Butterfly Lovers: Leung Shanpak and Chuk Yingtoi

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Butterfly Lovers: Leung Shanpak and Chuk Yingtoi

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Description

The Butterfly Lovers is a Chinese legend of a tragic love story of a pair of lovers, Liang Shanbo (梁山伯) and Zhu Yingtai (祝英台), whose names form the title of the story. The title is often abbreviated to Liang Zhu (梁祝). The story is now counted as one of China's Four Great Folktales, the others being the Legend of the White Snake (Baishezhuan), Lady Meng Jiang, and The Cowherd and the Weaving Maid (Niulang Zhinü).

Creator

Pan Yi Fan

Source

Major Plays of Hong Kong Cantonese Opera: A Translation Project

Publisher

Ng Wing Chung

Date

1955

Contributor

Cantonese Opera Development Fund

Language

English

Type

Text

Identifier

butterflyloversleungshanpakandchukyingtoi1955

Citation

Pan Yi Fan, “Butterfly Lovers: Leung Shanpak and Chuk Yingtoi,” CCCH9051 Group 35, accessed May 15, 2025, https://learning.hku.hk/ccch9051/group-35/items/show/39.

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