“孟姜女哭长城”：情到深处天地动

较难

初中三年级

传统文化

国家与文化

“孟姜女哭长城”是我国民间四大爱情传说故事之一，在我国民间广泛流传。

Once there was an old man from the Meng family. His neighbor is the Jiang family. He grew gourds (葫芦) in his yard. One of the gourd tree extended (延伸) to his neighbor’s house, so they decided to cut the gourd open on the tree. But when they opened the gourd, they found a baby girl sit in it. Both of the families wanted to raise the girl. And then they decided to raise the girl together and called the girl Meng Jiang Nv.

从前，孟家有一位老人。他的邻居是姜家。他在院子里种葫芦。一棵葫芦长到邻居家了，于是他们决定把树上的葫芦砍下来分了。他们打开葫芦，看见里面坐着一个女孩。两家人都想养这个女孩。然后他们决定一起抚养这个女孩，并给这个女孩起名叫孟姜女。

When Meng Jiang Nv grew up, she chose to marry a man named Fan Xiliang. But on their wedding day, soldiers took Xiliang away to build the Great Wall. Life there was hard and many workers died. After a year without any news from Xiliang, Meng Jiang Nv went to look for him. Meng Jiang Nv walked thousands of miles to the foot of the Great Wall. One of the labors told her that her husband died and was buried under the Great Wall. Meng Jiang Nv was very angry and sorrowful . She was crying under the Great Wall for three days and three nights without stopping. Suddenly, a 400-kilometer-long (248-mile-long) section of the Great Wall collapsed. And she found her husband’s body.

孟姜女长大后，选择嫁给了一个叫范喜良的男人。但在他们结婚的那天，士兵们把喜良带走去修筑长城了。那里的生活很艰苦，许多工人都死了。一年没有喜良的消息，孟姜女就去找他了。孟姜女走了数千英里到长城脚下。一个工人告诉她，她的丈夫死了，被埋在长城下。孟姜女非常生气和悲伤。她在长城下哭了三天三夜，没有停下来。突然，一段400公里长的长城倒塌了。她找到了她丈夫的尸体。

The Emperor of Qin Dynasty heard this and wanted to punish Meng Jiang Nv. But when he saw the beautiful woman, he changed his mind and asked Meng Jiang Nv to marry him. Meng Jiang Nv was so angry, but she pretended to agree. She asked the Emperor for three things. After she got what she wanted, Meng Jiang Nv jumped into the sea and died.

秦始皇听到后，想惩罚孟姜女。但当他看到这个美丽的女人时，他改变了主意，向孟姜女求婚。孟姜女很生气，但她还是假装同意。她向皇帝求了三件事。孟姜女得到她想要的东西后，跳海而死。