Folk Tales

The Four Great Folk Tales of China are: The Cowboy and the Weaving Maiden, Meng Jiangnu, the White Snake, Liang Shanbo and Zhu Yingtai

The Four Great Folk Tales of China: Liang Shanbo and Zhu Yingtai

Once upon a time, there was a landowner surnamed Zhu, who was known as Mr. Zhu, and whose daughter, Zhu Yingtai, was not only beautiful and generous, but also very smart and studious. But because in ancient times women could not enter the school to study, Zhu Yingtai had to lean on the window railing day after day, looking at the street with a book box on the back of the readers coming and going, heart envy! Can a woman only embroider at home? Why can't I go to school? Suddenly, she asked herself, "Yes, why can't I go to school? Why can't I go to school?

Thinking of this, Zhu Yingtai rushed back to her room and summoned up the courage to ask her parents: "Father, mother, I want to go to Hangzhou to study. I can wear men's clothes and disguise myself as a man, and make sure that I won't let others recognize me, so you guys just promise me!" Mr. and Mrs. Zhu didn't agree at first, but they couldn't withstand Yingtai's pleading and begging, so they had to agree.

The next morning, the day just dawn, Zhu Yingtai and the maid dressed as a man, said goodbye to his parents, with a bookcase, set off to Hangzhou in high spirits.

On her first day at the school, Zhu Yingtai met a male student named Liang Shanbo, who was an outstanding scholar and a very good person. She thought: such a good person, if we can be together every day, we will surely learn a lot of things, and will also be very happy. And Liang Shanbo also felt very much at home with her, and had a feeling that they had known each other at first sight. So, they often together poetry ah literature ah talk about love, cold ah hot ah mutual care and consideration, knee to knee, two little no guess. Later, the two men became brothers, but also at all times, inseparable.

Spring and fall, a three-year past, the end of the school year, it is time to pack, say goodbye to the teacher, return home. With **** candle three years, Zhu Yingtai has fallen y in love with her Liang brother, and Liang Shanbo although I do not know Zhu Yingtai is a girl, but also very much in love with her. The two of them reluctantly parted ways, returned home, are thinking about each other day and night. A few months later, Liang Shanbo went to visit Zhu's family, the result made him surprised and happy. It turned out that at this time, he met Zhu Yingtai, is no longer that clean-cut little scholar, but a young and beautiful big girl. The moment they saw each other again, they both realized that their feelings for each other had long been heart-to-heart.

After that, Liang Shanbo asked someone to go to Zhu's family to ask for marriage. However, Mr. Zhu would not look at this poor scholar, he had already betrothed his daughter to Mr. Ma, the young master of a rich family. Liang Shanbo was so disheartened that he fell ill and died soon after.

Hearing the news of Liang Shanbo's death, Zhu Yingtai, who had been fighting with her parents against the arranged marriage, suddenly became unusually calm. She put on a red coat and skirt and entered the sedan chair to welcome her. The procession of welcoming the bride all the way to beat gongs and drums, very lively! Passing Liang Shanbo's grave, suddenly flying sand and stones, the sedan chair had to stop. See Zhu Yingtai out of the sedan chair, take off the red dress, a plain dress, slowly walked to the grave, kneeling down and crying, all of a sudden the wind and rain, loud thunder, "Boom", the grave cracked, Zhu Yingtai seems to see her Liang brother's gentle face, she smiled and jumped in. Then there was another loud bang, the grave closed. At this time the wind dissipated, the rain cleared, all kinds of wildflowers in the wind gently swaying, a pair of beautiful butterflies from the grave out, in the sunshine free dance

China's four great folk tales two: White Snake

Time of the Ching Ming Dynasty, the banks of the West Lake, flowers and willow, Broken Bridge above the tourists such as Shuttle, it is really a good picture of a bright and beautiful picture of the spring. Suddenly, from the bottom of the West Lake quietly rose up two like flowers like jade girl, what happened? How can people rise out of the water? It turns out, they are two cultivated into a human form of snake spirit, although so, but they do not harm people, only because of the envy of the world's colorful life, only one of the name of the white Suzhen, a pseudonym of the small green, came to the West Lake to play.

But God suddenly launched a temper, all of a sudden a torrential downpour, Bai Suzhen and Xiaoqing was drenched in nowhere to hide, is worrying about it, suddenly only feel more than an umbrella above their heads, turn around and see a gentle, elegant, white and beautiful young scholar holding an umbrella in the rain for them. White Suzhen and this young scholar four eyes met, both coincidentally red face, mutual adoration. Xiao Qing saw it in her eyes and said, "Thank you very much! May I ask what is the name of the guest." The little scholar said, "My name is Xu Xian, and I live by this broken bridge." Bai Suzhen and Xiaoqing also hurriedly introduced themselves. From then on, the three of them often met, Bai Suzhen and Xu Xian's relationship is getting better and better, after a short while, they married, and opened a "Baohe Tang" pharmacy, a small life can be beautiful!

