What are the typical love stories of ancient China? Not about fictional legends, e.g., Liu Lanzhi and Jiao Zhongqing of Southeast Peacock Flight, be more specific

In 494 BC, the state of Wu defeated the state of Yue. King Goujian of Yue adopted the "beauty plan" proposed by his ministers, selecting beautiful women from Yue to offer to King Fu-chai of Wu to paralyze Fu-chai's fighting spirit. Fan Li, a great doctor of Yue, traveled all over the country and visited beautiful women. One day, he met Xi Shi (formerly known as Shi Yiguang), who lived in the west of the ancient Ramie Village, on the banks of the clear Raccoon River. The story of love at first sight was told by a talented man and a beautiful woman. However, when the country was in trouble, it was the responsibility of the people. In the name of "patriotism", Fan Li chose Xi Shi (西施), a beautiful woman, to join other beautiful Yue women in the palace for "training" in song, dance, etiquette and so on. He then offered them to King Fu-chai of Wu. After the victory of Yue, Fan Li returned to the rivers and lakes, and Xishi wandered to the ends of the world, and became a divine couple. How good people look forward to such a happy ending, Wuxi Li Garden is a clear evidence.

2-Lu You and Tang Wan's ancient sadness

Write Lu You hated Qin Hui misguided cynicism, shall not reach out to restore the Central Plains of the will. Spring trip to the Shen Garden, and his wife Tang Wan to discuss the double flight to Fujian to make friends with loyal and righteous people. The mother of Mrs. Tang's love for her son and arbitrary, blocking Lu You's trip, angry Tang Wan disobedience, but trust the new noble Tang nephew Lu Zhonggao for Lu You's future. Lu You's love is more and more firm, Lu You rushed to the building is empty, internal and external difficulties, love and hate, repair Jinshu entrusted flower seller Sanniang to Tang Wan, about three years together.

Three years later, Lu You returned from Fujian to revisit the Shen Garden, surprised Tang Wan changed to Zhao Shicheng, met and could not speak. Lu You asked the servant girl Xiao Hong, who confirmed that Tang Wan had sacrificed herself for him "to break off her love and serve the country". Lu You sadly titled "hairpin phoenix" words on the pink wall, Tang Wan see and make, intestines have been broken! After the death of qin hui, restoration of the central plains call resurfaced, lu yu went to jianye, plum forest to find the soul of incense, long and generous chant to Tang Wan in heaven.

And:

Chen Shimei and Qin Xianglian

Cui Yingying and Zhang Sheng

Du Shiniang and Li Jia

Meng Jiangnu and Wan Qiliang

Li Yi and Huo Xiaoyu

Continuing with the Tanabata Festival:

This day on the seventh day of the seventh month of the lunar calendar each year is the Tanabata Festival, a traditional festival of the Han Chinese in China. Because the main participant of this day is a young girl, and the content of the festival activities are mainly to beg for coincidence, so people call this day "Begging for coincidence" or "Maiden's Day", "Daughter's Day". The Tanabata Festival is one of the most romantic traditional festivals in China, and it was also the most important day for girls in the past. In the evening of this day, the women wear needle begging, praying for blessings and longevity activities, worship seven sisters, the ceremony is pious and grand, display of flowers and fruits female red, all kinds of furniture, utensils are exquisite small and attractive.

On May 20, 2006, the Tanabata Festival was included in the first batch of national intangible cultural heritage list by the State Council.

Tanabata is also known as "week". Wang Bo's "Tanabata Fugue" "stand in the spirit of the week, and the God in the moon" to the week and the moon, compared to the moon, pointing out the four seasons of the year and affection, and love related to the most beautiful, but also the most poignant and touching two nights. It is for this reason that later generations called the auspicious day of the marriage of a man and a woman "week".

In the clear summer and fall night, the sky stars shine, a white Milky Way like a bridge across the north and south, in the east and west banks of the river, each with a shining star, looking across the river, far away from each other, that is, Altair and Vega.

Tanabata sitting to see Altair and Vega, is a folk custom, according to legend, in this night every year, is the heavenly Weaver and Cowherd in the magpie bridge meeting time. The Weaving Maiden is a beautiful, clever, dexterous nymphs, women in the mortal world will be begging her wisdom and skill on this night, but also less to her to ask for the gift of marriage, so the seventh day of the seventh month is also known as the Begging for coincidence festival.

It is said that on the night of the seventh day of the seventh month, you can see the Milky Way of the Cowherd and the Weaving Maiden, or you can overhear the words of love of the two men who meet in the sky under the shelf of fruits and melons.

Girls in this night full of romance, the sky's bright moon, seasonal fruits and melons, worship towards the sky, begging the heavenly fairies can give them a clever mind and dexterous hands, so that their knitting red skillful, but also begging for love and marriage of marriage coincidental match. In the past, marriage was a lifelong event for women to decide whether they would be happy or not, so countless loving men and women in the world would pray for a happy marriage to the starry sky on this night, when the night is quiet and people are deep in the night.

The origin of the Tanabata Festival

The Tanabata Festival was originally known as the Beggar's Day. Tanabata Begging, the festival originated in the Han Dynasty, the Eastern Jin Dynasty Ge Hong's "Xijing Miscellany" has "Han color women often wear seven holes on the seventh day of the seventh month needle in the Han Dynasty portrait stone on the cattle host, female host Figure Lapel House, people are practicing," the record, which is the earliest we have seen in the ancient literature on the begging for coquettish records.

"Tanabata" first came from people's worship of nature. From historical documents, at least three to four thousand years ago, with the people's understanding of astronomy and textile technology, about Altair and Vega records. People's worship of the stars is far more than Altair and Vega, they believe that the east, west, south, north and south of each of the seven stars on behalf of the direction, collectively known as the twenty-eight hosts, which is the brightest of the Big Dipper seven stars, which can be used to identify the direction of the night. The first star of the Big Dipper is called Kui Xing, also known as the head of the Kui. Later, with the imperial examination system, the scholar is called "Da Kui world Shi", the readers called the Tanabata "Kui Xing Festival", also known as the "Sunshine Book Festival", maintaining the earliest Tanabata originated from the worship of the stars. The first one is the "Star Festival", which maintains the traces of the earliest star worship.

"Tanabata" also comes from the ancient worship of time. "Seven" and "period" is the same sound, the month and the day are "seven", giving people a sense of time. Ancient Chinese people the sun, the moon and water, fire, wood, gold, earth five planets together called "seven Yao". Seven numbers in the folk performance in the time on the stage, in the calculation of time often to "seven seven" for the end. Old Beijing in the dead do dojo often to do full "seven seven" for the completion. The Japanese language still retains the current "day of the week" in terms of "Shichiyo". The word "seven" also harmonizes with the word "lucky," and "chichi" has the meaning of "double lucky," making it an auspicious day. In Taiwan, the month of July is known as the month of "happiness with auspiciousness". Because the shape of the character "喜" in cursive script resembles a hyphenated "七十七", it is also known as "喜寿".

"Tanabata" is a digital cult phenomenon, the ancient folk to the first month of the first, March 3, May 5, July 7, September 9, plus the prediction of a double of February 2 and 3 multiples of June 6, the "seven heavy" are listed as auspicious days. "Seven" is also the number of beads in each column of the abacus, which is romantic and rigorous, giving people a mysterious sense of beauty. "Seven" and "wife" homophonic, so Tanabata to a large extent became a festival related to women.

The Legend of Tanabata