Among the gods of Olympus, the most helpless one is little love god Cupid. He has beautiful blonde hair, a white and delicate face, and wings that can fly freely. He laughed all day as if he would never grow up. He flies around with an arrow bag on his back every day. This one shoots a golden arrow and that one shoots a lead arrow, which makes the fairy dizzy and the tragicomedy of love keeps appearing. Of course, he himself has always been an audience. But he didn't expect that one day he actually became the protagonist in a love drama!

It is said that little Cupid, like Gaia, the mother of the earth, is the origin of the universe, that is to say, he was born with the universe, and after having the universe, there was a later god. However, because he was born like an urchin and very cute, the universe became his father, and Venus, the god of love and beauty, was willing to be his mother, because she was in charge of love. Cupid followed Venus. He is still free, and even his mother can't escape his arrow when he is happy.

Greece has a little-known city-state, which has always been loved by the gods of love and beauty. People there especially love beauty and know what beauty is. Every place in this small city-state has a temple of Venus, the goddess of love and beauty. People respect her, love her and always give her the best sacrifice. But in the past year or two, things seem to have changed. The temple of Venus began to be neglected, and fewer and fewer people went to sacrifice, and then it was simply empty; There is dust everywhere on the altar, the dust on the ground has accumulated very thick, and there are cobwebs in the corner of the temple. The goddess was furious at this situation and immediately turned into a person to visit the city.

It turns out that the king of this small city-state has three daughters, the eldest and the second are both ordinary, but the youngest daughter is very beautiful in the past two years. She has a graceful figure, a beautiful face and dazzling eyes. No one who has met her knows what words to use to describe her. They just praised everyone, so the princess's reputation spread all over the city. People in the city regard the beauty of the princess as the pride of their country, and countless people come to the palace to see her every day. Everyone worships her like a goddess and even gives her the best things. Her name Psek has long been forgotten, and everyone calls her Beauty God, as if she were Venus.

Cupid is a symbol of love.

Cupid has always been regarded as a symbol of love. According to legend, he is a naughty little god with wings. Once his arrow is inserted into the hearts of young men and women, it will make them deeply in love. In ancient Greek mythology, he was eros, the youngest son of Aphrodite, the god of love. In Roman mythology, his name is Cupid and his mother is Venus.

The following legend tells the love story between Cupid and Psyche. According to legend, a king and queen gave birth to three beautiful daughters, and the youngest psyche is especially famous for her beauty. Venus was so jealous of her that she ordered Cupid to punish her. However, Cupid fell in love with Psyche as soon as he saw her and married her. Psyche lived a comfortable life in the temple, but because she was mortal, she had never seen Cupid's face, so she was depressed. Her two sisters were jealous of her life in the temple, so they lied to her that Cupid was a demon and encouraged her to peek at him at night. When she lit the oil lamp at night and saw Cupid, she realized that he was a handsome boy. Cupid woke up with a start and left angrily. The palace and garden disappeared, and psyche found herself lying alone in the wilderness.

Psyche looked for her husband everywhere and came to the temple of Venus. In order to destroy her, cupid assigned her many arduous and dangerous tasks. The last task is to ask her to give an empty box to prosser Ping (the queen of hades) and bring back a box of beauty from her.

On the way, a voice has been instructing her how to get rid of all kinds of death threats and warning her not to open the box when she gets it back. Psyche overcame all kinds of difficulties and finally finished the task. On the way back, her curiosity drove her to open the box. There are beautiful women inside, but they are sleeping ghosts in hell. It escaped from the box and attached itself to Psyche, turning her into a sleeping corpse.

Cupid found Psyche sleeping on the ground, so he snatched the couch from her hand and put it back in the box. Cupid forgave her, and Venus forgave her. The gods were moved by her persistent love for Cupid, so they gave her a bowl of immortal soup and named her a goddess. In this way, psyche and Cupid finally got married.

Cupid's love story

She is the youngest sister among the three daughters of the great king. She has a beautiful appearance and soul, and people from all over the world come to Wan Li to appreciate her beauty. All this makes Venus jealous, because the world ignores her beauty and even forgets her existence. So Venus had a plan. She asked her son Cupid to try to marry psyche to the ugliest and fiercest beast in the world. Cupid's arrow of love can make anyone fall in love with the object he chooses for them. The plan was 10 thousand.

