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InthenorthofChina,thereliesa6,700-kilometer-long

(4,161-mile-long)l-knownastheGreat

WallofChina,itstartsattheJiayuguanPassofGansu

ProvinceinthewestandendsattheShanhaiguanPassof

ftheEightWondersin

theworld,theGreatWallofChinahasbecomethesymbolof

theChinenationanditsculture.

LotsofbeautifullegendsandstoriesabouttheGreat

Walltookplacefollowingalongtheconstruction,andsince

thathappenedduringconstructionareabundant,suchasMeng

Jiangnu'

Jiangnu'sstoryisthemostfamousandwidelyspreadofall

ryhappenedduring

theQinDynasty(221BC-206BC).IttellsofhowMengJiangnu's

bitterweepingmadeactionoftheGreatWallcollap.

MengJiangnu'shusbandFanQiliangwascaughtbyfederal

angnu

heardnothingfromhimafterhisdeparture,soshetoutto

unately,bythetimeshereachedthe

greatwall,shediscoveredthatherhusbandhadalreadydied.

Hearingthebadnews,l

ory

indicatesthattheGreatWallistheproductionoftensof

thousandsofChinecommoners.

AnotherlegendabouttheJiayuguanPasstellsofa

workmannamedYiKaizhanintheMingDynasty(1368BC-1644BC)

ulatedthatitwould

need99,

supervisordidnotbelievehimandsaidiftheymiscalculated

byevenonebrick,thenalltheworkmenwouldbepunishedto

hecompletionofthe

project,

supervisorwashappyatthesightofthebrickandreadyto

rYiKaizhansaidwithdeliberationthat

thebrickwasputtherebyasupernaturalbeingtofixthe

ovewouldcauthecollapofthewall.

stillbefoundtheretodayonthetoweroftheJiayuguanPass.

Inadditiontotheabove-mentionedstoriesaboutthe

constructionoftheGreatWall,therearealsoplentyof

soneisthe

oryhappenedduringthe

WesternZhouDynasty(11thcenturyBC-711BC).KingYouhada

queennamedBaoSi,ulikedher

verymuch,cialgavea

suggestionthatttingthebeacontoweronfirewould

frightentheKing'ssubjects,andmightmakethequeensmile.

jectswerefooledandBaoSi

nemiesinvaded

WesternZhou,KingYoutthebeacontoweronfiretoask

ectscametohelpbecautheyhadbeen

,KingZhouwaskilledbytheenemy

andWesternZhoucametoanend.

BeautifulstoriesandlegendsabouttheGreatWallhelp

dynasty

afterthebuildingoftheGreatWall,manymorestorieswere

createdandspread.

EightWondersintheworld：世界八大奇观

proficientin：精通

arithmetic：算术

collap：坍塌

chaos：混乱

dynasty：朝代