Inspirational English, Issue 42, Jan/Feb 2018 Inspirational English, Issue 42, Jan Feb 2018 | Page 57

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he legend tells us about the Happy Meeting Fortress and
how it got its name. Due to the constant building, the Great Wall had to
be guarded all year around. So families had to be separated for months,
sometimes even years.
here was a young soldier who had been away to defend the
northern part of China for years. His father back home was quite old and
was afraid that he would not be able to see his son again. So he set off to
pay him a visit. Despite not seeing each other for a long time, the father
and the son recognised each other instantly. They were brimming with
happiness. However, to everybody´s surprise they both died on the spot.
n order to remember the loving father and son, the fortress was
named the Happy Meeting Fortress. It represents the love of the soldiers
and their families.
The story left both Russie and I quite to the Forbidden City, where the museum is
emotional and we felt sympathetic to the situated, tomorrow. I can see she is getting
soldiers who had lost their lives while the very excited about the tour of the capital so
wall was being built. My teacher turned to I am pleased with my plan.
me and said: We kindly thank Mr Lee for his lovely idea
“Frank, the Chinese history seems quite and interesting story and say goodbye to
fascinating to me. I would love to find out him. Tired but happy we head off to the
more about it.” nearest station to get the underground to
After hearing this, Mr Lee turns to me and the city centre. We need to have a good rest
says, “Young man, you could take your now…
friend to the Palace Museum in Beijing. “
Oh, I could not believe, Mr Lee has just spoilt so we´ll see you next time from the
my surprise. I have planned to take Russie Forbidden City.
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