Meng JiangnĂŒ Discovering Her Husband's Bones Buried Within the Great Wall's Rubble
The legend of Meng JiangnĂŒ is one of China's Four Great Folktales, centered on a devoted wife whose husband is forced into labor for the Great Wall of China during the Qin Dynasty. After traveling a vast distance to bring him winter clothes, she learns he has died of exhaustion and been buried within the structure. Her overwhelming grief causes a section of the wall to collapse, allowing her...