Zhù Yīngtái de fùqīn bǎ tā xǔpèi gěi le Mǎ Wéncái.
Zhu Yingtai's father promised her in marriage to Ma Wencai.
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culture
With 梁山伯 she makes up 梁祝, the Butterfly Lovers, one of the Four Great Folk Legends with 牛郎织女, 白蛇传 and 孟姜女. In parts of the south a yellow butterfly was once called a 'Liang Shanbo' and a black one a 'Zhu Yingtai'.
history
On her wedding day the bridal procession passes Liang's grave. A storm breaks, the grave splits open, she leaps in, and the two lovers fly out as butterflies. The Yue opera film of the story, released in 1954, was one of the first colour feature films made in the People's Republic.
