中国四大爱情故事(英语版)

FourChinesefolklovestoryFourChinesefolklovestoryisthemostwidespreadandinfluentialofthefamoussymbolsofChineseculture.Ithasaprofoundimpactontheconceptoflove…ThisstoryhappenedduringtheQinDynasty.TherewasonceanoldmannamedMengwholivedwithhiswife.Onespring,Mengsowedaseedofbottlegourdinhisyard.LikeMeng,Jianghadnochildrenandsohebecameveryfondoftheplant.Hewateredandtookcareoftheplant.Jiangpluckeditoffthevine,andthetwooldmendecidedtocutthegourdanddivideitbyhalf.Totheirsurprisewhentheycutthegourdaprettyandlovelygirlwaslyinginside!TheynamedthegirlMengJiangnu,whichmeansMengandJiang'sdaughter.NO.1MengJiangnucrytheGreatWallMengJiangnuwasverysmartandindustrious.Onedaywhileplayingintheyard,MengJiangnusawayoungmanhidinginthegarden.Atthattime,EmperorQinShihuangannouncedtobuildtheGreatWall.FanQiliangwasanintellectualmanandveryafraidofbeingcaught,sohewenttoMeng'shousetohidefromtheofficials.MengandJianglikedthisyoungman.Theydecidedtowedtheirdaughtertohim.Thecouplewasmarriedseveraldayslater.However,FanQiliangwastakenawaytobuildtheGreatWall.ItwasahardtimeforMengJiangnumissedherhusbandandcriednearlyeveryday.Shedecidedtosetofftolookforhim.Sheclimbedovermountainsandwentthroughtherivers.Shewalkeddayandnight,slippingandfallingmanytimes,butfinallyshereachedthefootoftheGreatWallatthepresentShanhaiguanPass.However,thatFanQilianghadalreadydiedofexhaustionandwasburiedintotheGreatWall!MengJiangnucouldnothelpcrying,Suddenlywithatremendousnoise,a400kilometer-longsectionoftheGreatWallcollapsedoverherbitterwail.AtthefirstsightofMengJiangnu,EmperorQinShihuangwasattractedbyherbeauty.Insteadofkillingher,theEmperoraskedMengJiangnutomarryhim.Afterallthetermsweremet,EmperorQinShihuangwasreadytotakehertohispalace.Whentheguarderswerenotwatching,shesuddenlyturnedaroundandjumpedintothenearbyBohaiSea.InmemoryofMengJiangnu,latergenerationsbuiltatemple,calledtheJiangnuTemple,atthefootoftheGreatWallinwhichastatueofMengJiangnuislocated.NO.2TheLengedofWhiteSnakeThelengedofwhitesnakeisalovestorybetweenawhitesnakeandaman.Thewhitesnakehadbeenlivedonearthforthousandsofyearsandshehadpracticedherselfduringtheyearstomasteralotofmagic.Onedayshewasgoingtobeanimmortal,butshestillrememberedamanwhosavedherfivehunderdyearagoandshewantedtorepayanobligation.FinallyshefoundthemanwhosepreviouslifesavedherandthatmanisXuXianatthebrokenbridgeofwestlake.Theytogetherovercamealotofdifficultiesandhadaboy,butaftertheboywasborn,BaiSuzhenwascontroledintheFallofpagodabyamonknamedFahaionbehalfofsubdueddemons.AtlasttheboywinthefirstplaceinthenationalexaminationandhesavedhermotherBaiSuzhen.AtlastBaiSuzhenandherhusbandXuXianbecametheimmortaltogether.NO.3TheButterflyLoversZhuYingtaiisabeautifulandintelligentyoungwoman.Althoughtraditionsofthateradiscouragefemalesfromgoingtoschool,Zhumanagestoconvinceherfathertoallowhertoattendclassesindisguiseasayoungman.DuringherjourneytoHangzhou,shemeetsLiangShanbo,ascholarfromKuaiji（Kuàijī,present-dayShaoxing).Theychatandfeelastrongaffinityforeachotherattheirfirstmeeting.TheystudytogetherforthenextthreeyearsinschoolandZhugraduallyfallsinlovewithLiang.AlthoughLiangequalsZhuintheirstudies,heisstillabookwormandfailstonoticethefemininecharacteristicsexhibitedbyhisclassmate.Oneday,Zhu’sfatheraskedhertoreturnhomeassoonaspossible.Liangaccompanieshisswornbrotherfor18milestoseeheroff.Duringthejourney,ZhuhintstoLiangthatsheisactuallyawoman.Beforetheypart,ZhuremindsLiangtovisitherresidencelatersohecanproposetomarryhersister.Monthslater,whenLiangvisitsZhu,hediscoversthatsheisactuallyawoman.TheymakeavowoftilldeathdouspartButzhu'sparentshavealreadyarrangedforhertomarryamanfromarichfamilycalledMaWencai.Liangisheartbrokenwhenhehearsthenewsandhishealthgraduallydeteriorates.Thenhediesinofficelaterasacountymagistrate.OnthedayofMaandZhu'smarriage,mysteriouswhirlwindspreventtheweddingprocessionfromescortingthebridebeyondLiang'sgrave,whichliesalongthejourney.ZhulefttheprocessiontopayherrespectsforLiang.Liang’stombsplitapart,andZhudivedintoittojoinhim.Apairofbutterfliesemergedfromthetombandflewaway.NO.4ThecowherdandthegirlweaverThecowherdwasbroughtupThecowherdwasbroughtupbyhisbrotherandsister-in-lawwhenheparentspassedaway.Theymaltreatedhimdayandnight.Afterwardstheybrokeupthefamilyandlivedapartfromhim.OnlygavehimacowandanoldcarThegirlweaver,thegranddaughterofthegodofheaven,oftencamedownwithotherfairiesfromheavenandtookabathinthesecularworld.Onedaycowherdgotacrossthembathinginalake.encouragedbyoldcow,hestolenaredclothes.Thefairysisterspulloutassoonasquicklywhentheysawcowherd.Butthegirlweaverunabletoreturntotheheavenwithoutclothes.Shemarriedthecowherdandhadasonandadaughter.Theyledahappylifewithhusbandtillingthewrathedandorderedthegirlweaverbelandandwifeweaving.Whenthegodofheavenlearnedit,hewasbroughtback.Thecowherdandtheirchildrencamebackhometofindhergone.Withtheoldoxhelphewouldgotoheaventofindhiswife.Howeverthequeenmotherseparatedthembyalargeriver.Afterontheseventhdayoftheseventhmonthoflunarcalendar.Thusthedayoflovetocelebratetheirreunion,anditcanbeconsideredastheorien