Four Legends of China

1] The legend of Meng Jiangnu crying at the Great Wall

[2] The Legend of Cowherd and Weaver Girl

[3] Legend of Butterfly Lovers

[4] The Legend of White Snake and Xu Xian

The legend of Meng Jiangnu crying at the Great Wall

When it reached the Qin Dynasty, a family named Meng planted a melon, and the seedlings climbed along the wall to the Jiang family and produced melons. When a melon is ripe, a melon scores two houses! When I opened it, I found a white and fat little girl in it, so I named her Meng Jiangnv. Meng Jiangnv has grown up and is an old villager in Fiona Fang. Everyone knows that she is a kind, lively, intelligent girl who can play the piano, write poems and articles. The old couple regarded her as the apple of their eye.

At this time, Qin Shihuang began to catch her husband everywhere to build the Great Wall. There was a son named Fan Xiliang, a scholar, who ran away from home because of fear. He was thirsty from running and wanted to have a rest and find some water to drink, when he heard a group of people shouting horses and drumming. So people are being arrested here! He didn't have time to run, so he jumped over a nearby wall. It turns out that this wall is the back garden of the Meng family. This kung fu just happened to catch up with Meng Jiangnv and go out to the garden with the girl. Meng Jiangnu suddenly saw a person hiding under the towel gourd rack. As soon as she shouted at the maid, Fan Xiliang got out of the car and bowed: "Miss, miss, don't shout, don't shout, I am a refugee, please save my life!"

Meng jiangnu saw, "Fan Xiliang is a white-flour scholar, very handsome, and the maid went back to report to Wei Yan. In the back garden, veteran Fan Xiliang questioned his hometown, his surname and why he jumped over the wall and was admitted to the hospital. Fan Xiliang gave a detailed oral answer. Seeing his honesty, the members promised to hide him at home for the time being. Hiding in Meng's house for a few days. Seeing that he was handsome and generous, the old couple discussed recruiting him as a son-in-law. My daughter agreed as soon as I discussed it with her. Mentioned to Fan Xiliang, Fan Gongzi is also willing, and this marriage is settled.

In those days, the soldiers were in chaos, and the people and their husbands caught them at both ends for three days. No one always leaves marriage. The old couple discussed it, chose an auspicious day and invited relatives and friends. Two tables were set, and after a happy day, they got married. As the saying goes: "people have misfortune and misfortune, and the weather is unpredictable." Less than three days after the couple got married, suddenly a group of officers came, and they took Fan Gongzi away without permission!

This trip is obviously the opposite. Meng Jiangnv cries all day. Hope! But I have been eagerly looking forward to it for a year. Not only did people not expect it, but no news came. Don't worry, Yu Jiang rushed to make warm clothes for her husband for several nights in a row and went to the Great Wall to find her husband himself. Seeing her stubbornness, her parents couldn't stop her and agreed. Meng Jiangnv packed her bags, bid farewell to her parents and embarked on a journey. Meng jiangnu went all the way to the north and waded through mountains and rivers.

Meng Jiangnv packed her luggage, bid farewell to her parents and embarked on a journey to find her lost. Hungry, bite the cold cake; If you are thirsty, drink some cold water; Tired, sit by the road and have a rest. One day, she asked an old man with white hair who was firewood, "How far is it from here to the Great Wall?" The old uncle said, "Youzhou is far away, and the Great Wall is still in the north of Youzhou." Meng Jiangnv thought to herself, "Even if the Great Wall is far away, I will go to the end of the world to find my husband!" " "

Meng Jiangnv is walking with a phoenix blowing rain. One day, she came to a place in the middle of nowhere. It was dark and people were exhausted, so she ran to the ruined temple. The ruined temple is quite big, with only weeds half a person deep and grinning idols. She is a lonely young woman, very rich. But she also forgot these things and found a corner to sleep. In the evening, she dreamed that she and her husband were studying at their desks. Suddenly, she heard a knock at the door, and a group of arresting policemen broke in. She woke up with a start. It turned out to be the doors and windows of the ruined temple because the phoenix blew loudly. She sighed and saw that it was about to dawn, so she picked up the parcel and set off again.