Because of the "Baohe Tang" cured a lot of many difficult diseases, and to the poor to see the doctor dispensing medicine also does not charge, so the pharmacy's business is getting more and more prosperous, near and far to look for white Suzhen cure more and more people, the people will be white Suzhen affectionately known as the white lady. However, the prosperity of "Baohe Tang" and the happy life of Xu Xian and the White Lady annoyed one person, who is it? Who? The monk Fa Hai of Jinshan Temple. Because people's diseases are cured by the White Lady, to the Golden Mountain Temple to burn incense to seek the Bodhisattva much less people, incense is not prosperous, the monk Fahai naturally will not be happy. This day, he came to the "Baohe Hall" in front, see the White Lady is treating people, can not help but burn with jealousy in the heart, and then fixed eyes, oops! The white lady is not a mortal, but a white snake!

Though Fa Hai has a little magic, his mind is not right. After seeing the identity of the White Lady, he wanted to break up Xu Xian and the White Lady couple, and bring down the "Baohe Tang". So, he secretly called Xu Xian to the temple, said to him: "Your wife is a snake spirit, you quickly break up with her, otherwise, she will eat you! When Xu Xian heard this, he was very angry and thought, "My wife is kind-hearted and her love for me is deeper than the sea. Even if she is a snake spirit, she won't harm me. What's more, she is now pregnant, so how can I abandon her! When Fa Hai saw that Xu Xian did not take his bait, he became infuriated and locked Xu Xian up in the temple.

In the "Baohe Hall", the White Lady is anxiously waiting for Xu Xian to come back. One day, two days, left, right, etc., the white lady is anxious. Finally inquired about the original Xu Xian by the Jinshan Temple of the sea monk to "stay", the white lady rushed to the Jinshan Temple with a small green, begging, please Fa Hai put back Xu Xian. When Fa Hai saw the White Snake, he laughed coldly and said, "Bold demon snake, I advise you to leave the earth quickly, or don't blame me for being impolite!" White lady see Fa Hai refused to release, have no choice but to pull off the head of the golden hairpin, the wind shook, set off a monstrous wave, to the Jinshan Temple straight to the past. Fa Hai saw the water flooded San Francisco Temple, quickly took off his robe, turned into a long embankment, stopped outside the temple gate. The water rises one foot, the long dike will be one foot high, the water rises one zhang, the long dike will be one zhang high, no matter how big the waves are, they can not go over. Coupled with the white lady is pregnant, really can not fight the sea, and later, the sea make fraudulent maneuvers, the white lady into the golden bowl, pressed under the Leifeng Tower, the Xu Xian and the white lady of this pair of loving couples live apart.

After escaping from the Jinshan Temple, Xiaoqing practiced kung fu for dozens of years deep in the mountains, and finally defeated Fa Hai, forced him into the belly of the crab, and rescued the White Snake, and from then on, she lived happily with Xu Xian and their children, and was never separated again.

The Four Greatest Folk Tales of China III: The Cowherd and the Weaving Maiden

The Cowherd had only an old ox and a plow, and he went down to the fields at dawn every day, and when he came home, he had to cook and wash his own clothes, which made the life of the cowherd very hard. One day, a miracle happened! Cowherd came home from work, and as soon as he entered his house, he saw that the house was cleaned, the clothes were washed and fresh, and there was a hot, fragrant meal on the table. Cowherd stared in amazement, thinking: what's going on here? The gods have descended to earth? Whatever, let's eat first.

Since then, a few days in a row, every day, so, the cowherd can not resist, he must get to the bottom of it. This day, the cowherd, as usual, early in the morning out of the door, in fact, he walked a few steps and turned around and came back, did not enter the house, but to find a hidden place to hide, secretly watching. Sure enough, not long after, came a girl as beautiful as heaven, as soon as he entered the door, he was busy cleaning up the house, cooking, do not mention how hardworking! The cowherd couldn't help himself, and stood out and said, "Girl, may I ask why you are here to help me with the housework?" The girl was shocked, blushed, and whispered, "My name is Weaving Maiden, I see that you are having a hard time, so I came to help you." The Cowherd was so happy to hear this that he hurriedly continued, "Then you stay, we'll share the same sweet ****, and together we'll use our hands to build a happy life!" The weaving maiden nodded with a red face, and they were married on this occasion, and the man plowed and the woman wove, and lived a very happy life.

