Butterfly+Lovers+Write+up

Butterfly Lovers Write Up  The Butterfly Lovers is a Chinese legend a tragic love story of a pair of lovers Liang Shanbo and Zhu Yingtai. Their names from the title of the story and often abbreviated to Liang Zhu, Often regarded as the Chinese equivalent of Romeo and Juliet. The temple of Liang Shanbo after delibereations in many ways experts on folk- literature come from all over the country to acknowlege the temple of Liang Shanbo in Gaoqiao, Ningbo is the birthplce of the story.

Legend: Zhu Yingtai is a beautiful and intelligent young woman. She is the ninth child of a very rich family. During that time they didn’t let women go to school. Zhu manages to convince her father to let her go school but disguises herself as a young man. During her journey she meets Liang Shanbo a scholar from Kuaiji (present-day Shaoxing). They studied for 3 years and Zhu gradually falls in love with Liang. But Liang does not notice her female characteristics. Zhu receives a letter from her father asking her to come home immediately. So Zhu has no choice but to pack up her things and leave and says good - bye to Liang. So Zhu decides to hint out Liang that she is a woman. But Liang does not notice that. So Zhu decides to play matchmaker for Liang and his sister. They part ways at Changting pavilion. Liang visits Zhu later and realizes that she is a young woman. They fall in love for a short time until Zhu parents have arranged marriage from some of a wealthy family named Ma Wencai. Liang becomes heartbroken and becomes ill and dies. To prevent the procession Zhu stops by Liang grave to respect it. Then she wants the grave to be opened so she can be with. Then their sprits turn into butterflies they fly away so they can’t be separated again.