Excerpts of the Four Great Chinese Folk Tales

Excerpts from the Four Great Folk Tales of China

1. The Cowherd and the Weaving Maiden: The Weaving Maiden fell in love with the Cowherd and gave birth to a son and daughter, and was discovered by the Emperor of Heaven and looked at each other across the river, and met once a year on the night of July 7 of the lunar calendar.

2. Meng Jiangnu: the groom died after building the Great Wall, Meng Jiangnu went through trials and tribulations to find her husband's grave and cried bitterly, the Great Wall collapsed for the occasion, and her husband had instructions in his dream.

3. The Legend of the White Snake: White Lady and Xu Xian fell in love with each other, but the Taoist priest Fa Hai believed that humans and demons could not love each other, White Lady was finally crushed under the Leifeng Pagoda, and Xu Xian died of decadence, and it was not until the collapse of the Leifeng Pagoda that White Lady saw the light of day.

4. Liang Shanbo and Zhu Yingtai: Liang Shanbo and Zhu Yingtai were in the same class for three years, they loved each other but failed to confess their love, Zhu Yingtai was forced to marry after Liang Shanbo died of grief, Zhu Yingtai learned of this and decided to be buried with Liang Shanbo, and the tomb was turned into a double-flying butterfly.