
Lady Mengjiang weeping over the Great Wall
Chinese Folk Tales
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Lady Mengjiang's World Goed Dark
Lady Mengjiang wanted to find her husband and bring him some warm clothing. She climbed many mountains and crossed countless rivers, begging for food along the way. Finally she arrived at the foot of one segment of the Great Wall. What she saw was such a miserable sight. All over the place, there were man who were nothing but skins and bones. They carried huge rocks up onto the mountains. Their backs whipped by yilling overseers with leather whips.
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