First called
鹊踏枝; the name 'butterflies in love with flowers' comes from a line of 6th-century verse. Famous poems to it include 《
蝶恋花·
春景》 by
苏轼, the source of
天涯何处无芳草, and 《
蝶恋花·
答李淑一》 (1957) by
毛泽东, written to the widow of a fallen comrade, in which he mourns his wife
杨开慧.
