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Liang Shanbo and Zhu Yingtai(The Butterfly Lovers)

The story of Liang Shanbo and Zhu Yingtai is the so-called “Chinese Romeo and Julie”, it is based on a historical legend known to every Chinese. In feudal China, love as young people’s own choice was considered to be devious from the norm of the society. Liang Shanbo and Zhu Yingtai were classmates. Liang Shanbo would never imagine that his pal Zhu Yingtai should turn out to be a lady after they were back home after the study. In that time, women can not go to the school as man. The girl had disguised herself as a boy. She fell in love with Liang, who was unware of her real indentity. At departing, Zhu invited Liang to visit “his” family, and told him “he” would ask parents to marry “his” sister to him. But Liang was short of money, and he did not go. Councilor Zhu betrothed Zhu Yingtai to childe Ma. Two years later, Liang went to visit Zhu and found that the sister was Zhu herself. He was in deep remorse. He got seriously ill and never recovered. On the day of wedding, childe Ma sent a flower boat to Zhu’s home to bring her. When the flower boat passed Liang’s tomb, there came a fresh gale, the wave surged and the boat can not go. Zhu ran to Liang’s tomb and wailed there bitterly. Suddenly, the tomb spilt open. Zhu jumped into the tomb. Then the rain passed off, the sky cleaned up, the waves calmed down. A couple of butterflies danced gracefully among the wild flowers.

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