Chinese folklore and color in Chinese Catherine 2021/6/712021/6/72Four Chinese folk love storyvFour Chinese folk love story is the most wide spread and influential of the famous symbols of Chinese culture.It has a profound impact on the concept of love 2021/6/73NO.1 Meng Jiangnu cry the Great WallNO.2 The Lenged of White SnakeNO.3 The Butterfly LoversNO.4 The cowherd and the girl weaverNO.5 The story of nian2021/6/74 This story happened during the Qin Dynasty .There was once an old man named Meng who lived with his wife. One spring, Meng sowed a seed of bottle gourd in his yard. Like Meng, Jiang had no children and so he became very fond of the plant. He watered and took care of the plant. Jiang plucked it off the vine, and the two old men decided to cut the gourd and divide it by half. To their surprise when they cut the gourd a pretty and lovely girl was lying inside! They named the girl Meng Jiangnu, which means Meng and Jiangs daughter. NO.1 Meng Jiangnu cry the Great Wall2021/6/75vMeng Jiangnu was very smart and industrious. One day while playing in the yard, Meng Jiangnu saw a young man hiding in the garden. vAt that time, Emperor Qin Shihuang announced to build the Great Wall. Fan Qiliang was an intellectual man and very afraid of being caught, so he went to Mengs house to hide from the officials. Meng and Jiang liked this young man. They decided to wed their daughter to him. The couple was married several days later.2021/6/76vHowever, Fan Qiliang was taken away to build the Great Wall. It was a hard time for Meng Jiangnu missed her husband and cried nearly every day. She decided to set off to look for him. vShe climbed over mountains and went through the rivers. She walked day and night, slipping and falling many times, but finally she reached the foot of the Great Wall at the present Shanhaiguan Pass.2021/6/77vHowever, that Fan Qiliang had already died of exhaustion and was buried into the Great Wall! Meng Jiangnu could not help crying , Suddenly with a tremendous noise, a 400 kilometer-long section of the Great Wall collapsed over her bitter wail. vAt the first sight of Meng Jiangnu, Emperor Qin Shihuang was attracted by her beauty. Instead of killing her, the Emperor asked Meng Jiangnu to marry him. 2021/6/78vAfter all the terms were met, Emperor Qin Shihuang was ready to take her to his palace. When the guarders were not watching, she suddenly turned around and jumped into the nearby Bohai Sea.2021/6/79In memory of Meng Jiangnu, later generations built a temple, called the Jiangnu Temple, at the foot of the Great Wall in which a statue of Meng Jiangnu is located. 2021/6/710 NO.2 The Lenged of White SnakeThe lenged of white snake is a love story between a white snake and a man .The white snake had been lived on earth for thousands of years and she had practiced herself during the years to master a lot of magic.One day she was going to be an immortal , but she still remembered a man who saved her five hunderd year ago and she wanted to repay an obligation . 2021/6/711vFinally she found the man whose previous life saved her and that man is Xu Xian at the broken bridge of west lake . They together overcame a lot of difficulties and had a boy , but after the boy was born, Bai Suzhen was controled in the Fall of pagoda by a monk named Fahai on behalf of subdued demons . At last the boy win the first place in the national examination and he saved her mother Bai Suzhen . At last Bai Suzhen and her husband Xu Xian became the immortal together.2021/6/712NO.3 The Butterfly Lovers2021/6/713Zhu Yingtai is a beautiful and intelligent young woman. Although traditions of that era discourage females from going to school, Zhu manages to convince her father to allow her to attend classes in disguise as a young man. 2021/6/714During her journey to Hangzhou, she meets Liang Shanbo, a scholar from Kuaiji（Kuij, present-day Shaoxing). They chat and feel a strong affinity for each other at their first meeting. 2021/6/715 They study together for the next three years in school and Zhu gradually falls in love with Liang. Although Liang equals Zhu in their studies, he is still a bookworm and fails to notice the feminine characteristics exhibited by his classmate. 2021/6/716vOne day, Zhus father asked her to return home as soon as possible. Liang accompanies his sworn brother for 18 miles to see her off. During the journey, Zhu hints to Liang that she is actually a woman. Before they part, Zhu reminds Liang to visit her residence later so he can propose to marry her sister. Months later, when Liang visits Zhu, he discovers that she is actually a woman. They make a vow of till death do us part 2021/6/717vBut zhus parents have already arranged for her to marry a man from a rich family called Ma Wencai. Liang is heartbroken when he hears the news and his health gradually deteriorates. Then he dies in office later as a county magistrate. 2021/6/718vOn the day of Ma and Zhus marriage, mysterious whirlwinds prevent the wedding procession from escorting the bride beyond Liangs grave, which lies along the journey. Zhu left the procession to pay her respects for Liang. 2021/6/719Liangs tomb split apart, and Zhu dived into it to join him. A pair of butterflies emerged from the tomb and flew away. 2021/6/720NO.4 The cowherd and the girl weaver2021/6/721vThe cowherd was brought up by his brother and sister-in-law when he parents passed away .They maltreated him day and night. Afterwards they broke up the family and lived apart from him .Only gave him a cow and an old car 2021/6/722vThe girl weaver, the granddaughter of the god of heaven, often came down with other fairies from heaven and took a bath in the secular world. One day cowherd got across them bathing in a lake .encouraged by old cow, he stolen a red clothes. The fairy sisters pull out as soon as quickly when they saw cowherd. But the girl weaver unable to return to the heaven without clothes. 2021/6/723She married the cowherd and had a son and a daughter. They led a happy life with husband tilling the wrathed and ordered the girl weaver be land and wife weaving. When the god of heaven learned it, he was brought back. The cowherd and their children came back home to find her gone. With the old ox help he would go to heaven to find his wife. However the queen mother separated them by a large river. After on the seventh day of the seventh month of lunar calendar.2021/6/724Thus the day of love to celebrate their reunion, and it can be considered as the oriental valentines day. The story tells us that whatever difficulty has lover must be get together.2021/6/725In ancient times, human being cannot against the god. But for the girl weaver the cowherd against the god. It need a great of courage. And the girl weaver love a poor man. The love go beyond reality. The people who love or be love cant together were recalling. This story is a dream of a lot people. Maybe its the circulate reason .2021/6/7262021/6/727The Story of NianvThe term pass year is used for the Spring Festival (Chinese New Year). The word Year in Chinese characters used to mean a horrible beast. To combat the beast, the Chinese hang good luck wishes on red paper on the door and use fireworks in the belief that the beast fears red and fire. This tradition in many ways resemble the Western belief of using garlic and crosses to fight vampires.2021/6/728vThere is a legend about the origin of year. In ancient times, our ancestors were subject to the threat of a most ferocious（凶猛的） animal called Nian (year), which lived on various kinds of animals. In winter where food was scarce（稀缺） in the mountains, Nian would intrude（闯入） the villages to eat human beings and beasts of burden. People were frightened and on tenterhooks. People fought against Nian for many years, and they found Nian was afraid of three things: red color, fire and sound. 2021/6/729vOne night Nian intruded into the village again and saw the red color and fire at every door and heard a thunderous sound. It was frightened and retreated to the mountains. From then on it dare not come out again After the night was over, people gave congratulations to each other Therefore, in winter people hung a piece of red peach wood at the door, lighted a pile of fire at the gate, beat gongs and drums heavily to make a loud sound, without sleeping throughout the night. To celebrate the great victory people of every family would paste red paper couplets on the door panels, light red lanterns, beat gongs and drums, let off fireworks and firecrackers all through the night. Early next morning they would greet each other happily。2021/6/730部分资料从网络收集整理而来，供大家参考，感谢您的关注！