he made people from all over china work on the great the work was long and hard.Many workers died. a beautiful woman,meng chiang -nu,lived with her husband.She walked for days and days.she walked across rivers and mountains.fimally,shereached the great wall. where is my hushand she asked.oh,hedied long ago,a man said. we buried him here,by the wall,meng chiang -nu cried.shecried for a days,and many people cried with her,their tears made a river 300 meters long,they cried so hard that a part of the wall felldown.when the emperor heard about the woman,he came to see what had happened.he saw her cry,and fell in love with her.will you marry me he asked i will marry you,meng chiang-nu said.but first,you must build a tomb for my husband.the emperor agreed.when the tomb was finished,meng chiang-nu would not marry the emperor.the jumped into the river.catchher catch her the emperorshouted but meng chiang-nu became a beautiful silver fishshe swarn away,into the green-blue water.