Why is it said that Afang Palace is to commemorate a woman? 01 According to legend, the Afang Palace was built for the girl Afang. The reason was that King Yingzheng of Qin fell in love with a Handan

Why is it said that Afang Palace is to commemorate a woman? 01 According to legend, the Afang Palace was built for the girl Afang. The reason was that King Yingzheng of Qin fell in love with a Handan woman named Afang when he was living in Handan City. After the Qin Emperor unified the world, he wanted to make her his queen, but was defeated. All the ministers objected because she was Zhao's daughter. Afang hanged himself in order not to embarrass Ying Zheng. Emperor Qin named it Afang Palace in memory of the woman he loved deeply. 02 King Yingzheng of Qin was sent to Handan as a hostage when he was ten years old. He happened to meet Afang who was traveling around. Because Ying Zheng was not taken seriously and was sent as a hostage, he was not taken seriously either in Qin or Zhao, and was often bullied. Only the kind-hearted Afang did not bully him and was kind to him, which planted the seeds of love in Ying Zheng's heart. 03 Qin unified Liuhe and Zhao was destroyed. Afang's family moved south to Lingnan (today's Yunnan). Yingzheng led his army to conquer Lingnan, because Lingnan was full of mountains and forests full of miasma. A plague broke out among the Qin army. The King of Lingnan attacked the Qin army for fear of being infected with the plague. Special orders were given to find people who were proficient in medical skills to deliver medicine and inquire about military affairs, so Afang went to the Qin camp to deliver medicine on behalf of his father. Afangnu was ordered to carry a large cart of herbs to the Qin army's camp and help them deal with the plague. Qin Shihuang was overjoyed and wanted to thank her in person. Unexpectedly, Qin Shihuang was stunned as soon as the two met, because this woman was so similar to a little girl he had known when he was a child. Later, through Afangnu's lobbying, the land of Baiyue and the Qin State reached a peaceful reunification. 04 Qin Shihuang expressed his love for Afang Nu and promised that when he became emperor, he would make her his queen. Unfortunately, in the end, it backfired. It turned out that the power of the Qin Dynasty was firmly in the hands of another person, Lu Buwei. Even though the young Ying Zheng had been promoted to King Qin at that time, he still had no real power, so his wish to give Afang a female title could not be realized. Until Qin Shihuang finally unified the six kingdoms and held great power, Afangnu had already passed away. Therefore, in order to commemorate his beloved woman, Ying Zheng did not hesitate to spend a lot of manpower, financial and material resources to build Afang Palace.