What are the four major folklore stories in China?

1, Cowherd and Weaver Girl: Cowherd and Weaver Girl

Legend has it that the granddaughter Weaver of the ancient Emperor of Heaven is very good at weaving, weaving rosy clouds for the sky every day. She hated this boring life, so she secretly went down to earth, married a cowherd in Hexi privately, and lived a life of farming and weaving.

This angered the Emperor of Heaven, took the Weaver Girl back to the Heavenly Palace, and ordered them to separate, allowing them to meet only once a year on the seventh day of the seventh lunar month. Their unswerving love touched magpies, and countless magpies flew in and built a magpie bridge across the Tianhe River with their bodies, so that the cowherd and the weaver girl could meet on the Tianhe River.

2. Liang Zhu Liang Shanbo and Zhu Yingtai

In the Eastern Jin Dynasty, Zhu Yingtai disguised as a man and went to Hangzhou (Sichuan Opera is Nishan) to study, while Liang Shanbo of Lu Yu became brothers and classmates for three years because of the like-minded version. After that, Zhu Yingtai returned home. Before the trip, he proposed to his wife Liang Shanbo.

From the age of 18, Zhu Yingtai gave it to "Sister". Liang Shanbo was told and proposed to Jia Zhu. At this time, Zhu Ya Gong Yuan has married Ma Wencai, the son of Ma Taishou. Liang Zhu and his wife met on the balcony. After that, Liang Shanbo went home sick and died. When Zhu Yingtai got married, the sedan chair made a detour to Liang Shanbo's grave to pay homage. Thunder cracks the grave, and Yingtai enters it. Liang Zhu became a dancing butterfly.

3. "Meng Jiangnu cries the Great Wall": Meng Jiangnu

Her husband was recruited by Qin Shihuang to build the Great Wall. Meng Jiangnv waited at home for many years but failed to wait for her husband, so she set out to look for it at the construction site. When her husband was not found, Meng Jiangnv burst into tears, crying down the Great Wall and revealing her husband's bones.

4. Legend of White Snake: Green Snake, White Snake and Xu Xian.

Legend of the White Snake describes a tortuous love story between a snake spirit who cultivates human form and human beings. Stories include the story of Wupeng boat borrowing an umbrella, the story of White Snake stealing Ganoderma lucidum, the story of flooding Jinshan, the story of broken bridge, the story of Leifeng Tower, the story of Xu Xian Shilin sacrificing the son of the tower, and the story of Fahai escaping from the crab's stomach. It expresses the people's admiration for the free love between men and women and their hatred for the unreasonable bondage of feudal forces.