, stones and bricks he built were plastered with mud. In order to seize the time and repair the city wall as soon as possible, he ordered not to stop work in winter. It was cold and the mud needed hot water, so the migrant workers carried the big iron pot to the construction site, supported it with three stones, and added firewood to boil water. After a long time, a big hole was burned in the iron pot, and all the water in the pot leaked out.
Put out the fire under the pot. However, migrant workers also unexpectedly found that when water was spilled on the stones in the pot, the hot stones exploded in the water, and many white noodles were fried. It's strange for migrant workers to watch and think. When a person mixes this white flour with water and thinks it is wetter and more sticky than mud, he puts it in the gap between stone strips and bricks.
The next day, migrant workers found that the stone strips and brick joints plastered with this white flour were much stronger than those plastered with mud. Yan people were inspired and burned lime to wipe the seams of the city walls.
Later, Qin Shihuang unified China, and in order to keep the throne, he also built the Great Wall of Wan Li in the form of a prince. When construction started, he ordered the original Yan people to do the work of burning lime.
So the lime used to build the Great Wall at that time was burned by Yan people. Where the Great Wall was built, it was burned on the hillside. The quality of the burned ash was very good, and it was called "eternal ash" by later generations, which means it will not deteriorate for ten thousand years.
After the Great Wall was completed, other migrant workers returned to their respective places. Because Yan people burned ashes, Qin Shihuang pulled out gold and silver to build a town for Yan people. This town is now Beijing. So at that time, Beijing was called Yanjing, and the mountain where Yan people burned ashes with stones was collectively called Yanshan.