Is there an English introduction to the four great Chinese love legends?

It was said that there was a white snake,which was called Bai Suzhen. She was willing to repay Xu Xian for saving her life before 500 years ago. She was willing to repay Xu Xian for saving her life before 500 years ago. Then she descended to the world and married him,living together happily.But the Monk Fa Hai,who was from the temple Jin Shan,kept making Bai Suzhen die. But the Monk Fa Hai,who was from the temple Jin Shan,kept making Bai Suzhen die. What he did made them part and the couple had no chance to meet. It was the story of "ghost" made by China.

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Legend has it that the White Snake, Bai Suzhen, fell into the prosperous world in order to repay Xu Xian for saving her life 500 years ago. life-saving favor, she fell into the prosperous world and married Xu Xian and lived a beautiful life. However, the monk Fa Hai of Jinshan Temple kept trying to put Bai Suzhen to death so that they could not meet each other, a Chinese version of "Ghosts and Men".

2 Liang Shanbo and Zhu Yingtai

Keywords: butterfly

Once upon a time, there was a landowner surnamed Zhu, known as Mr. Zhu, 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 academy to study, Zhu Yingtai had to lean on the window railing day after day, looking at the street body carrying a bookcase to and fro of the readers, heart envy! Can women 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 I will make sure that no one will recognize me, so just promise me!" Mr. and Mrs. Zhu didn't agree at first, but they couldn't withstand Yingtai's begging and pleading, 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 arriving at the school, Zhu Yingtai met a male student named Liang Shanbo, a man of outstanding learning and very good character. The two were instantly fond of each other and often talked about the past and the present together, reciting poetry and literature. Later, they became brothers, and were even more inseparable at all times.

Spring and fall, a three-year past, the school year is over, it is time to pack, say goodbye to the teacher, return home. The same window **** candle whole 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 she is also fond of her. After returning home, both miss each other day and night. A few months later, Liang Shanbo went to visit Zhu's family, and the result surprised and delighted him. It turned out that by this time, the Zhu Yingtai he met was no longer the young scholar who was so clean and pretty, 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. But Mr. Zhu had already promised his daughter to Mr. Ma, the young master of a rich family. Liang Shanbo felt so disheartened that he fell ill and died soon after.

Hearing the news of Liang Shanbo's death, Zhu Yingtai, who had been struggling with her parents, suddenly became unusually calm. She put on a red dress and skirt and went into the sedan chair to welcome the bride. The procession of welcoming the bride was beating gongs and drums all the way! 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, thunder, "boom", the grave cracked, Zhu Yingtai seems to see her Liang brother that 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 swayed gently in the wind, and a pair of beautiful butterflies flew out from the grave and danced freely in the sunshine.

Key word: Butterfly

Long long ago there was a landlord surnamed Zhu. He had a daughter named Zhu Yingtai who was very beautiful and smart and liked learning very much. He had a daughter named Zhu Yingtai who was very beautiful and smart and liked learning very much. However the girl was not permitted to go to school during that old time. However the girl was not permitted to go to school during that old time. So she had to stay at home and looked at the students coming and going on the street through the window everyday.

Suddenly she went back to the room and told her parents with courage: "Dad, Mum, I want to go to Hangzhou to have classes. I can wear man's garments and act like a man and I will not be recognized . I promise. Please let me go, please! The old couple didn't agree at first but had to do so later because Yingtai implored continually.

The next morning, Yingtai and her maid all in man's suits set out to Hangzhou happily after bidding a

The next morning Yingtai and her maid all in man's suits set out to Hangzhou happily after bidding a farewell to her parents.

At school she met a classmate named Liang Shanbo who was excellent and knowledgeable. They were like old friends just the moment they saw each other for the first sight. The two talked and discussed together a lot from then on. They were like old friends just the moment they saw each other for the first sight.

Spring went autumn came. Three years had gone. It was time to say goodbye to her teacher and return home. Zhu Yingtai felt she loved Liang Shanbo very much after three year's studying together. It was time to say goodbye to her teacher and return home. They missed each other day and night after their parting . Several months' later, Liang Shanbo went to visit Zhu Yingtai and he found Yingtai a girl with surprise and rejoicing.

Later, Liang Shanbo sent a woman matchmaker to Zhu's toddler. But the landlord had already accepted the proposal of the young master surnamed Ma, a son of a rich family. But the landlord had already accepted the proposal of the young master surnamed Ma, a son of a rich family. Liang Shanbo felt utterly sad and got sick severely. She put the red wedding apparel on and went into the bridle sedan. When the party of escorting the bride passed by the tomb of Liang Shanbo. The wind blew hardly out of expectation. Yingtai came out from the sedan and put the red wedding attire off and just was in white. She cried loudly and sadly in front of the tomb. sudden thunder-storm came and the tomb split with loud noise amazingly. Yingtai who loved Liang y jumped into the tomb with smile before others could realize it. Then the tomb closed with a loud noise again. The wind ceased and the cloud scattered. Flowers were dancing in the wind.Two beautiful butterflies flying out of the tomb. Two beautiful butterflies flying out of the tomb danced elegantly , freely and happily in the sun.