One day, she was exhausted and cold after walking. She was just about to rest her feet when she suddenly fainted. When she woke up, she realized that she was lying on the hot kang in her hometown. The landlady rolled soup for her and made brown sugar Jiang Shui. She is very grateful. She sweated a little and felt a little light, so she struggled to get up and continue on her way. The landlady pulled her with tears and said, "Your eldest sister-in-law, I know you are anxious to find a husband, but you are as hot as coals. Can I have the heart to let you go? " Your sister-in-law, look at your feet again. It's all bloody lumps. They are still feet! "Meng Jiangnu looked at her feet, but there was no blood in her heart. She stayed at the boss's mother's house for another two days, and then she got sick and started again. The old lady cried and read, "What a good daughter-in-law! God, please be kind and let the couples in the world reunite! "Meng Jiangnu finally arrived at the place where the Great Wall was built. She asked the migrant workers who built the Great Wall: Do you know where Fan Xiliang is? Interrogate one, and people say they don't know. Interrogate another one, and people shake their heads. She doesn't know how many people she hit. Only then did I know about the migrant workers who built the Great Wall in the neighboring village. The migrant workers in the neighboring village enthusiastically led her to find the migrant workers who built the Great Wall with Fan Xiliang.

Meng Jiangnv asked, "Brothers, did you build the Great Wall with Fan Xiliang?"

Everyone said, "Yes!"

Fan Xiliang?' Everybody, look at me. I'll look at you. No one said a word with tears in his eyes. Seeing this, Mrs. Yu Jiang snorted and her hair started to rise. Staring at her eyes, she asked eagerly, "Where is my husband Fan Xiliang?" Seeing that they couldn't hide it, everyone said hesitantly, "Fan Xiliang starved to death last month!"

"Where is the body?"

"Everyone said," There are too many dead people to bury, and the supervisors have been called to fill in the Great Wall! "

Everyone's voice did not fall, and Meng Jiangnv clapped her hands and cried on the Great Wall. She cried, cried. Thousands of migrant workers who only cry and don't make trouble bow their heads and shed tears. They only cried until the sun and the moon were dark and it was dark. They only cried sadly in the autumn wind, and things changed. I was crying when there was a loud noise, and the Great Wall collapsed like the sky was falling, revealing piles of human bones. So many bones, which one is her husband? She suddenly remembered the story told by her mother when she was a child: the bones of relatives can penetrate into their blood. She bit her middle finger, bleeding to recognize the body. She carefully identified the tattered buttons and recognized her husband's bones. The ginger girl in the jar kept Zhang Guan's bones and cried her eyes out.

Just as he was crying, Qin Shihuang patrolled the side wall with his army and passed by.

When Qin Shihuang heard that Meng Jiangnv cried down the wall, he immediately flew into a rage. He led the three armies to Jiao Shan's feet and personally disposed of Meng Jiangnv. However, as soon as he saw Meng Jiangnv as beautiful as flowers and pure as jade, he wanted to occupy Meng Jiangnv. Meng jiangnu doesn't want to rely on it! Qin Shihuang sent several old women to persuade her, and also sent Zhao Gao, the minister in charge of secretariat, to persuade her with a rockhopper gown, and the beggar girl Jiang would never give up. Finally, Qin Shihuang personally came forward. When Meng Jiangnv saw Qin Shihuang, she couldn't wait to bump into this ruthless tyrant. But on second thought, if her husband's hatred was not reported and CoCo Lee's hatred was not delayed, how could she die in vain? She fought back her anger and listened to Qin Shihuang's nonsense. Seeing her silence, Qin Shihuang thought she was willing and said more cheerfully, "Go ahead! As long as you obey me, I will give you anything you want, Jinshan Yinshan will do! "

Meng Jiangnv said: "I don't want Jinshan Yinshan, I want to abide by it, as long as you promise three things!" " "

Qin Shihuang said, "Say three things slowly, even thirty things are your final decision. You said, this! "

Meng Jiangnv said, "The first thing is to erect a monument to repair my husband's grave and put it in a sandalwood coffin."

Hearing this, Qin Shihuang said, "Well said, well said, you can take this. Say the second one! "

"The second thing, I want you to dress my husband in linen and Dai Xiao, hold a can, follow the hearse, and lead the civil and military officials to the funeral with tears." 、

Hearing this, Qin Shihuang failed! I am an emperor, how can I give a funeral to a king! "This won't do, you say the third one!"

"If the second one doesn't work, there won't be a third one!" The woman said.

Qin Shihuang looked at this posture and refused when he saw that the fat in his mouth could not be eaten. Say yes and the whole world will laugh at you. Another idea: I don't care if I laugh at it. Besides, I'll kill anyone who dares to laugh at me. Thinking of this, he said, "Good! I promise you the second one. Say the third one! "

Meng Jiangnv said, "Third, I want to go to the seaside for three days."

