The Butterfly Lovers

The Butterfly Lovers: Liang Shanbo and Zhu Yingtai, Staying Together No Matter Alive or Dead V040904-2B

Can I ask what love is? Love is staying together forever; Turning into butterflies, not separate no matter alive or dead

In East Jin Dynasty, Zhu yingtai attended school in disguise as a young man. On the way to school, she met Liang Shanbo, and fell in love with him. Yingtai and Liang Shanbo studied together as classmates for three years. Then, Yingtai returned home and requested her headmaster's wife as the matchmaker for her and Liang Shanbo. When Liang Shanbo came to Zhu's home to propose to marry her, Zhu's father had promised to marry Zhu to the son of Ma Taishou. Later, they got a chance to meet and they made a vow of " till death do us part". Liang Shanbo, then became a county Magistrate, but he was so distressed of not marrying Zhu Yingtai that he died in Jiulongxu. Knowing the death of Laing Shanbo, Yingtai determined to die for Liang Shanbo, but she was forced to marry the son of Ma Taishou. On the wedding day, Yingtai came to Liang's grave to see him, and she was in such despair that the heaven was touched and the grave was opened up. Zhu Yingtai jumped into the grave of Liang Shanbo with no hesitation. Their spirits turned into a pair of butterflies and emerged from the grave. Liang Zhu, the tragic and touching love story, which was like a touching music composed of four parts: Studying together, lovesickness, rejecting the marriage to Ma Taishou and turning into butterflies. The fourth part, turning into butterflies, was the most touching part. The bookmark vividly depicts the most touching moment of their turning into butterflies to show the love that could not be changed even by death.