1, Cowherd and Weaver Girl
Cowherd and Weaver Girl is a famous folk love story of Han nationality in ancient China, and it is also one of the four major folk stories in China. It is said 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, secretly descended to earth, privately married a cowherd in Hexi, 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
Butterfly lovers is also a famous love story among the four Chinese folktales, and it is also the only China folktale with wide influence in the world. Zhu Yingtai, a lively girl, and Liang Shanbo, who is handsome, gentle and full of sense of justice, have classes together in the old school. After falling in love, they overcame many obstacles and finally turned into dancing butterflies.
This story is a household name in China, spreading far-reaching, and is known as the eternal swan song of love. Throughout the ages, countless people have been infected by butterfly lovers's tragic love.
3. Meng Jiangnv is crying at the Great Wall.
"Meng Jiangnv cries at the Great Wall" originated from the historical compilation "Qi Liang's wife cries at her husband". The two protagonists in the story, one is the wife of Qi Liang, the prototype of Meng Jiangnu, and the other is Qi Liang, did exist in history. According to legend, when Qin Shihuang built the Great Wall, the work was heavy. Young men and women Fan Xiliang and Meng Jiangnu got married for three days, and the groom was forced to set out to build the Great Wall. Soon, he died of hunger, cold and fatigue, and his bones were buried under the Great Wall.
Meng Jiangnv came to the Great Wall with cold clothes on her back, but what she got was the bad news of her husband's death. She cried at the gate for three days and nights, and this section of the Great Wall collapsed, revealing Fan Xiliang's body. Meng Jiangnu buried Fan Xiliang and threw herself into the sea in despair.
4. Legend of White Snake
The legend of the white snake originated from the huge snake incident in Luoyang in Tang Dynasty, and initially took shape in Feng Menglong's cautionary story in Ming Dynasty. It is mature and popular in Qing Dynasty, and tells the tortuous love story of White Snake and Xu Xian, two snake spirits, after they became adults.
Nowadays, the story of the Wupeng boat borrowing an umbrella, the white lady stealing Ganoderma lucidum and fairy grass, the flood flooding over Jinshan, the broken bridge, the Leifeng Tower, the Shilin Sacrifice Tower and the son of Xu Xian are all well-known bridges, and there are countless TV dramas and cartoons adapted from this story.
5. Eight Immortals Crossing the Sea
It is one of the most popular myths and legends in China. According to legend, when Penglai Xiandao Peony was in full bloom, Baiyun Fairy invited the Eight Immortals and the Five Saints to hold a grand ceremony.
On the return trip, Tie Guai Li suggested that instead of taking a boat, we should do our best. This is the origin of "Eight Immortals crossing the sea to show their magical powers" or "Eight Immortals crossing the sea to show their magical powers". Later, people used this allusion to describe things that rely on their special abilities to create miracles.
6. Houyi Shooting Day
Formerly known as "Nine Days Shooting", it is said that severe drought occurred in ancient land, which scorched the forest, dried the land and dried the grass seedlings. It turned out that Di Jun and he had 10 children, all of whom were grandchildren. They live in OOCL, and there is a big tree called Fusang in the sea. 10 The sun sleeps under the branches and runs out in turn to be on duty in the sky and shine on the earth.
But sometimes they will come out together and bring disaster to mankind. In order to save mankind, I drew my bow and arrow and shot at nine suns. Finally, there is only one sun in the sky, so people call Hou Yi a hero.
7. the Goddess Chang'e flying to the moon
Chang 'e is a beautiful and kind woman who often helps poor villagers. One day, the Queen Mother of the West on Kunlun Mountain gave Hou Yi a fairy medicine. It is said that people who take this medicine can not only live forever, but also live forever. But Hou Yi didn't want to leave Chang 'e, so she hid it in a treasure box.
However, Chang 'e was forced by Pang Meng. In desperation, she took the elixir and flew to the Moon Palace. The villagers miss the kind Chang 'e very much, put Chang 'e's favorite food in the yard and bless her in the distance.
8. WU GANG cut Guangxi.
WU GANG in The Worse Gate is close to Chang 'e in the moon, but he often neglects to meet Chang 'e. After the Jade Emperor knew this, he sent WU GANG to cut down a big tree called laurel on the moon. If WU GANG hadn't cut down the laurel tree, he wouldn't have returned to the worse gate, and he wouldn't have seen Chang 'e.
However, WU GANG always cuts down not only this laurel tree, but only on August 16 every year will a leaf fall from the moon to the ground. Who is the most industrious, Jin Yezi will float to whom, and whose family will have endless wealth.
9. Gong Yu moved mountains.
In the story, Gong Yu braved difficulties, persevered, dug mountains and chiseled stones, and finally moved the Emperor of Heaven and moved the mountains away. Through the contrast between the persistence of a foolish old man and the cowardice of a wise man, and the contrast between "foolish old man" and "wisdom", this paper shows the confidence and perseverance of the working people in ancient China, and explains the reason that perseverance is needed to overcome difficulties.
10, Peacock flies southeast.
Peacock Flying Southeast was originally a folk song in the period of Han Yuefu, but the story in this poem of Han Yuefu has become a well-known folk story. During the Jian 'an period at the end of Han Dynasty, Jiao Zhongqing and Liu Lanzhi were a couple who loved each other. Jiao Zhongqing's mother was dissatisfied with Liu Lanzhi in every way, forcing Jiao Zhongqing to expel her from Liu Lanzhi.
Jiao Zhongqing was forced by her mother to let Liu Lanzhi temporarily go back to her mother's house to escape, and when she broke up, she agreed never to lose each other; After Liu Lanzhi returned to her mother's house, her brother forced her to marry the son of the satrap, and Jiao Zhongqing rushed to the scene. On the wedding day of the satrap's son, they died of double suicide.