HSK 4 Chinese reading practice

孟姜女哭长城

mèng jiāng nǚ kū cháng chéng

Meng Jiangnü Weeps at the Great Wall

A woman crosses mountains to find her husband, and her grief brings down part of the Great Wall.

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A legend about ordinary suffering

Meng Jiangnü is one of China’s best-known folk heroines. Although versions differ historically, the legend gives a human voice to the labor and suffering associated with building imperial walls.

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