Lady Meng Jiang
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Lady Meng Jiang or Meng Jiang Nü is a Chinese tale with many variations. Later versions of the tale are usually set in the Qin dynasty; in those tales, Lady Meng Jiang's newly married husband was pres
Lady Meng Jiang weeps at the Great Wall (Southern Song illustration for Biographies of Exemplary Women)
Lady Meng Bianwen Dunhuang Manuscript
Illustration from Meng Cheng's Journey to the Great Wall (1878), translation by George Carter Stent
1926 Tianyi film Lady Meng Jiang, starring Hu Die
Legend of the White Snake
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The Legend of the White Snake is a Chinese legend centered around a romance between a man named Xu Xian and a female snake spirit named Bai Suzhen. It is counted as one of China's Four Great Folktales
Lady Meng Jiang
…bitterly that a part of the Great Wall collapsed, revealing his bones. The story is now counted as one of China's Four Great Folktales, the others being The Legend of the White Snake (Baishezhuan), the Butterfly Lovers, and The Weaver Girl and the Cowherd (Niulang Zhinü). Chinese folklorists in the early 20th century discovered that…
Image from the Summer Palace, Beijing, China, depicting the legend
The three stone pagodas of West Lake.
An illustration from Stories to Caution the World (1624).
An illustration from Leifeng Pagoda (1806).