北京长城的故事

我要一个长城的故事，不要是孟姜女的，也不是你写的

In the north of China, there lies a 6,700-kilometer-long (4,161-mile-long) ancient wall. Now well-known as the Great Wall of China, it starts at the Jiayuguan Pass of Gansu Province in the west and ends at the Shanhaiguan Pass of Hebei Province in the east. As one of the Eight Wonders in the world, the Great Wall of China has become the symbol of the Chinese nation and its culture.

Lots of beautiful legends and stories about the Great Wall took place following along the construction, and since that time these stories have spread around the country. Those that happened during construction are abundant, such as Meng Jiangnu's story and the legend of the Jiayuguan Pass. Meng Jiangnu's story is the most famous and widely spread of all the legends about the Great Wall. The story happened during the Qin Dynasty (221BC-206BC). It tells of how Meng Jiangnu's bitter weeping made a section of the Great Wall collapse. Meng Jiangnu's husband Fan Qiliang was caught by federal officials and sent to build the Great Wall. Meng Jiangnu heard nothing from him after his departure, so she set out to look for him. Unfortunately, by the time she reached the great wall, she discovered that her husband had already died. Hearing the bad news, she cried her heart out. Her howl caused the collapse of a part of the Great Wall. This story indicates that the Great Wall is the production of tens of thousands of Chinese commoners.

Another legend about the Jiayuguan Pass tells of a workman named Yi Kaizhan in the Ming Dynasty (1368BC-1644BC) who was proficient in arithmetic. He calculated that it would need 99,999 bricks to build the Jiayuguan Pass. The supervisor did not believe him and said if they miscalculated by even one brick, then all the workmen would be punished to do hard work for three years. After the completion of the project, one brick was left behind the Xiwong city gate. The supervisor was happy at the sight of the brick and ready to punish them. However Yi Kaizhan said with deliberation that the brick was put there by a supernatural being to fix the wall. A tiny move would cause the collapse of the wall. Therefore the brick was kept there and never moved. It can still be found there today on the tower of the Jiayuguan Pass.

In addition to the above-mentioned stories about the construction of the Great Wall, there are also plenty of stories about current scenic spots. A famous one is the legend of the Beacon Tower. This story happened during the Western Zhou Dynasty (11th century BC-711 BC). King You had a queen named Bao Si, who was very pretty. King You liked her very much, however Bao Si never smiled. An official gave a suggestion that setting the beacon tower on fire would frighten the King's subjects, and might make the queen smile. King You liked the idea. The subjects were fooled and Bao Si smiled at the sight of the chaos. Later enemies invaded Western Zhou, King You set the beacon tower on fire to ask for help. No subjects came to help because they had been fooled once before. Thus, King Zhou was killed by the enemy and Western Zhou came to an end.

Beautiful stories and legends about the Great Wall help to keep alive Chinese history and culture. In each dynasty after the building of the Great Wall, many more stories were created and spread.

秦始皇的恋母情结 关于长城的民间故事很多。福州地区还流传过一则创作手法很“传统”又很“现代派”的故事： 秦始皇扫六合、御海内，天下一统、功劳盖天。一个神仙送了两朵花给秦始皇，并告诉秦始皇：这两朵花给谁戴，谁就会长得跟花一样。秦始皇一看，一朵盛开，娇艳无比；另一朵是花苞，色泽浅淡，花瓣还包在绿蕾中。秦始皇把好看的一朵送给王后娘娘；把花苞送给母后。 第二天，秦始皇发现，盛开的一朵已经射了，王后娘娘也跟那花一样，舜华已逝、玉容凋零。而送给母后的那花蕾开了，艳丽芬芳，千娇百媚；母后犹如蓓蕾初开，顾眄便妍，色授魂与。 秦始皇心旌摇荡，对变得年轻漂亮的母亲垂涎三尺。秦始皇请求神仙，让他娶母后为妻。神仙感到非常为难，碍于秦始皇的恳求，他给秦始皇一个机会：王呵，他如果能把太阳遮住，不让它照到王宫，那就准你娶母后为妻。 秦始皇请了许多谋士商议，最聪明的谋士想出一个办法，建一条很长很长的墙，无论是早晨、中年或傍晚的太阳都能挡住。秦始皇从其议，调动大批人工，修起一条很长很长的城墙。这当然就是长城。 长城果然能把早晨、中年傍晚的太阳都挡住，王宫里再也没有太阳。秦始皇就娶了他的母亲当妻子。

