According to legend, when Qin Shihuang became the first emperor, his work was heavy. Fan Xiliang married Meng Jiangnv for three days, and Fan Xiliang was forced to start building the Great Wall. Soon, he died of hunger, cold and fatigue, and his bones were buried under the Great Wall.

Meng Jiangnv wore a warm coat and went through a lot of hardships. Wan Li came to the Great Wall to look for her husband, but what he got was her bad news. She cried at the city gate for three days and nights, and the city was torn apart, revealing Fan Xiliang's body. Meng Jiangnv threw herself into the sea in despair.

Ice channel stone transportation

When Jiayuguan City was first built, thousands of stone strips 2 meters long, 05 meters wide and 03 meters thick were needed. After the craftsmen in Montenegro cut the stone strips, they couldn't lift them, nor could they drive them. The mountains were too high and the roads too far to move them. Everyone is worried while cutting stone strips. Seeing that winter is coming, the stone strips have not been shipped out of the mountains. If the construction period is delayed, it will be small without salary, and this head will be difficult to protect. Everyone sighed for a long time. Just then, suddenly there was a muffled thunder from the top of the mountain, and a piece of brocade fell from the white clouds. All the craftsmen quickly caught it and saw several lines looming on it. After reading it, everyone suddenly realized and did it.

When winter came, people built a road from the mountain to Guancheng, poured water on the road to form an ice lane, and then put stones on the ice lane 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 must-visit place for craftsmen after they started their careers.

Legend of Jiayushan Mountain

A long time ago, the snow water flowing from Qilian Mountain flowed into Beida River continuously, passed through the wasteland in the middle of Hexi Corridor, watered the fertile fields in that area and nurtured the people of all ethnic groups there. One day, a shepherd boy was herding sheep in the wasteland. He met an eccentric old man with a bag of stones and sand on his back and asked him how to get to Beida River. He said: "This Beida River used to be my home, but it was taken away by a group of people. I want to block it with stone sand this time. " When the shepherd boy heard this, he was very angry and immediately retorted, "Don't say that you used a bag of stone sand. Even if you move the mountains in the north, you still want to divert to the Beida River." Hearing this, the old man immediately turned the bag of stone salad to the left and right. Suddenly, many hills and a mountain appeared on the wasteland. This mountain is Jiayu Mountain at the moment.

It turned out that this strange old man was a turtle, but he read a spell to knock Jiayu Mountain down and block the Beida River. At this moment, there was a sudden strong wind, lightning and thunder, and the Jade Emperor sent Raytheon to kill the old man. At the place where he died, a mountain bag, shaped like a turtle, immediately rose, which is the "turtle shell mountain" at the moment.

Goat brick

Jiayuguan City, the wall is 9 meters high, and dozens of pavilions of different sizes and countless stacked walls will be built on the wall. The amount of bricks used is amazing. At that time, the construction conditions were very poor, there was no lifting equipment, and it was all carried by hand. At that time, the bricks used to repair Guancheng were all burned 40 miles away. After the brick is burned, it will be pulled to the bottom of Guancheng by ox cart, and then carried up manually. Because of the height of the city, the only way to get up and down is steep and it is difficult to get up and down. Although many people were sent to carry the bricks on the wall, all of them were tired to death, but the bricks on their backs were still in short supply, which seriously affected the progress of the project.

One day, a shepherd boy came there to play with the sheep. Seeing this scene, he had a brainwave, took off his belt, tied a brick at each end and put it on the goat. Then he patted the goat on the back with his hand. The little goat trotted up the wall with a brick on its back. People were surprised and happy after seeing it, and they followed suit. Too many bricks were quickly transported to the city wall.

Shi yanming

According to legend, in ancient times, there was a pair of swallows nesting in Rouyuanmen, Jiayuguan. One morning, two swallows passed through the customs. At dusk, the female swallows flew back first. When the male swallow came back, the door was closed and he couldn't get in. Therefore, the female Yan was heartbroken and made a "chirp" sound from time to time, wailing until she died. After his death, his spirit lingered. Whenever someone hit the wall with a stone, he made a "chirp" to tell people.

In ancient times, people regarded the sound of Yan Ming heard in Jiayuguan as auspicious sound. When the general went to war, his wife knocked on the wall to pray. Later, before the soldiers went out, they all took their children to the corner, which constituted a custom.

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For more than two thousand years since the appearance of the Great Wall, the cultural exchange between North and South has never stopped. During the Warring States Period, King Wuling of Zhao built the Great Wall of Zhao, calling on Chinese people to learn "Khufu riding and shooting" and carry out cultural exchanges between the North and the South.

During the Qin and Han dynasties, there was an unprecedented dialogue and exchange between the northern and southern cultures of the Great Wall. Qin Quan and imperial edicts found along the Great Wall, murals of Han tombs in Helinger, Inner Mongolia, Khan and Wadang, and the well-known tomb of Zhaojun, all witnessed the cultural exchange and integration between North and South. On the cultural belt of the Great Wall, there are many places of interest, such as Dunhuang, Yungang Grottoes, Maijishan and Wanfo Hall Grottoes, murals and sculptures. Yuntai in Juyongguan in Yuan Dynasty, Lugou Bridge in Jin Dynasty, sites and unearthed cultural relics in Jinzhong and Yuandadu all embody the characteristics of cultural exchange and record the cultural glory in the history of the Chinese nation.

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Baidu Encyclopedia: Great Wall