mèng​jiāng​nǚ

Meng Jiangnu

孟姜女 mèng​jiāng​nǚ
Meng Jiangnu
The heroine of a famous Chinese folk tale set during the 秦朝 qín​cháo dynasty. According to legend, her husband died while forced to build the Great Wall; she traveled a great distance to find him and wept so bitterly that a section of the wall collapsed, revealing his remains.

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