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กก Yanmen Fortress
There was a monk who was then travelling around the world to
help himself in his studies of Buddhism. He came by the fortress one day and
felt quite hungry. Nobody lived around the place กก More Introduction of the great wall of china: Great Wall in Beijing SiMaTai Great Wall JianKou Great Wall MuTianYu Great Wall BaDaLing Great Wall Huanghuacheng great wall Juyong Guan Pass GuBeiKou Great wall Jinshanling great wall Underwater Great wall Great wall in North west China Wuwei Great Wall Great Wall at Hushan Dun Hua Great Wall Zhangye Great Wall Jiayu Pass Great Wall Yangguan Great Wall YanmenQuan Great Wall Yanmen Fortress great wall Shizuishan Great Wall Huang YaGuan great wall JiuQuan Great Wall WangXiaoTemple near great wall NiangziGuan pass Great wall in North east China Happy meeting fortress ShanHaiPass Great Wall Zhen Bei Tai Tower shimenzi Great wall Jiu MenKou Great Wall Pianguan pass Zijinguan Pass Great wall stories Why Build the great wall Lady Meng cry great wall Overhanging Great wall Ten brothers and the great wall Yang generals Special custom of Jiayu pass Wu SanHui and ChenYuanYuan wonder of the world beginning of the Great wall Magic of the Great wall Secrets of Great wall Great wall from space change of Great wall foreigner view of Great wall Great wall by radar Great wall again Map of Great wall |
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Yanmen fortress, or the Wild Goose Fortress, is an essential
part of the defense of the Great Wall of China. It was formerly called the
Xijing Fortress. There is a story of why the name was changed as recorded here.
and therefore, he could not get
any food from the local people. Some wild geese were flying pass him in the sky.
He looked up and saw not only the geese but also the meat. He was lured.
However, it is a big offense to kill a living creature and consume the meat for
a monk. The idea simply flashed past his mind and he apparently did not take
much notice of it. Unfortunately, one of the wild geese knew this and sacrificed
himself for the monk. He dropped to the ground right in front of the monk and
died on the spot. The monk was amazed. When he realized that the wild goose had
taken his own life to satisfy his hunger, he was touched. He could not eat the
goose, not only because of the seriousness of the offence and his determination
of following the Buddha instead of giving up half way, but also because of his
respect to the goose for self-sacrifice. He buried the goose and built a small
pagoda beside the grave.
