Liang Shan Bo and Zhu Ying Tai or Liang Zhu for short, is one of the four great love stories of ancient Chinese folklore.
During the Eastern Jin Dynasty, there was a girl named Zhu Ying Tai who loved to read.
She especially wanted to go to school, but in those days girls couldn’t go out to school.
So Zhu Ying Tai dressed up as a boy and went to the city to study.
On the way, she met a scholar named Liang Shan Bo, and the two hit it off so well that they became good friends and went to school together.
At school, they studied together for three years, and Liang Shan Bo never knew Zhu Ying Tai was a girl.
Later, Zhu Ying Tai went home and Liang Shan Bo realized the truth when he visited her.
He wanted to marry Zhu Ying Tai, but Zhu Ying Tai had already been betrothed to the son of an official.
Liang Shan Bo later became a magistrate, but he was so sad in his heart that he finally fell ill and died because he was too depressed.
On the day Zhu Ying Tai got married, she passed by Liang Shan Bo’s grave.
A sudden gust of wind blocked the welcoming party.
Zhu Ying Tai got off the carriage to pay homage to Liang Shan Bo, the grave suddenly cracked open and Zhu Ying Tai jumped in.
Then two colorful butterflies flew out of the grave and they flew away from the world together.
People say that those two butterflies are what they turned into, representing that they will always be together.