Four folklores

China's four folklores are Liang Zhu, Meng Jiangnu crying at the Great Wall, the legend of the white snake and the cowherd and the weaver girl.

China ancient folk literature is oral narrative literature, which consists of stories related to historical events, historical figures and local customs. It is the crystallization of the wisdom of working people and the essence of local folk culture.

China ancient folk customs not only have artistic charm, but also have unique social functions and cultural significance. Many folktales have been circulated to this day and are widely circulated by modern people. Among them, Cowherd and Weaver Girl, Meng Jiangnu Crying at the Great Wall, Butterfly Lovers and Legend of the White Snake are the most widely circulated and have the greatest influence.

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1, Liang Zhu

Butterfly lovers tells the story of Zhu Yingtai disguised as a man and went out to study. On the way, she met Liang Shanbo and they studied together. They are classmates during the day and sleep together at night. After three years of hard work, we gave each other eight miles when we graduated. When Liang Shanbo learned that Zhu Yingtai was a daughter, they swore to be engaged.

When Yingtai came home, she told him that she had been betrothed to the Ma family. Shan Bo went to propose and got to know the situation. When she got home, she died easily and was buried by the roadside of Ma's wedding ceremony. Yingtai knew that Shanbo was dead, married Xiao, passed by Liang's tomb and cried. Suddenly Liang's tomb cracked, Yingtai got in and the tomb was closed. Then Liang floated away like two butterflies, and there was the later famous violin concerto become a butterfly.

2. "Meng Jiangnv is crying at the Great Wall"

In order to build the Great Wall, Qin Shihuang forcibly recruited civilian workers all over the country, and Fan Qiliang (also known as Wan Qiliang, Fan Qiliang and Fan Xiliang) was forced to work hard. Autumn is coming, winter is coming, and the weather is getting colder and colder. Meng Jiangnv sent her husband cold clothes thousands of miles away. When she came to the foot of the Great Wall through hardships, her husband Fan Qiliang had already buried her bones under the Great Wall. Meng Jiangnv burst into tears. In her crying, the Great Wall collapsed for more than 800 miles.

3. Legend of White Snake

According to the "Warning Words" recorded in the late Ming Dynasty, it is said that during the Shaoxing period of the Southern Song Dynasty, a snake demon trained for thousands of years turned into a beautiful woman named Bai Niangzi, and her maid Qingqing (also known as Xiaoqing) fell in love with Xu Xuan (or), the drug king, at the West Lake in Hangzhou. The white snake wanted to have sex with the scholar, but she married him. So they became husband and wife.

After marriage, I have experienced a lot of right and wrong. White snakes are often weird and may not be comparable. The monk of Jinshan Temple in Zhenjiang gave Xu a bowl to cover his wife. The white and blue quilt cover reveals its true colors, and it is a white snake herring that has been taught for thousands of years. Then Fahai took a bowl and put it in front of Leisi Peak, where a seven-level pagoda named Leifeng was built. The tower was always white and green.

4. Cowherd and Weaver Girl

Mainly tells the story that the orphan cowherd lives by his brother's sister-in-law and her sister-in-law is stingy. He was forced to leave his family and live on an old cow. One day, Cowherd stayed by the river to see seven fairies. He found the youngest fairy beautiful and suddenly fell in love with it. Cowherd and fairy weaver meet, and weaver becomes Cowherd's wife.

After marriage, they farm and weave, have a son and a daughter, and live a very happy life. Unexpectedly, the Emperor of Heaven wanted to break them up, but their faithful love moved magpies, and countless magpies flew in and built a colorful bridge across the Tianhe River with their bodies, so that the cowherd and the weaver girl could meet on the Tianhe River.

The Emperor of Heaven had no choice but to allow the Cowherd and the Weaver Girl to meet at the Magpie Bridge once a year on July 7th, and the magpies would be around. Cowherd and Weaver Girl will meet on July 7th every year.

Baidu Encyclopedia-Four Ancient Folklores in China