Qin Shihuang said: "This is easy! Well, these three things are up to you! "

Qin Shihuang immediately sent people to erect a monument for Fan Xiliang, repair the grave, buy coffins, prepare mourning clothes and put up a white flag for the brave. On the day of the funeral, Fan Xiliang's hearse was in front, followed by Qin Shihuang, who was dressed in linen and filial. He really became a dutiful son. After the funeral, Meng Jiangnv said to Qin Shihuang, "Let's go swimming in the sea and get married." Qin Shihuang was very happy. It's so beautiful that I don't know what to do. Suddenly I heard a "plop" and Meng Jiangnu jumped into the sea!

Seeing the urgency, Qin Shihuang said, "Be sure, hurry, and salvage it for me in the sea."

No sooner had the fishermen gone into the sea than the sea set off a huge wave. The salvage personnel saw that the situation was not good and hurried aboard. How did this big wave come so opportunely? It turns out that both the dragon god and the dragon lady sympathize with Meng Jiangnv. As soon as they saw her jump into the sea, they quickly took her to the Dragon Palace. Subsequently, soldiers and crabs were ordered to make waves. Fortunately, Qin Shihuang escaped quickly, otherwise he would have been caught in the sea.

The Legend of Cowherd and Weaver Girl

There is a Vega and an Altair in the sky. Weaver Girl and Penny are kindred spirits, and they have a heart in mind. But it is forbidden for men and women to fall in love and fall in love privately. The Weaver Girl is the granddaughter of the Queen Mother, so the Queen Mother demoted Penny to the world and made the Weaver Girl Brocade as a punishment.

Weaver's job is to weave layers of beautiful clouds on the loom with a magical silk, and change their colors with time and season. This is the "heavenly clothes". Ever since Penny was demoted, Weaver Girl has been in Lacrimosa, thinking about Penny with a frown. She sat by the loom and kept knitting beautiful brocade, in order to win the favor of the queen mother and let Penny return to heaven as soon as possible.

One day, several fairies begged the Queen Mother to see the Lian Bi Pool on earth. The queen mother was in a good mood today and promised them. Seeing that the Weaver Girl was unhappy all day, they begged the Queen Mother to let the Weaver Girl go with them. After the punishment, the heavenly queen felt sorry for her granddaughter and told them to go and come back quickly.

After being demoted, Penny was born in a farmer's home and named Cowherd. Later, when his parents died, he lived with his brother and sister-in-law. Sister-in-law is mean to Cowherd and wants to leave him. She only gave him an old cow and told the cowherd to stand on his own feet.

Since then, the cowherd and the old cow have lived together. They cut thorns, cultivated land and built houses in the wasteland. A year or two later, they built a small home and barely made ends meet. However, except for the old cow who can't talk, Cowherd is the only one in the deserted home, and life is quite lonely. The cowherd doesn't know that the old cow is the Taurus in the sky.

On this day, the old cow suddenly spoke and said to the cowherd, "Cowherd, today you go to Bilianchi, where some fairies are taking a bath." You hide that red fairy costume, and the fairy in the red fairy costume will become your wife. " Cowherd was surprised and happy when he saw the old cow talking, so he asked, "Niu Ge, can you really talk?" Is it true what you said? "The old cow nodded, and the cowherd quietly hid in the reeds beside Bilianchi, waiting for the arrival of the fairies.

After a while, the fairies really floated in, took off their light clothes and jumped into the clear stream. The cowherd ran out of the reeds and took the red fairy's clothes. When the fairies saw someone coming, they quickly put on their clothes and flew away like birds, leaving only the fairies who could not escape without clothes. She is a weaver girl. Seeing that her fairy clothes were taken away by a young man, the weaver girl was ashamed and anxious, but she was helpless. At this moment, Cowherd came over and told her that he could not return her clothes unless she promised to be his wife. The weaver girl looked intently and realized that the cowherd was the cow she missed day and night, so she shyly agreed to him. In this way, the Weaver Girl became the wife of the Cowherd.

After they got married, they worked hard, loved each other and lived a very happy life. Soon, they gave birth to a son and a daughter, very cute. Cowherd and Weaver Girl thought they could be together for life and grow old together.

However, when the Queen Mother learned of this incident, she flew into a rage and immediately sent a fairy to catch the Weaver Girl and make amends.

