Legend of Liang Shanbo and Zhu Yingtai
(chinadaily.com.cn)
The tragic love story between Liang Shanbo and Zhu Yingtai is one of the four folk legends of ancient China. The legend has been reproduced in story-telling, song poems, opera and in other literature forms. Yixing city is one of the said birthplaces of the story’s legend and since 1921 has restored a tomb for Zhu’s musical Instrument and sword, as well as the Yingtai Pavilion and Zhu’s reading platform. In 2003, the Liang-Zhu Culture Exhibition Hall was set up at the Shanjuan Cave Scenery Site.
