Introduction to the stone tablet: The story of Meng Jiangnu crying at the Great Wall is a famous ancient folk legend. It is said that during the reign of Qin Shihuang, the labor was heavy. Three days after the wedding of young men and women Fan Xiliang and Meng Jiangnu, the groom was forced to set out to build the Great Wall. Soon he died of hunger, cold and fatigue. The bones were buried under the Great Wall. Meng Jiangnu, carrying cold clothes on her back, went through many hardships and traveled thousands of miles to find her husband and came to the Great Wall, but what she got was the bad news about her husband. She cried bitterly under the city for three days and three nights. The city collapsed, revealing Fan Xiliang's body. Meng Jiangnu threw herself into the sea and died in despair. Judging from the content of the story, this should be a historical event that occurred during the construction of the Qin Great Wall. Placing this "Meng Jiangnu Crying at the Great Wall" stone tablet here seems a bit unflattering.

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