Cupid cheated the king and his wife and left Psyche on a barren hill, where she would be engaged to an ugly and ferocious winged serpent. Psyche was heartbroken at her misfortune, but she could only accept it, because although she was beautiful, no one fell in love with her. Venus' trick seems to have succeeded.

But Venus ignored a detail, the most deadly detail in a love story. When Cupid met Psyche, he fell in love with her at first sight. Instead of marrying psyche to a poisonous snake, he secretly took her to the magnificent palace where he lived and married her. But because Psyche is mortal, Cupid can't let her know his true identity and appearance. He only saw psyche at night and made her swear never to see him again.

Later, when Psyche's sisters saw the beautiful palace where her sister lived, they were jealous and tried to ruin her life. They poisoned psyche's brain and tricked her into believing that since her husband kept his identity and appearance so secret, there must be something wrong. Apparently, they said psyche must be with that evil winged snake.

Psyche finally couldn't bear the uneasiness of not knowing her husband's true identity and appearance. One night, after Cupid fell asleep, Psyche carefully lit an oil lamp and went to his bedside to see his beloved husband. To her shock, she saw not only an ugly snake, but a handsome face beyond imagination. Psyche's hand trembled involuntarily with the heartbeat, and the oil slipped down, seriously burning Cupid's arm in his sleep. Cupid

Suffering from betraying his promise, burning his eyebrows and losing his beloved husband, Psyche vowed to use his life to find Cupid and express his love to him. She turned to the gods for help, but no one was willing to bear Venus' resentment and revenge. In desperation, psyche decided to plead with Venus herself.

Cupid ran back to her mother from psyche to treat burns. Venus heard that Cupid married Psyche, and Psyche betrayed Cupid, so she vowed to severely punish Psyche. When Psyche prayed for Venus' forgiveness, Venus accused her of laughing at Psyche's bad reputation and plain appearance. She told her that the only thing she wanted to be forgiven was to finish some necessary hard work, which was obviously impossible. But psyche hopes that her efforts will help her find her lost love. Venus mixed wheat seeds, millet and poppy into a pile and ordered Psyche to sort them before dark. Just when psyche was desperate, a group of enthusiastic ants helped her finish the task. Venus was even more angry when she came back.

Therefore, Venus gave psyche one almost impossible task after another, such as shearing golden fleece for fierce sheep and extracting black water from the river of death. Venus is confident that Psyche can't finish it every time, but Psyche gets unexpected help and finishes the task every time. Finally, the recovered Cupid began to miss his wife again. He found psyche and gently blamed her for her previous treachery. Tell her her search is over. Cupid longed to get back together with Psyche, so he asked Jupiter, the king of the gods, to allow Psyche to live forever. Jupiter agreed and made Psyche a goddess before the Council of the Gods. Cupid and psyche are officially married. Even Venus is happy. First, his son has a suitable wife. More importantly, psyche lives in heaven, not on earth. People in the world.

This well-known fairy tale contains almost all the elements of love: desire, mystery, beauty, confusion, seeking, jealousy, commitment, breach of trust, forgiveness, help, repentance, pain, even angry parents and so on. Moreover, like Cupid's love at first sight, love is unexpected and mysterious.

Of course, it is impossible for everyone's love story to be so full of drama and fairy tales. Moreover, people can't deliberately pursue certain plots. But love itself is indeed a process of pursuing happiness and pain. You may not have tasted the ups and downs of love all over the world, but the process of love must be a ups and downs of life experience, just like Cupid's own story tells us.

Romeo and Juliet

Capulet and Montague are two big families in the same city. The two big families are at odds and often fight. Montague has a son named Romeo, 17 years old, with a good personality. He is a young man that everyone likes very much. One day, he heard that a girl he liked was going to Capulet's house for dinner. In order to meet the girl, he and his friends put on masks and sneaked into Cabo Park Jung Su's house for dinner.

However, at this banquet, he was deeply attracted by Juliet, Capulet's only daughter. That night, Juliet was the protagonist of the party. 13 years old, she is as beautiful as a fairy. Romeo came forward to confess to Juliet, and Juliet also had a good impression on Romeo. However, at that time, neither side knew the identity of the other. After the truth came out, Romeo still couldn't get rid of his love for Juliet. He climbed over the wall and walked into Capulet's orchard, just in time to hear Juliet calling Romeo from the window. Obviously, it was love at first sight.

