孟姜女 (Mèngjiāngnǚ) · Meng Jiangnü, heroine of a famous…

Meanings

1 Meng Jiangnü, heroine of a famous Chinese folk legend

About Meng Jiangnü

文学人物 fictional character

Heroine of one of China's four great folk tales: her husband is taken to build the Great Wall under the Qin and dies there, and she weeps until a stretch of the wall falls, the story known as 孟姜女哭长城.

Characters

Jiang (surname / clan name)

女

nǚ

woman; daughter

Examples

HSK 5

孟姜女哭倒长城的故事流传千年。

Mèngjiāngnǚ kū dǎo Chángchéng de gùshi liúchuán qiānnián.

The story of Meng Jiangnü weeping down the Great Wall has been passed down for a thousand years.

HSK 6

孟姜女是中国四大民间传说之一的主角。

Mèngjiāngnǚ shì Zhōngguó sìdà mínjiān chuánshuō zhīyī de zhǔjiǎo.

Meng Jiangnü is the protagonist of one of the Four Great Folktales of China.

Tips

culture

孟姜 is a description, not a given name: 孟 marks the eldest child and 姜 was the ruling clan of Qi, so it means 'eldest Jiang daughter'. The legend grew from the widow of 杞梁, a Qi officer killed in 550 BC, centuries before the Qin wall.