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Complete works of detailed information of Liangzhu legend

The Legend of Butterfly Lovers (The Legend of Butterfly Lovers) is a sad and touching love story. It, together with Meng Jiangnv, Cowherd and Weaver Maid, and Legend of White Snake, are called the four major folklore in China. Among them, butterfly lovers has the greatest influence, ranking first among all kinds of folklore in terms of literariness, artistry and ideology. It is the most influential oral inheritance art in China and the only ancient China folklore in the world.

People often refer to the legend of butterfly lovers as "Romeo and Juliet in the East". The Legend of Butterfly Lovers is one of the four Chinese folk stories, a treasure of China culture and a wonderful flower in the forest of Chinese folk literature and art. In 2006, it was selected into the first batch of national intangible cultural heritage lists.