1. Meng Jiangnv cries at the Great Wall
In the Qin Dynasty, there was a kind and beautiful woman named Meng Jiangnv. One day, while 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 that man waving his hand again and again and pleading, "Don't shout, don't shout, help me!" My name is Fan Xiliang, and I am here to escape. "
At this time, Qin Shihuang was arresting people everywhere to do labor in order to build the Great Wall. I don't know how many people were starved to death and exhausted! Meng Jiangnu saved Fan Xiliang, and when she saw that he was sensible and had fine features, she fell in love with him, and Fan Xiliang also fell in love with Meng Jiangnu. They are soul mates, and with the consent of their parents, they are ready to get married.
On the wedding day, the Meng family was decorated with lanterns and colorful decorations, and the guests were full, and there was a scene of jubilation. Seeing that it was getting dark, the people who drank the wedding banquet were gradually dispersed. The bride and groom were about to enter the bridal chamber when all they heard was a chicken flying and a dog barking. Then a group of vicious officers and men broke in, and it was hard to say that they locked Fan Xiliang with a chain and took him to the Great Wall to work.
At this time, the Great Wall was already a long and long wall composed of construction sites. Meng Jiangnv searched from construction site to construction site, but her husband was never found. Finally, she summoned up her courage and asked a group of migrant workers who were about to go to work: "Do you have a Fan Xiliang here?" The migrant worker said, "There is such a person, a newcomer."
Meng jiangnu was so happy when she heard this! She quickly asked again, "Where is he?" The migrant worker said, "I'm dead, and the body has been filled in at the foot of the city.
It was like a bolt from the blue when I suddenly heard the bad news. 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.
The sky is getting darker and the wind is getting stronger and stronger. There is only a crash, and a section of the Great Wall is crying down, revealing Fan Xiliang's body. Meng Jiangnv's tears are dripping 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. Ximacao
There is a kind of grass called Ximacao in Badaling. This kind of grass is poisonous. When people touch it, it hurts like a scorpion sting. It grew up outside the Badaling Great Wall and stood guard for border guards, which also contributed a lot to defending Badaling.
according to legend, after the Great Wall was repaired, heavy troops were set up at the pass. Badaling, of course, is an important pass. Since the day it was repaired, there has been no break in the garrison. Aren't there buildings on the Great Wall? That building is called the enemy building, and the people on guard are there. Officials often carry a whip to check the whistle, and when they find that the sentry in the watchtower is asleep, it is a whip.
What they are more afraid of is that they are asleep and the enemy doesn't know when they touch them. In that case, they will not only be beaten, but also be beheaded! Therefore, as soon as they came to the sentry 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 cry.
The Jade Emperor realized the sufferings of the border guards, so he thought of a way, and sent the grass gods to take the seeds of sago and scatter them outside the Great Wall. The grass is growing everywhere. As soon as the invading enemy touched this grass, he was stung and screamed, and the sentry woke up when he heard someone shouting. From then on, I will never be beheaded for standing guard mistakes. Simao became a good friend of the sentry, and they were more protective of Simao.
3. East Micang, West Micang
Looking south on Badaling, there are two mountains, and the gravel on the mountains is rice-grained. The mountain in the east is called Dongmicang, and the one in the west is called Simicang. When building the Great Wall, migrant workers have to eat. There are many people, and they have to eat a lot of food every day.
At that time, all the national grain was collected and sent here. Less food was sent, which was not enough, but more food was sent, which was moldy in the sun and rain. Despite the constant delivery, it is still not enough for migrant workers to eat. Migrant workers do not have enough to eat and have to do heavy work, so even if they are hungry and tired, more people will die.
The Heavenly Queen Mother was very sympathetic to the sufferings of the Li people. She touched two Mi Shan in Badaling where the grain was piled up. Boy, the food in two mountains can't be eaten by more people! From then on, the people of the whole country will never send food here again, and the migrant workers who built the Great Wall will never go hungry again.
until the Great Wall was completed, the two mountains did not decrease. It is said that it was handed down from then on that men were working outside and women were in charge of eating at home, because the heavenly queen was in charge of eating.
4. Legend of Dingcheng Brick
Dingcheng Brick refers to a brick placed on the back cornice of the West Wengcheng Gate Building in Jiayuguan. According to legend, during the Zhengde period of Ming Dynasty, there was a customs repair craftsman named Yi Kaizhan, who was proficient in the 99 algorithm. As long as all buildings were calculated by him, the materials used for labor were very accurate and economical.
The supervisor who supervised the customs clearance asked him to calculate the number of bricks used in Jiayuguan. After detailed calculation, Yi Kaizhan said, "Ninety-nine thousand nine hundred and ninety-nine bricks are needed." Supervisor Guan Yiyan handed out bricks and said, "If there is one more or one less, your head will be cut off and the craftsmen will be punished for three years."
after completion, only one brick is left, which will be placed on the back cornice of the West Wengcheng gatehouse. The supervisor was overjoyed when he found out, and he was trying to deduct the wages of Yi Kaizhan and all the craftsmen. Unexpectedly, Yi Kaizhan said unhurriedly, "That brick was put by the gods, and it is a fixed city brick. If it is moved, the tower will collapse."
after listening to it, the supervisor dared 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. transporting stones on ice
at the beginning, when building Jiayuguan city, thousands of stone strips with a length of 2 meters, a width of .5 meters and a thickness of .3 meters were needed. After the craftsmen chiseled the stone strips in Montenegro, they couldn't lift them, and their carts couldn't move, and the mountains were high and the roads were far away, so they couldn't transport them. Everyone is worried while cutting stone strips. Seeing that the winter season is coming, the stone strips have not been shipped out from the mountains. If the construction period is delayed, it will be small without wages, and this head will be hard to protect.
while everyone was sighing, suddenly there was a muffled thunder from the top of the mountain, and a brocade fell from the white clouds. The craftsmen quickly caught it and saw a few lines looming on it. After reading it, everyone suddenly realized and acted according to it. When winter comes, people build a road from the mountain to Guancheng, splash water on the road surface to form an ice track, and then put the stone strips on the ice track to slide and transport.
As a result, the stone strips were successfully transported to the gate of Jiayuguan, which not only did not delay the construction period, but also saved a lot of construction period. In order to thank God for his protection, many craftsmen built temples near Guancheng to worship the gods, which became a place that craftsmen must pay homage to after starting their careers.
Extended information:
Since Qin Shihuang, almost all dynasties that ruled the Central Plains have built the Great Wall. There are more than ten dynasties including Han, Jin, Northern Wei, Eastern Wei, Western Wei, Northern Qi, Northern Zhou, Sui, Tang, Song, Liao, Jin, Yuan, Ming and Qing, all of which built the Great Wall in different scales.
judging from the ruling nationalities who built the Great Wall, besides the Han nationality, many dynasties in which ethnic minorities ruled China also built the Great Wall, more than those ruled by the Han nationality. During the Kangxi period of Qing Dynasty, although the construction of the Great Wall was stopped on a large scale, it was later built in some places. It can be said that the construction of the Great Wall has not stopped for more than 2, years from the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period to the Qing Dynasty.
According to historical documents, more than 2 vassal countries and feudal dynasties built the Great Wall. If the Great Wall built in all ages is added up, there are more than 1 Wan Li, and the length of the Great Wall built in the Qin, Han and Ming dynasties is more than 1, miles.
Reference: Baidu Encyclopedia-The Great Wall (the first military project in ancient China).