Real life chinese love stories Part:5
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5. Romance of the West Chamber
Chinese Valentine's Day is a traditional festival to express peoples' love for each other. In China, there are many touching love stories that have been passed down for thousands of years, and tourist attractions to see associated with them.
Romance of the West Chamber is a Chinese drama written by the Yuan Dynasty playwright Wang Shifu. It tells the love story between Zhang Sheng, a scholar, and Cui Yingying, the daughter of a former chief minister.
Zhang Sheng met Cui Yingying in a temple and soon fell in love with her. However, Yingying’s beauty became known by a local bandit. He dispatched his men to besiege them, in the hopes of taking her as his consort. Yingying’s mother declared that she would marry her daughter to whoever could save her daughter. Zhang Sheng managed to save Yingying with his friend’s help. But her mother refused to fulfil her promise because Zhang Sheng was a poor man. With the help of Hong Niang, Yingying’s maid, they broke the traditional barrier and finally got married.
During the past several hundred years, this beautiful story has greatly stimulated numerous hearts of the young people.
Hope you like this love story.
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