Lady Meng Jiang's husband was forced to work on the Great Wall of China. She traveled to bring him winter clothes, but when she arrived, he was already dead. She wept so bitterly that part of the wall collapsed, revealing his bones.
Lady Meng Jiang: I am the wife of a man who died while working on the Great Wall of China. I am here to bring him winter clothes and to mourn his death.
The Great Wall: I am the Great Wall of China. I am strong and mighty, but I am also a place of sadness and death.
The Emperor: I am the Emperor of China. I ordered the Great Wall to be built, and I am responsible for the deaths of many men.
The Workers: We are the workers who built the Great Wall. We are tired, we are hungry, and we are often treated poorly.
The People: We are the people of China. We are proud of the Great Wall, but we also mourn the loss of the men who died building it.
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