Chinese Short Stories 7¿Meng Jiangnu Crying the Great Wall, Learn Mandarin Fast & Improve Vocabulary with Epic Fairy Tales, Folklore, Mythology (Simplified Characters, Pinyin, Graded Reader Level 1)

The story of Meng Jiangnu (孟姜女的传说), as one of the four love legends in ancient China (the other three are the Cowherd and the Weaver, Liang Shanbo and Zhu Yingtai, and the Biography of the White Snake), has been widely circulated orally (口头传承) for thousands of years through. The story originates from the historical facts of Qiliang's Wife Crying Husband (杞梁妻哭夫). There are two protagonists in the story, one is Meng Jiang (孟姜女) and the other is Qiliang (杞梁). The legend of Meng Jiangnu has a very early origin, and it has existed since the Warring States (战国, 475-221 BCE) period. In 2006, the legend of Meng Jiangnu was included in the first batch of national intangible cultural heritage lists by the State Council (国务院), China's State Department.



The book has 4 chapters in the following order:

Chapter 1: Birth of Meng Jiangnu (第一章 孟姜女的诞生)

Chapter 2: Meng Jiangnu's Marriage (第二章 孟姜女的婚事)

Chapter 3: Meng Jiangnu Seeks Husband (第三章 孟姜女千里寻夫)

Chapter 4: Meng Jiangnu Crying the Great Wall (第四章 孟姜女哭长城)



The current book volume, Chinese Short Stories 7, is a Level 1 Chinese reading practice book. It would introduce you to the famous Chinese folk story, Meng Jiangnu Crying the Great Wall (孟姜女哭长城), one of ancient China's four love legends. The 7th volume in the Selected Chinese Short Story Series (中国短篇小说精选) includes both the Chinese text (simplified characters) and pinyin Romanization. With about over 500 unique Chinese characters, the volume would be suitable for the beginners, lower intermediate and advanced level Chinese language learners (HSK 1-6). Overall, the reading series offers you a variety of elementary level books (Level 1/2/3/4/5/6) to understand China as well as practice Chinese reading fast.