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3. Cowherd and Weaving Maiden

A young cowherd named Niulang the cowherd happens across seven fairy sisters bathing in a lake. Encouraged by his mischievous companion the ox Encouraged by his mischievous companion the ox, he steals their clothes and waits to see what will happen. The fairy sisters elect the youngest and most beautiful sister The fairy sisters elect the youngest and most beautiful sister Zhinü the weaver girl to retrieve their clothing. She does so, but since Niulang has seen her naked, she must agree to his request for marriage. She became a wonderful wife, and Niulang a good husband . But the Goddess of Heaven finds out that a mortal has married one of the fairy girls and is furious. Taking out her hairpin, the Goddess scratches a river in the sky to separate the two lovers forever. Taking out her hairpin, the Goddess scratches a river in the sky to separate the two lovers forever thus forming the Milky Way .Zhinü must sit forever on one side of the river while Niulang watches her from afar and takes care of their two children . Zhinü must sit forever on one side of the river while Niulang watches her from afar and takes care of their two children .But once a year all the magpies in the world take pity on them and fly up into heaven to form a bridge over the star Deneb in the Cygnus constellation so the lovers may be able to take care of their two children . Cygnus constellation so the lovers may be together for a single night, the seventh night of the seventh moon.

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Meng Jiangnu Weeping the Great Wall in English

Meng Jiangnus Weeping the Great Wall in English is: Meng Jiangnus Bitter Weeping

After Qin Shi Huang united China, he enlisted hundreds of thousands of people, in 214 BC will be the north of the Qin, Yan, Zhao three cities connected to the wall, repairing the unity of the wall, which is world-famous Ten Thousand Miles of the Great Wall. The legend of Meng Jiangnu seeking her husband for ten thousand miles to send cold clothes and crying down the Great Wall for eight hundred miles happened at that time.

In ancient times, Meng Lao Han and Jiang Lao Han were neighbors to each other, just a wall away. One spring, Meng old man in his yard planted a gourd seed, after watering, fertilizer carefully cultivated, gourd seedling grew fat, tall, from the wall to climb over to the old man's yard Jiang knot a very large gourd, dozens of pounds. When the gourd is ripe, ginger old man with a knife to cut it, suddenly see inside lying a white and fat, very cute girl doll, ginger old man happy, running around, the village heard, have come to watch this new thing, but Meng, ginger two old man is therefore a contradiction, quarrelsome. Meng old man said very firmly: "This gourd is I personally planted, the fat girl should belong to me." Jiang old man but stubbornly said: "this gourd knot in my yard, the girl should be my." Noisy three days and nights, difficult to distinguish, no results, after the village mediation for: the girl belongs to the two families *** with the same, take turns to live, *** with the support, and took a "Meng Jiangnu" name.

Light is like an arrow, the sun and the moon like a shuttle, in the blink of an eye more than a decade has passed, Meng, ginger two old people have grown up for the Meng Jiang female son-in-law called Fan Qiliang, selected the auspicious day, ready to get married. The day of marriage, the groom, the bride is about to worship, suddenly from the door broke into a few yamen, swarmed the groom Fan Qiliang when the people arrested.

It turns out that, at that time, due to the Qin Shi Huang in the whole country to deploy a large number of people to build the Great Wall, day and night desperately dry, the people were exhausted, starvation, in order to speed up the speed of the project, they are everywhere to catch the people to supplement, Fan Qiliang was sent to serve as a repair of the Great Wall of the people.

In the blink of an eye, a year has passed, Fan Zaliang no news, anxious Meng Jiangnu can't eat, can't sleep, don't know what to do, and two old people discussed, decided to go to look for her husband, swore that she could not find her husband will never go home. She took with her dry food and her husband's special winter clothes on the road. Along the way, the wind and rain, sun and wind, cold and hunger, walking hard, after thousands of miles of trekking, finally found the place to repair the Great Wall, a inquire only to know, for the repair of the Great Wall died many people, her husband, Fan Qiliang died of exhaustion long ago, and was buried under the Great Wall, the bones can not be found. This news is like a thunderbolt from the sky, Meng Jiangnu immediately grieving mournful crying, tears like spring, sound like thunder, crying shocking, the sky dark, watching the Great Wall collapsed section by section, weeping where the collapse of where, there are eight hundred miles long. This can be anxious about the project director, rushed to report is coming here to inspect the progress of the project Qin Shi Huang. Emperor Qin Shi Huang rushed to see Meng Jiangnu to find out the reason. After seeing her, he was mesmerized by her beauty and wanted to make her the "Queen of the Palace". Although Meng Jiangnu was full of anger, but still suppressed the hatred, a clever idea, will be a trick to Qin Shi Huang must promise her three conditions, in order to be the "Queen Mother". First, to find the body of her husband Fan Zhaliang; second, to hold a state funeral for her husband; third, to Qin Shi Huang for Fan Qiliang wearing mourning, send a streamer to the funeral. Qin Shi Huang listened to the three conditions proposed by Meng Jiangnu, thought for a moment, in order to get the beauty of Meng Jiangnu, then hard to agree, Meng Jiangnu wearing mourning worship for the construction of the city of the death of Fan Zhaliang's grave, the long-cherished wish has been fulfilled, in the face of the rolling Bohai Sea, a leap, threw himself into the sea.