On this day, the weaver girl was cooking, and the cowherd hurried back from the fields. His eyes were red and swollen, and he told Weaver, "Niu Ge is dead. Before he died, he asked me to peel off his cowhide and put it away. One day, I can wear it and fly to the sky. " Hearing this, the Weaver Girl wondered. She knew that the old cow was the golden bull in the sky, and she was demoted to heaven just because she said a few good words for the demoted morning cow. How can you suddenly die? The weaver girl asked the cowherd to peel off the cowhide and bury the old cow.

At this time, the sky is stormy, and the heavenly soldiers will fall from the sky. It is hard to say that it is escorting the Weaver Girl to the sky.

Flying, flying, Weaver Girl heard the voice of Cowherd: "Weaver Girl, wait for me!" " "Looking back, the Weaver Girl saw the Cowherd coming with a pair of baskets and two cowhide children. Slowly, the distance between them is getting closer and closer, and the weaver girl can also see the lovely faces of her children. The children opened their arms and shouted "Mom". Seeing, the Cowherd and the Weaver Girl are about to meet. But at this moment, the queen mother came in with Xiangyun. She took off the golden hairpin on her head and rowed it among them. At the moment, a Tianhe wave is caught between the Weaver Girl and the Cowherd and cannot be crossed.

The Weaver Girl looked at the Cowherd and his children across the Tianhe River and cried herself hoarse. Cowherd and children also cried their eyes out. Their cries and the children's cries for "mom" are so heart-wrenching and tearful that even the fairies and immortals watching the battle feel sad and unbearable. Seeing this situation, the Queen Mother was slightly moved by the loyal love of the Cowherd and the Weaver Girl, so she agreed to let the Cowherd and the children stay in the sky and let them meet once a year on July 7.

From then on, the Cowherd and his children lived in the sky, separated from the Weaver Girl by a Tianhe River. Among the stars in the autumn night sky, we can still see two big stars on both sides of the Milky Way. They are Vega and Altair. The Altair has two little stars, namely a son and a daughter of the Cowherd and the Weaver Girl.

On July 7, the Cowherd and the Weaver Girl met, and countless groups of magpies flew to bridge the gap for them. On the Magpie Bridge, Cowherd and Weaver Girl meet again! The Weaver Cowherd is affectionate, hugging the children, and there are endless words and feelings!

Legend has it that on July 7th every year, if people listen quietly in the vines under the grape trellis, they can vaguely hear Yue Xian's performance, and the Weaver Girl and the Cowherd are talking affectionately. To put it bluntly, it's been a long time before I met her, but it's been longer since we broke up. They look forward to meeting again on July 7 of the next year every day.

Legend of Liang Zhu

Once upon a time, there was a place called Zhu, who was called Mr Zhu. His daughter Zhu Yingtai is not only beautiful and generous, but also smart and studious. But in ancient times, women couldn't go to school, so Zhu Yingtai could only lean against the window bar every day and look at the scholars coming and going in the street with books on their backs. He was envious! Can women only embroider at home? Why can't I go to school? She suddenly asked herself: Yes! Why can't I go to school?

Thinking of this, Zhu Yingtai hurried back to his room and got up the courage to ask his parents, "Dad, Mom, I'm going to study in Hangzhou. I can wear men's clothes and dress up as a man. I won't let others recognize me. Just promise me! " Mr. and Mrs. Zhu Yingtai didn't agree at first, but they couldn't stand the entreaties of Yingtai and had to agree.

Early the next morning, at dawn, Zhu Yingtai and the maid dressed as men, said goodbye to their parents, took up the bookcase and set off for Hangzhou happily.

On the first day of school, Zhu Yingtai met a male classmate named Liang Shanbo, who was knowledgeable and had an excellent personality. She thought: If such a good person can be together every day, he will certainly learn a lot and be very happy. Moreover, Liang Shanbo also thinks that he and she hit it off very well, and he thinks that he also hits it off at home. As a result, they often talk about poetry and articles together, care about each other, and are hot and cold, shoulder to shoulder. Later, the two became sworn brothers, always inseparable.

Spring went to Qiu Lai, three years passed quickly, and the school year was over. It's time to pack up, say goodbye to the teacher and go home. Classmate * * * candle for three years, Zhu Yingtai has fallen in love with her Xiong Liang, and Liang Shanbo, although he doesn't know that Zhu Yingtai is a girl, admires her very much. They parted reluctantly and returned home, missing each other day and night. A few months later, I went to visit Zhu's family, which surprised and delighted him. It turned out that at this time, Zhu Yingtai he met was no longer the handsome little scholar, but a beautiful young girl. At the moment of goodbye, they all understood each other's feelings, and they were already soul mates.