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“晾经石”的传说

在甘肃嘉峪关附近，有一块洁白的晾经石，传说是玄奘晾经的地方。

据说唐朝玄奘与悟空、八戒、沙僧师徒四人，历尽千辛万苦，长途跋涉，从印度取经回来，闯过火焰山，涉过疏勒河，来到河西走廊。这天，天气特别炎热，烈日当头，如焚 似火，一望无际的戈壁滩更是热得无处藏身，石块被烤得滚烫滚烫，好像天上下火一般，玄奘骑马在前，三个徒弟背着经卷紧跟后面，没走几步就个个被烈日烤得汗流 浃背，唇干舌燥，面红耳赤。猪八戒实在忍受不了，便苦苦哀求师父道："这天要热死人，还是找个树荫歇息一下再赶路不迟。"玄奘听后立即呵斥道："这一片戈壁荒原千里，连棵草都不长，哪里来的树，还是赶快赶路要紧！"八戒无奈，只得撅着大嘴，气喘嘘嘘地向前赶路，一边走一边向天上看去，只见天上蓝蓝的，一丝云彩也没有，顺便说了一句："这会儿要是下一场雨该多痛快呀。"

不料。话音刚落，立即乌云密布，电闪雷鸣，瓢泼大雨倾盆而下，师徒四人被淋成了落汤鸡，经卷也全被淋湿透了。天晴后，玄奘急忙命悟空前去探路，找个好地方好把经卷摊开晾晒一下。悟空一个跟头翻上云端，发现不远处有一座黑油油的黑石山，一打听得知此山叫洞庭山。悟空赶紧带师傅来到山上，玄奘一看十分满意，并指着一块黑油油的大石头说："这块石头正是晾经的好地方，你们赶快打开经卷摊开晾晒，并令八戒看守经卷，不得有误。"很快，经卷晾晒干了，师徒四人急忙收拾经卷，准备赶路。不料有几张紧紧粘在石头之上，怎么揭也揭不下来。没办法，只好抄录在别的纸上。

不久，这块晾晒过经卷的黑石突然变成白色。以后，人们便把这块洁白如玉的石头称为"晾经石"从此，这个民间传说就流传开了。

“定城砖”的传说

当人们登上嘉峪关，在西瓮城门阁楼的后檐台上，可见到一块青灰色的石砖放在那里，这块砖就是人们传说中的"定城砖"。

据传说，明正德元年（1506），明王朝为了加强西北的防御，派兵备副宪李端澄主持修建嘉峪关关城和城楼。负责施工的校尉叫郝空。他平时心狠手毒，经常残害工匠们。在修建关城的工匠中，有位叫易开占的师傅，技艺超群，设计结构严谨，造型美观，十分坚固，用料节省、精确。开工前，郝空霸气十足地问易开占："修建此关到底需要多少块砖？"易开占满有把握地回答："我已算过了，一共需要九十九万九千九百九十九块砖。"郝空听罢冷笑道："你所需要的这些砖我如数拨交给你，哪怕是多一块或少一块，我都要砍你的头，并罚众工匠各服苦役三年。"易开占毫无惧色，便带领工匠们加紧施工，经过数百个日日夜夜辛勤劳动，关城终于竣工了，工匠们万分兴奋。不料，一名工匠手拿一块剩余的城砖慌忙来找易开占，当众给大家泼了一盆凉水。正巧此时郝空赶了过来，对易开占声嘶力竭地喊道："你为什么没计算准确，多出了这块砖，明天就拿你砍头是问。"易开占一点儿都不害怕，断然说道："这块砖是定城砖，要把它搬掉，全城倾刻就要倒塌！"吓得郝空灰溜溜地逃走了。

后来人们把这块砖叫"定城砖"，把它放在西瓮城阁楼的后檐台上，可望而不易取，用以对劳苦功高的工匠们的纪念。