Detailed explanation of the story of Shangqiu Peach Blossom Fan

The sadness behind the Peach Blossom Fan —— Zhuang Regret Hall, the former residence of Shangqiu

In the ancient city of Shangqiu, Henan Province, there is Zhuang Regret Hall, the former residence of late Ming talented people. Hou Fangyu was a famous intellectual in the late Ming Dynasty. He comes from a big family in Shangqiu, and he was famous as a teenager. Later, he joined the patriotic group Fu She and fought against the imperial eunuchs. He was known as one of the four sons of Nanming. He also organized a literary society, an academic poetry society in his hometown, and was also a hero for a while. However, in the long history of China, there are countless talented people like him. Without any works selected in Chinese textbooks, he can be known by the most ordinary people in China and become the leading actor in many novels and TV series, mainly because a famous Peach Blossom Fan tells the love tragedy between him and Li.

Li is a famous prostitute in Qinhuai. She and Hou Fangyu met in the late Ming Dynasty. At that time, domestic politics had collapsed and a few people attempted to save the dynasty. In the north, Manchu people are waging war against the Ming Dynasty, and soon they will become the rulers of this country. In this turbulent era, they hit it off and fell in love with each other, and soon took Li Na as a concubine. Li was very supportive of the struggle against eunuchs and won his respect. However, due to the changes in the current situation and the war, the two were forced to separate for a long time before they got together after the war.

After their reunion in the play, they could not accept the fate of the country's demise and left the world to become a monk. What awaits them in reality is a more bleak fate. After the demise of the Ming Dynasty, Hou Fangyu returned to his hometown in his thirties. When he was young, his talent didn't bring him any achievements in his career. He took the imperial examination in the new dynasty, but he didn't get fame. He felt that he had accomplished nothing, so he named his study "Zhuang Regret Hall" and devoted himself to the study of knowledge and the creation of poems. Li, who came to Shangqiu with him, was driven to live outside the city because of his humble status and became a prostitute, and eventually died with a grudge. Up to now, there is still her grave in the southwest of Suiyang District, Shangqiu. A few years later, he also died of depression.