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孟姜女哭长城的英文版故事ThisstoryhappenedduringtheQinDynasty(221BC-206BC).TherewasonceanoldmannamedMengwholivedinthesouthernpartofthecountrywithhiswife.Onespring,Mengsowedaseedofbottlegourdinhisyard.ThebottlegourdgrewupbitbybitanditsvinesclimbedoverthewallandenteredhisneighborJiang'syard.LikeMeng,Jianghadnochildrenandsohebecameveryfondoftheplant.Hewateredandtookcareoftheplant.Withtendercareofbothmen,theplantgrewbiggerandbiggerandgaveabeautifulbottlegourdinautumn.Jiangpluckeditoffthevine,andthetwooldmendecidedtocutthegourdanddivideitbyhalf.Totheirsurprisewhentheycutthegourdaprettyandlovelygirlwaslyinginside!Theyfelthappytohaveachildandbothlovedherverymuch,sotheydecidedtobringthechilduptogether.TheynamedthegirlMengJiangnu,whichmeansMengandJiang'sdaughter.Astimewentby,MengJiangnugrewupandbecameabeautifulyoungwoman.Shewasverysmartandindustrious.ShetookcareofoldMengandJiang'sfamilies,washingtheclothesanddoingthehousework.PeopleknewthatMengJiangnuwasagoodgirlandlikedherverymuch.Onedaywhileplayingintheyard,MengJiangnusawayoungmanhidinginthegarden.Shecalledouttoherparents,andtheyoungmancameout.Atthattime,EmperorQinShihuang(thefirstemperorofQin)announcedtobuildtheGreatWall.Solotsofmenwerecaughtbythefederalofficials.FanQiliangwasanintellectualmanandveryafraidofbeingcaught,sohewenttoMeng'shousetohidefromtheofficials.MengandJianglikedthisgood-looking,honest,andgood-manneredyoungman.Theydecidedtowedtheirdaughtertohim.BothFanQiliangandMengJiangnuacceptedhappily,andthecouplewasmarriedseveraldayslater.However,threedaysaftertheirmarriage,officialssuddenlybrokeinandtookFanQiliangawaytobuildtheGreatWallinthenorthofChina.ItwasahardtimeforMengJiangnuafterherhusbandwastakenaway-shemissedherhusbandandcriednearlyeveryday.Shesewedwarmclothesforherhusbandanddecidedtosetofftolookforhim.Sayingfarewelltoherparents,shepackedherluggageandstartedherlongjourney.Sheclimbedovermountainsandwentthroughtherivers.Shewalkeddayandnight,slippingandfallingmanytimes,butfinallyshereachedthefootoftheGreatWallatthepresentShanhaiguanPass.Uponherarrival,shewaseagertoaskaboutherhusband.Badnewscametoher,however,thatFanQilianghadalreadydiedofexhaustionandwasburiedintotheGreatWall!MengJiangnucouldnothelpcrying.Shesatonthegroundandcriedandcried.Suddenlywithatremendousnoise,a400kilometer-long(248-mile-long)sectionoftheGreatWallcollapsedoverherbitterwail.Theworkmenandsupervisorswereastonished.EmperorQinShihuanghappenedtobetouringthewallatthatexacttime,andhewasenragedandreadytopunishthewoman.However,atthefirstsightofMengJiangnuEmperorQinShihuangwasattractedbyherbeauty.Insteadofkillingher,theEmperoraskedMengJiangnutomarryhim.Suppressingherfeelingofanger,MengJiangnuagreedonthebasisofthreeterms.ThefirstwastofindthebodyofFanQiliang,thesecondwastoholdastatefuneralforhim,andthelastonewastohaveEmperorQinShihuangwearblackmourningforFanQiliangandattendthefuneralinperson.EmperorQinShihuangthoughtforawhileandreluctantlyagreed.Afterallthetermsweremet,EmperorQinShihuangwasreadytotakehertohispalace.Whentheguarderswerenotwatching,shesuddenlyturnedaroundandjumpedintothenearbyBohaiSea.ThisstorytellsofthehardworkofChinesecommoners,aswellasexposesthecruelsystemofhardlaborduringthereignofEmperorQingShihuang.TheTen-Thousand-LiGreatWallembodiedthepowerandwisdomoftheChinesenation.InmemoryofMengJiangnu,latergenerationsbuiltatemple,calledtheJiangnuTemple,atthefootoftheGreatWallinwhichastatueofMengJiangnuislocated.MengJiangnu’sstoryhasbeenpasseddownfromgenerationtogeneration.