Some people say that the Butterfly Lovers is true. The Shanjuan Cave in Yixing, Jiangsu Province is the hometown of the Butterfly Lovers. Is it true?

Yes, it is right over the Shanjuan Cave in Yixing.

The 28th day of the third lunar month is the traditional "Butterfly Viewing Festival" in Zhuling, Yixing. This day is the day when Zhu Yingtai turned into a butterfly in folklore.

Zhuling Village is located at the foot of Luoyan Mountain near Shanjuan Cave. It has evergreen pines and cypresses, forests of ancient trees, and winding mountain-shaded paths, giving it a mountain village flavor. Outside the village, there are towering moso bamboos and rhododendrons everywhere in the village. At the turn of spring and summer, the red flowers and green bamboos complement each other like brocade. Looking from a distance, it seems like the realm of Peach Blossom Land. It is said that the story of "Liang Shanbo and Zhu Yingtai" is Happened here.

There is an ancient stele pavilion here. In the pavilion stands a dark red stone stele carved in the Tang Dynasty. The stele is about ten feet high and the stone is extremely ancient. The whole stele is engraved with the three names of "Bixian Temple" and "Northern Wei Dynasty". It is written in regular script. It is said that Zhu Yingtai, a strange woman in the Jin Dynasty, disguised herself as a man and studied here with Liang Shanbo for three years in order to resist the feudal ethics that "a woman's lack of talent is a virtue". This "Bixian Temple" is where Liang Zhu lived. reading place. There are still ruins such as "Yingtai Pavilion", "Butterfly Pavilion" and "Qinjian Tomb" nearby. Liang Zhu studied at Bixian Temple in Yixing, and there are still some relics to prove it. Going west along the Baishi Mountain Road in Shanjuandong, there are Huangnidun, Phoenix Mountain, Guanyintang, Tutu Temple, Lotus Pond, Shuangjing, Fuqiao (Grass Bridge), Chating, Sha Village (Evil Dog Village), Majia Village... these The place name still exists today. According to legend, these are many places where Liang Shanbo and Zhu Yingtai "sent each other off" at the age of eighteen.

The wonders of butterfly gathering

In the area of ??Zhuling Village and Shanjuan Cave, there used to be a traditional "Butterfly Viewing Festival", which took place on the 28th day of the third lunar month every year. In the grounds, men and women come in groups to watch the butterflies. On this day, thousands of butterflies of various colors were seen in the sky above the Butterfly Pavilion in front of Bixian Temple, flying in pairs in the bright sunshine, fluttering among the green hills and flowers, and fluttering in the shadow of the ancient temple gate. Until 12 o'clock at noon, a pair of huge butterflies suddenly flew from the southwest. It is said that they are the spirits of "Butterfly Lovers". The yellow one is Liang Shanbo and the black one is Zhu Yingtai. They are flying in pairs, loving each other and wearing flowers. The grass is graceful and inseparable. Finally, it circles the pavilion three times, rushes to Bixian Temple and disappears. Suddenly, there is a loud sound of piano and sword. This is the so-called "Butterfly Lovers Butterfly" scene, which has been passed down as a good story in ancient times.

Yixing is the birthplace of the legend of "Butterfly Butterfly", which also proves that Yixing is the real birthplace of the story of Butterfly Lovers, because not only are there many butterflies in Shanjuan Cave, but the villagers don't want a couple in their hometown to have an unexplained death. After death, I pray for immortality, so I pray to turn into a butterfly, fly together and stay in the world forever. "Butterfly Butterfly" is not only the climax of Butterfly Lovers' love story, but also people's longing for the everlasting love between Butterfly Lovers and Butterfly Lovers. It is also a unique folk creation of Yixing.