After a few years, they gave birth to a man and a woman and two children, and the family lived happily ever after. One day, all of a sudden, the sky dark clouds, windy, thunder and lightning, the weaver disappeared, the two children cried non-stop, the Cowherd anxious do not know what to do. Is anxious, the clouds and suddenly all scattered, the weather has become windy and sunny, the weaving maiden also returned home, but her face is full of sad clouds. She gently pulled the cowherd boy, and the two children into her arms, said: "In fact, I am not a mortal, but the granddaughter of the Queen Mother, now, the Heavenly Palace to take me back, take care of yourselves!" After saying that, tears fell like rain, prancing away in the clouds.

Niu Lang embraced the two young children, want to cry without tears, stood frozen for half a day. I can't let my wife leave me like this, I can't let my children lose their mother like this, I have to find her, I must get the Weaving Maiden back! At that moment, the old ox suddenly spoke: "Don't be sad! You kill me, put my skin on, and weave two baskets to carry the two children, then you can go up to the Heavenly Palace to find the Weaving Maiden." The cowherd said he would not like to do this to this companion who had accompanied him for decades, but he could not persuade him and had no other way, so he had to endure the pain and do as he was told with tears in his eyes.

To the Palace of Heaven, the Queen Mother does not want to recognize the Cowherd as the earth's grandson son-in-law, do not let the Weaving Maiden to come out to see him, but found seven masked, tall, short, fat, thin, exactly the same woman, the Cowherd, said: "You recognize it, recognize the right to let you meet." Cowherd looked dumbfounded, but the two children in his arms jumped for joy and ran to his mother, the original, the blood relatives between mother and child is nothing can be blocked!

The Queen Mother had no choice, but she was still reluctant to let the Weaving Maiden return to earth, so she ordered the Weaving Maiden to be taken away. The Cowherd was anxious and rushed after her, leading his two children. They ran, tired, but also refused to stop, fell down and then climbed up, and saw that it was close to catching up, the Queen Mother in a hurry to pull out the head of the golden hairpin a stroke, in the middle of them cut out a wide Milky Way. From then on, the Cowherd and the Weaving Maiden could only stand at the two ends of the Milky Way, looking at each other from afar. Every year on the seventh day of the seventh month of the lunar calendar, thousands of magpies fly in and build a long bridge over the Milky Way, reuniting the family once again.

The Four Greatest Folk Tales of China IV: Meng Jiangnu Weeps at the Great Wall

During the Qin Dynasty, there was a kind and beautiful woman named Meng Jiangnu. One day, she was doing housework in her own yard, suddenly found a man hiding under the grapevine, scared her, was about to shout, only to see the man waving his hands, pleading: "Don't shout, don't shout, save me! My name is Fan Xiliang, I came to escape." It turned out that Emperor Qin Shi Huang was taking people as laborers to build the Great Wall, and many people had already died of starvation and exhaustion! Meng Jiangnu saved Fan Xiliang and saw that he was well-read and clear-eyed, and fell in love with him, while Fan Xiliang also fell in love with Meng Jiangnu. The two of them were so in love with each other that they sought their parents' permission and were ready to be married.

On the day of the wedding, Meng's family was decorated with lanterns and guests, a joyous scene. Look at the sky is almost dark, drinking wine people are gradually dispersed, the bride and groom are about to enter the bridal chamber, suddenly heard the chicken fly dog barking, then broke into a team of vicious officers and soldiers, can not be said, with a chain lock, hard to Fan Xiliang captured to the Great Wall to do the work. The good reason for the happy event into an empty, Meng Jiangnu grief and indignation, day and night thinking of her husband. She thought: I'd better go to the Great Wall to look for him instead of sitting at home and worrying. Right! That's it! Meng Jiangnu immediately packed up and went on her way.

On the way, I do not know how much wind, rain and snow, trekking through how many dangerous mountains and rivers, Meng Jiangnu did not cry a bitter, did not drop a tear, finally, with tenacious perseverance, with her husband's deep love, she arrived at the Great Wall. At this time, the Great Wall is already a very long wall composed of a site, Meng Jiangnu site by site to find over, but never see her husband. Finally, she summoned up courage and asked a group of workers who were about to start work, "Do you have a Fan Xiliang here?" The laborer said, "There is such a person, a newcomer." When Meng Jiangnu heard this, she was more than happy! She asked again, "Where is he?" The civil worker said, "Already dead, the corpse has filled the foot of the city!"

Hearing this terrible news, it was like a bolt from the blue, Meng Jiangnu felt a black eye, a burst of heartache, and cried out. She cried for three days and three nights, so much so that even heaven and earth were moved. The sky is getting more and more gloomy, the wind is getting more and more violent, only to hear "clatter", a section of the Great Wall was cried down, revealing the body of Fan Xiliang, Meng Jiangnu's tears dripped on his bloody face. She finally saw her beloved husband, but he could no longer see her, because he had been killed by the brutal Qin Shi Huang.