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Cui Bao's Notes on Ancient and Modern Times said: "The author of Qi Liang's wife is also the creator of his wife and sister Asahi. He died in battle, and his wife said,' The upper class has no father, the middle class has no husband, and the lower class has no son. Life is so bitter. But he held back crying for a long time and was suppressed by the feeling of the capital, so he drowned. His sister grieved for her virginity, but wrote a song called "The Wife of Qi Liang". Beam, word colonization also. Biography of Women said: "Qi Zhuanggong attacked Juan and died in the colonial war. His wife didn't come back, but she fell on her husband's body at the gate and cried bitterly. 10 The city collapsed. When buried, he died in Zishui. " "Cao Qin" said: "The wife of Qi Liang sighed, and Qi Liang died, but her wife did. "
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Expert research: It was Qi Changcheng who cried, not Qin Changcheng.
The legend of Meng Jiangnv has recently been shortlisted in the national intangible cultural heritage list. However, many people don't know that in history, Meng Jiangnv was not crying about Qin Changcheng, but about the Great Wall of Qi in Shandong.
According to experts' research, the legend of Meng Jiangnv did not originate from the Qin Dynasty, but from the State of Qi in the Spring and Autumn Period, about 300 years earlier than Qin Shihuang. According to historical records such as Zuo Zhuan, in the autumn of the fourth year of Duke Zhuang of Qi, Qi Liang, the general of the State of Qi, led troops to attack the State of Ju, and was unfortunately killed. After Qi Liang was buried, his wife Jiang Meng was still very sad. One day, Jiang Meng went to the tomb of Qi Liang to "caress the coffin and cry, followed by blood." Qi City suddenly collapsed several feet ... "(History of Eastern Zhou Dynasty) Later, Jiang Meng went to Zishui and died.
Wang Pizhuo, deputy director of the Shandong Provincial Art Museum, told the reporter: "After several dynasties' supplements and legends, especially from the Tang Dynasty, the crying husband became the crying Great Wall, the Qi Great Wall became the crying Qin Changcheng, and the Qi Liang became Wan Xiliang or. The influence of this legend has further expanded, but Shandong and Hebei are still the core areas of its spread. "
According to the reporter, Meng Jiangnv's wailing was not only earth-shattering, but also changed the customs of Qi. Middle-aged and elderly women in Zibo, Shandong Province still cry on behalf of Long song, relying on the traditional tunes of Meng Jiangnv to express their grief. Jiang Meng's cry tune is widely spread in rural areas, forming a "crying culture".