After that, people were invited to visit relatives and friends in Zhujiajian. But I hope Mr w doesn't respect this poor scholar. He has betrothed his daughter to a rich young master, Ma Gongzi. Liang Shanbo was so desperate that he couldn't afford to get sick and died soon.

Hearing the news of Liang Shanbo's death, Zhu Yingtai, who had been opposed to arranged marriage with her parents, suddenly became unusually calm. She put on a red dress and got into the bride's sedan chair. The wedding team beat gongs and drums all the way, so lively! When I passed the cemetery of Liang Shanbo, suddenly sand and stones flew and the sedan chair had to stop. I saw Zhu Yingtai coming out of the sedan chair, taking off his red clothes, putting on plain clothes, walking slowly to the grave, kneeling down and crying loudly. At the moment, it was stormy and the grave cracked with a bang. Zhu Yingtai seemed to see her gentle face again, and she jumped in with a smile. Then there was a loud noise and the grave was closed. At this time, the wind dissipated. After the rain cleared, all kinds of wild flowers swayed gently in the wind, and a pair of beautiful butterflies flew out of the grave and danced freely in the sun.

The White Snake and the Legend of Xu Xian

Xu Xian and the White Snake are the characters in Legend of the White Snake, one of the four legends of China. Legend of the White Snake is a mythical love story, which originated from the story of the three pagodas of the West Lake in the Song Dynasty. In the Ming Dynasty, it was selected by Feng Menglong, a litterateur, into The Story of the Warning World (the 28th time "The White Lady's Yongzheng Leifeng Pagoda"), which gradually spread widely among the people. On this basis, Ren Fang Chengpei created the drama Leifeng Tower. With the extensive performance of the play among the people in China, it gradually became a household name and became one of the "Top Ten Classical Tragedies in China".

On February 5th, 2000 1,1,the State Post Bureau issued a set of four "Folklores-Xu Xian and the Legend of the White Snake", with stamp patterns selected from typical plots in the Legend of the White Snake.

The story of Legend of the White Snake goes like this: Lv Dongbin, one of the legendary Eight Immortals, sells glutinous rice balls by the broken bridge in the West Lake. At that time, as a child, Xu Xian bought a glutinous rice balls, which was actually an elixir and ate it. As a result, he didn't want to eat for three days and nights, and hurried to find Lv Dongbin. Lv Dongbin hung Xu Xian upside down on the broken bridge. Tangyuan was spit out, fell into the West Lake, and was swallowed by the white snake practicing in the lake. After 500 years of tempering, White Snake and Xu Xian have forged an indissoluble bond. The tortoise who practiced here, the later monk Fahai, held a grudge against the white snake because he couldn't eat glutinous rice balls. White Snake saw a beggar with a green snake in his hand by Yingbo Bridge, one of the bridges in Su Causeway, and wanted to dig snake gall to sell money, so he became a human being and bought a green snake (Xiaoqing). From then on, the green snake recognized the white snake as her sister. Eighteen years later, during the Qingming Festival, the white snake went down the mountain and became a white snake. She and Xiaoqing went to Hangzhou, swam in the lake near the broken bridge, met Xu Xian, and borrowed an umbrella to make love. Soon after, they got married and moved to Zhenjiang to run a pharmacy. Fahai monks regarded White Snake and Xiaoqing as demons and destroyed the relationship between Xu Xian and White Snake several times. Xu Xian listened to Fahai and drank the white snake with realgar wine on the occasion of Dragon Boat Festival to show its true colors. Xu Xian was scared to death. In order to save her beloved husband, White Snake risked her life to steal grass from Emei Mountain. The reborn Xu Xian was imprisoned by Fahai in Jinshan Temple in Zhenjiang, and the couple were not allowed to reunite. In order to save Xu Xian, Bai Niangzi and Xiaoqing fought with Fahai, and even diverted water from West Lake to Jinshan Temple. Because I'm pregnant, I can't save Xu Xian. Xu Xian fled back to Hangzhou and met the white snake at the broken bridge. Fahai used Buddhism to put the White Snake under the Leifeng Pagoda and separate Xu Xian from the White Snake. Xiaoqing was able to escape, practice successfully, return to Jinshan, win Fahai, break the Leifeng Pagoda and rescue the white snake. Fahai had nowhere to run, wearing a yellow dress and hiding in the belly of a crab. Later, Xu Xian and his wife finally reunited, but Fahai could only stay in the crab's belly, so the crab paste in the crab's belly was yellow, like a monk's robe.