During the Eastern Jin Dynasty in ancient China, Jia Zhu in Shangyu, Zhejiang Province had a daughter, Zhu Yingtai, who disguised herself as a man and went to Hangzhou to study. On the way, she met Liang Shanbo, a classmate of Huiji, and they walked hand in hand.

Classmates for three years, deep feelings, but Liang Shanbo still doesn't know that Zhu Yingtai is a daughter. Later, Zhu Yingtai interrupted his studies and returned to his hometown. When Liang Shanbo visited Zhu Yingtai in Shangyu, he realized that his best friend for three years was actually a girl in red makeup, and he wanted to propose to Jia Zhu. At this time, Zhu Yingtai has been betrothed to Ma Wencai. Later, when he was a county magistrate in Yin, he died of excessive depression.

When Zhu Yingtai got married, he passed the cemetery of Liang Shanbo, and suddenly a strong wind blew, which hindered the progress of the wedding procession. Zhu Yingtai got off the sedan chair and went to visit Liang Shanbo's grave. Liang Shanbo's grave collapsed and cracked. Zhu Yingtai jumped into the grave, and then a pair of butterflies appeared in the grave. Both butterflies flew away.

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Traditional Yue Opera "Butterfly Lovers".

Liang Zhu, which originated in Yinxian County, Ningbo City, Zhejiang Province, is one of the four Chinese folk stories and a treasure of world style. This beautiful and moving story and the drama adapted from it have been enduring for thousands of years.

Butterfly lovers, a Shaoxing opera, vividly shows the hero's ideal of being loyal to love, resisting feudalism and pursuing a happy and happy life through vivid and tortuous love stories, such as being sworn in at the grass bridge, seeing his classmates off for three years and meeting on the balcony at the age of eighteen. The play uses "become a butterfly" to symbolize their reunion, and regards them as the embodiment of the ideal and courage to pursue freedom of marriage.

The whole play is full of optimism, which fully highlights the eternal theme of love, enhances its romance, and praises the hero's yearning for a better life and sincere and pure love.

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