The history of the construction of the Great Wall can be traced back to the Western Zhou Dynasty, and the famous allusion "bonfire drama princes" occurred in Haojing, the capital (now Xi 'an, Shaanxi) originated from this. During the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period, countries competed for hegemony and defended each other, and the construction of the Great Wall entered its first climax, but the construction length at this time was relatively short. After Qin destroyed the six countries and unified the world, Qin Shihuang connected and repaired the Great Wall of the Warring States Period, which was called the Great Wall of Wan Li. The Ming Dynasty was the last dynasty to overhaul the Great Wall, and most of the Great Wall seen by people today was built at this time.

2. The most famous story about the Great Wall is that Meng Jiangnu cried the Great Wall.

Meng Jiangnv's Mourning for the Past is one of the four great folk love stories in China. According to legend, during the Qin Dynasty, when Qin Shihuang built the Great Wall, the labor was heavy. Just three days after young Fan Xiliang married Meng Jiangnv, 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. Wearing cold clothes, Meng Jiangnv went through all the hardships and finally came to the Great Wall, but she got the bad news of her husband's death. Meng Jiangnv cried at the Great Wall for three days and nights. Suddenly, the Great Wall collapsed, revealing Fan Xiliang's remains. Meng Jiangnu buried Fan Xiliang in despair and threw herself into the sea.

3. Common sayings about the Great Wall

Those who have not reached the Great Wall are not heroes.

The Great Wall in Wan Li is the longest and learning Chinese is the most difficult.

The Great Wall is easy to reach, but the hero is difficult.

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The real purpose of the Great Wall is not to prevent nomads, but to prevent people from smuggling in China. The Great Wall needs to trade with the Central Plains in exchange for daily necessities, so trade is often the means by which the Central Plains threatens the Great Wall. In the Ming dynasty, the customs were strict, forbidding private business with people outside the Great Wall and smuggling arms to the Great Wall, which could largely avoid the end of the war.

The main purpose of the Great Wall is not to stop the nomads from going south, but to delay the nomads' attack, so that the Central Plains can have time to dispatch troops as a communication. Most of them are used for economic blockade to curb the development beyond the Great Wall. It is more difficult to rob the South beyond the Great Wall. Generally, no major event will not happen in the South. Trade can make the Central Plains make a lot of money, and it is the best means to curb the development beyond the Great Wall. This is the main purpose of building the Great Wall of Wan Li, not the so-called prevention of nomads from going south.

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