Butterfly Lovers did not turn into a butterfly! Two lovers who have been misunderstood for hundreds of years. Today it re-enters the public eye.
Zhu Yingtai, who disguised herself as a man and went to the academy to study, met Liang Shanbo, a scholar from a poor family who had the world in mind and had ambitions to control floods. They were classmates for three years, and they called each other "brothers". They had similar interests and secret feelings. Yingtai used the name of "Nine Sisters" to hide her feelings, but Shanbo was devoted to serving the country and never noticed.
After returning home, Yingtai was forced into a marriage contract by her parents and betrothed to Ma Wencai, the son of the prefect. Coincidentally, floods occurred frequently in the south of the Yangtze River. Yingtai relied on the methods he had learned to control floods to save the people, and he and Shan Bo were once again involved in flood control. Shanbo was appointed as the magistrate of Luan County. He was honest and upright, and resolved cases for the people. He was also determined to build a dam to eliminate floods. However, because of his poor family background and his uprightness, he repeatedly encountered difficulties from the powerful and the gentry.
Yingtai cares deeply about Shan Bo, secretly drawing water control plans for him and running for help. The relationship between the two gradually deepens, but they are blocked by family status, marriage contracts, and power. The Ma family pressed forward step by step, while the Zhu family gave in step by step to protect themselves. Yingtai was wronged and even forced to undergo a medical examination. Shanbo worked hard to build the dam and became ill from overwork, but was framed and the project was frustrated. Finally, he died in hatred on the eve of Yingtai's wedding.
On the wedding day, the welcoming procession passed by the Wangjiang Pavilion built by Shan Bo, and a strange phenomenon suddenly appeared in the river. Yingtai broke free from her shackles, took off her wedding clothes, ran towards the river, and embraced Shanbo, who turned into a water soul. The two merged into one, and the river split into two, finally fulfilling their lifelong ambition to stay together.
This is a love that breaks through ethics and transcends life and death. It is also an eternal song with mountains and rivers as evidence and loyalty as an alliance - their love is with the mountains and rivers of China.
