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[quote=YANGYUE,430591] Mentioning building the Great Wall,there was a story about it. This story named as "Mengjiangnv crying over the Great Wall".It was said that in the Qin Dynasty,many people were conscripted to build the Great wall. Mengjiangnv's husband was also seized to build the Great Wall not long after they got married.After her husband was taken away, there was no news of him at all. So Mengjiangnv traveled over thousands of miles to the foot of the Great Wall to look for her husband. She couldn't find her husband, so she stayed by the foot of the Great Wall and cried. Suddenly,a 800-li long section of the Great Wall collapsed,then her husband's body and other millions bodies and bones were exposed. After a careful burial, she committed suicide by jumping over into the sea. At present day,Mengjiangnv Temple was built according to this story,at Fenghuang Mountain outside Shanhai guan Pass. There was another story about bonfires of the Great Wall: It was said that the Emperor Zhouyou of the western Zhou Dynasty.He doted on a concubine named Baosi very much.But Baosi never smiled. In order to make her happy,Emperor Zhouyou lighted bonfires. The dukes and princes thought the capital was in danger,so they sent army to recure,but found that nothing was wrong.This made Baosi burst out laughing. Emperor Zhouyou was very happy when he saw the scene,however the dukes and princes went away angrily. Later, the enemy did come.Emperor Zhouyou lit bonfires to call for help.Suspicious of being duped again,the dukes and princes didn't sent their armies. Under the attack of the enemy,Emperor Zhouyou was killed,Baosi was captured,Western Zhou fell soon after.[/quote]
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