中国四大爱情故事(英语版).ppt

FourChinesefolklovestory FourChinesefolklovestoryisthemostwidespreadandinfluentialofthefamoussymbolsofChineseculture Ithasaprofoundimpactontheconceptoflove ThisstoryhappenedduringtheQinDynasty TherewasonceanoldmannamedMengwholivedwithhiswife Onespring Mengsowedaseedofbottlegourdinhisyard LikeMeng Jianghadnochildrenandsohebecameveryfondoftheplant Hewateredandtookcareoftheplant Jiangpluckeditoffthevine andthetwooldmendecidedtocutthegourdanddivideitbyhalf Totheirsurprisewhentheycutthegourdaprettyandlovelygirlwaslyinginside TheynamedthegirlMengJiangnu whichmeansMengandJiang sdaughter NO 1MengJiangnucrytheGreatWall MengJiangnuwasverysmartandindustrious Onedaywhileplayingintheyard MengJiangnusawayoungmanhidinginthegarden Atthattime EmperorQinShihuangannouncedtobuildtheGreatWall FanQiliangwasanintellectualmanandveryafraidofbeingcaught sohewenttoMeng shousetohidefromtheofficials MengandJianglikedthisyoungman Theydecidedtowedtheirdaughtertohim Thecouplewasmarriedseveraldayslater However FanQiliangwastakenawaytobuildtheGreatWall ItwasahardtimeforMengJiangnumissedherhusbandandcriednearlyeveryday Shedecidedtosetofftolookforhim Sheclimbedovermountainsandwentthroughtherivers Shewalkeddayandnight slippingandfallingmanytimes butfinallyshereachedthefootoftheGreatWallatthepresentShanhaiguanPass However thatFanQilianghadalreadydiedofexhaustionandwasburiedintotheGreatWall MengJiangnucouldnothelpcrying Suddenlywithatremendousnoise a400kilometer longsectionoftheGreatWallcollapsedoverherbitterwail AtthefirstsightofMengJiangnu EmperorQinShihuangwasattractedbyherbeauty Insteadofkillingher theEmperoraskedMengJiangnutomarryhim Afterallthetermsweremet EmperorQinShihuangwasreadytotakehertohispalace Whentheguarderswerenotwatching shesuddenlyturnedaroundandjumpedintothenearbyBohaiSea InmemoryofMengJiangnu latergenerationsbuiltatemple calledtheJiangnuTemple atthefootoftheGreatWallinwhichastatueofMengJiangnuislocated NO 2TheLengedofWhiteSnake Thelengedofwhitesnakeisalovestorybetweenawhitesnakeandaman Thewhitesnakehadbeenlivedonearthforthousandsofyearsandshehadpracticedherselfduringtheyearstomasteralotofmagic Onedayshewasgoingtobeanimmortal butshestillrememberedamanwhosavedherfivehunderdyearagoandshewantedtorepayanobligation FinallyshefoundthemanwhosepreviouslifesavedherandthatmanisXuXianatthebrokenbridgeofwestlake Theytogetherovercamealotofdifficultiesandhadaboy butaftertheboywasborn BaiSuzhenwascontroledintheFallofpagodabyamonknamedFahaionbehalfofsubdueddemons AtlasttheboywinthefirstplaceinthenationalexaminationandhesavedhermotherBaiSuzhen AtlastBaiSuzhenandherhusbandXuXianbecametheimmortaltogether NO 3TheButterflyLovers ZhuYingtaiisabeautifulandintelligentyoungwoman Althoughtraditionsofthateradiscouragefemalesfromgoingtoschool Zhumanagestoconvinceherfathertoallowhertoattendclassesindisguiseasayoungman DuringherjourneytoHangzhou shemeetsLiangShanbo ascholarfromKuaiji Ku ij present dayShaoxing Theychatandfeelastrongaffinityforeachotherattheirfirstmeeting TheystudytogetherforthenextthreeyearsinschoolandZhugraduallyfallsinlovewithLiang AlthoughLiangequalsZhuintheirstudies heisstillabookwormandfailstonoticethefemininecharacteristicsexhibitedbyhisclassmate Oneday Zhu sfatheraskedhertoreturnhomeassoonaspossible Liangaccompanieshis swornbrother for18milestoseeheroff Duringthejourney ZhuhintstoLiangthatsheisactuallyawoman Beforetheypart ZhuremindsLiangtovisitherresidencelatersohecanproposetomarryher sister Monthslater whenLiangvisitsZhu hediscoversthatsheisactuallyawoman Theymakeavowof tilldeathdouspart Butzhu sparentshavealreadyarrangedforhertomarryamanfromarichfamilycalledMaWencai Liangisheartbrokenwhenhehearsthenewsandhishealthgraduallydeteriorates Thenhediesinofficelaterasacountymagistrate OnthedayofMaandZhu smarriage mysteriouswhirlwindspreventtheweddingprocessionfromescortingthebridebeyondLiang sgrave whichliesalongthejourney ZhulefttheprocessiontopayherrespectsforLiang Liang stombsplitapart andZhudivedintoittojoinhim Apairofbutterfliesemergedfromthetombandflewaway NO 4Thecowherdandthegirlweaver ThecowherdwasbroughtupThecowherdwasbroughtupbyhisbrotherandsister in lawwhenheparentspassedaway Theymaltreatedhimdayandnight Afterwardstheybrokeupthefamilyandlivedapartfromhim Onlygavehimacowandanoldcar Thegirlweaver thegranddaughterofthegodofheaven oftencamedownwithotherfairiesfromheavenandtookabathinthesecularworld Onedaycowherdgotacrossthembathinginalake encouragedbyoldcow hestolenaredclothes Thefairysisterspulloutassoonasquicklywhentheysawcowherd Butthegirlweaverunabletoreturntotheheavenwithoutclothes Shemarriedthecowherdandhadasonandadaughter Theyledahappylifewithhusbandtillingthewrathedandorderedthegirlweaverbelandandwifeweaving Whenthegodofheavenlearnedit hewasbroughtback Thecowherdandtheirchildrencamebackhometofindhergone Withtheoldoxhelphewouldgotoheaventofindhiswife Howeverthequeenmotherseparatedthembyalargeriver Afterontheseventhdayoftheseventhmonthoflunarcalendar Thusthedayoflovetocelebratetheirreunion anditcanbeconsideredastheorientalvalentine sday Thestorytellsusthatwhateverdifficultyhaslovermustbegettogether Inancienttimes humanbeingcannotagainstthegod Butforthegirlweaverthecowherdagainstthegod Itneedagreatofcourage Andthegirlweaverloveapoorman Thelovegobeyondreality Thepeoplewholoveorbelovecan ttogetherwererecalling Thisstoryisadreamofalotpeople Maybeit sthecirculatereason Thankyouforyourslistening