The story of Meng Jiangnu's weeping at the Great Wall was soon celebrated, and the people honored her by building her tomb and temple on a hill near Shanhaiguan, which was named "Jiangnu's Temple". The story of Meng Jiangnu's quest to find her husband and send him cold clothes, and her weeping over the 800 miles of the Great Wall, has been passed down from family to the present day.

This story happened during the Qin Dynasty (221BC-206BC). There was once an old man named Meng who lived in the southern part of the country with his wife. One spring, Meng sowed a seed of bottle gourd in his yard. bottle gourd grew up bit by bit and its vines climbed over the wall and entered his neighbor Jiang's yard. Like Meng, Jiang had no children and so he became very fond of the plant. He watered and took care of the plant. With tender care of both men, the plant grew bigger and bigger and gave a beautiful bottle gourd in autumn. Jiang plucked it off the vine, and the two old men decided to cut the gourd and divide it by half. To their surprise when they cut the gourd a pretty and lovely girl was lying inside! To their surprise when they cut the gourd a pretty and lovely girl was lying inside! They named the girl Meng Jiangnu, which means Meng and Jiang's daughter.

As time went by, Meng Jiangnu grew up and became a beautiful young woman. She took care of old Meng and Jiang's families, washing the clothes and doing the house work. People knew that Meng Jiangnu was a good girl and liked her very much. One day while playing in the yard, Meng Jiangnu saw a young man hiding in the garden. She called out to her parents, and the young man came out. She called out to her parents, and the young man came out.

At that time, Emperor Qin Shihuang (the first emperor of Qin) announced to build the Great Wall. Fan Qiliang was an intellectual man and very afraid of being caught, so he went to Meng's house to hide from the officials. They decided to wed their daughter to him. Both Fan Qiliang and Meng Jiangnu accepted happily, and the couple was married. They decided to wed their daughter to him. Both Fan Qiliang and Meng Jiangnu accepted happily, and the couple was married several days later. However, three days after their marriage, officials suddenly broke in and took Fan Qiliang away to build the Great Wall in the north of China.

It was a hard time for Meng Jiangnu after her husband was taken away - she missed her husband and cried She sewed warm clothes for her husband and decided to set off to look for him. Saying farewell to her parents, she packed her luggage and started her long journey. She climbed over mountains and went through the rivers. She walked day and night, slipping and falling many times, but finally she reached the foot of the Great Wall. She reached the foot of the Great Wall at the present Shanhaiguan Pass.

Upon her arrival, she was eager to ask about her husband. Bad news came to her, however, that Fan Qiliang had had a long journey. However, that Fan Qiliang had already died of exhaustion and was buried into the Great Wall! Suddenly with a tremendous noise, a 400 kilometer-long (248-mile-long) section of the Great Wall collapsed over her bitter wail. Emperor Qin Shihuang happened to be touring the wall at that exact time, and he was enraged and ready to punish the woman.

However, at the first sight of Meng Jiangnu Emperor Qin Shihuang was attracted by her beauty. Instead of killing her, the Emperor asked Meng Jiangnu to marry him. Suppressing her feeling of anger, Meng Jiangnu agreed on the basis of three terms. The first was to find the body of Fan Qiliang, the second was to hold a state funeral for Fan Qiliang. The first was to find the body of Fan Qiliang, the second was to hold a state funeral for him, and the last one was to have Emperor Qin Shihuang wear black mourning for Fan Qiliang and attend the funeral in person. Emperor Qin Shihuang thought for a while and reluctantly agreed. After all the terms were met, Emperor Qin Shihuang was ready to take her to his palace. After all the terms were met, Emperor Qin Shihuang was ready to take her to his palace. When the guarders were not watching, she suddenly turned around and jumped into the nearby Bohai Sea.

This story tells of the hard work of Chinese commoners, as well as expounding the importance of the Chinese people in their lives. Chinese commoners, as well as exposes the cruel system of hard labor during the reign of Emperor Qing Shihuang. The Ten-Thousand-Li Great Wall embodied the power and wisdom of the Chinese natives. The Ten-Thousand-Li Great Wall embodied the power and wisdom of the Chinese natiaon. In memory of Meng Jiangnu, later generations built a temple, called the Jiangnu Temple, at the foot of the Great Wall in which a statue of Meng Jiangnu was placed. In memory of Meng Jiangnu, later generations built a temple, called the Jiangnu Temple, at the foot of the Great Wall in which a statue of Meng Jiangnu is located. Meng Jiangnu's story has been passed down from generation to generation.