The next day, Romeo went to see the priest of a nearby monastery and asked for help. The priest agreed to Romeo's request, thinking that if it can be realized, the contradiction between the two families can be resolved. Romeo invited Juliet to the monastery through Juliet's wet nurse and got married under the auspices of the priest. At noon that day, Romeo met Juliet's cousin Tibolt in the street. Poulter wants to fight Romeo. Although Romeo didn't want to fight, his friends felt that Romeo had no face, so they fought with poulter. As a result, Bolt took the opportunity to kill him. Romeo was furious, drew his sword to avenge his friend and killed Bolt.

The ruler of this city decided to expel Romeo and ordered him to be executed if he dared to come back. Juliet is very sad. She loves Romeo very much. Romeo didn't want to leave, and agreed to leave temporarily under the persuasion of the priest. That night, he sneaked into Juliet's bedroom and spent the wedding night. At dawn the next day, Romeo had to start his exile. As soon as Romeo left, the Earl of Paris of noble birth came to propose. Kabu Park Jung Su was very satisfied and ordered Juliet to get married next Thursday.

Juliet went to the priest to find a way. The priest gave her a medicine. After taking it, it's like death, but she will wake up after 42 hours. The priest promised her to send someone to call Romeo, and he would soon dig the grave and let her and Romeo fly away. Juliet acted according to the plan, took medicine the night before the wedding, and the second day of the wedding naturally became a funeral. The priest immediately sent someone to inform Romeo. However, Romeo knew the news before the priest's messenger arrived. He came to Juliet's grave in the middle of the night, killed Count Paris who stopped him, and dug up the grave. After kissing Juliet, he took out the poison he brought with him and drank it down. He fell beside Juliet and died. Romeo and Paris were dead when the priest arrived. At this time, Juliet also woke up. There were more and more people, and the priest ran away before he could take care of Juliet. When Juliet saw the dead Romeo, she didn't want to live alone. She didn't find the poison, so she pulled out Romeo's sword, stabbed herself and fell on Romeo and died. My parents came and the priest told them the story of Romeo and Juliet. The parents of two families woke up after losing their children, but it was too late. Since then, the two families have cleared up their grievances and cast a golden statue for Romeo and Juliet in the city.

The story of Liang Zhu.

Familiar version

In the Eastern Jin Dynasty, in Zhujiazhuang, Shangyu County, Zhejiang Province, there was a beautiful and intelligent Mrs. Nv Ying who studied poetry with her brother since childhood, admired the talents of Ban Zhao and Cai Wenji, hated the lack of good teachers at home, and wanted to travel to Hangzhou. Zhu Yingtai, eager to learn, disguised himself as a fortune teller and said, "It's best to let your love go out according to the result of divination." I hope my father sees his daughter Joe disguised as a man, and there is no flaw. In order to disappoint her, he had to reluctantly agree. England and Taiwan Province disguised themselves as men and went to Hangzhou to study. On the way, I met Liang Shanbo, a scholar who came to Hangzhou from Huiji (now Shaoxing) to study. As soon as I saw him, I liked reading each other very much. On the Caoqiao Pavilion, I made a righteous knot in Jin Lan with a pinch of soil as incense. A day later, the two men came to Song Wan College in Hangzhou, where they were accepted as apprentices. From then on, students read * * *, and they were inseparable. Liang Zhu studied in the deep sea for three years. Yingtai loved Sambo deeply, but Sambo never knew he was a woman. She only cares about brotherhood and has no special feelings. I wish my father misses his daughter. I am in a hurry to return home, so Yingtai has to hurry home. Liang Zhu broke up and was reluctant to go. On the way to the 18-mile farewell, Yingtai kept borrowing things to caress and hint at love. Shan Bo is honest and simple, and he doesn't know why. Yingtai was helpless and lied that her nine sisters looked exactly like herself and were willing to act as matchmakers for Shanbo. However, due to Shanbo's poverty, she failed to arrive as scheduled. When Shanbo went to Jia Zhu to propose marriage, I was afraid that Zhu Fu had betrothed Yingtai to Ma Wencai, the son of the satrap who lived in Maoyicheng (now Yinxian). A happy marriage has become a shadow. The two met on the balcony, looked at each other with tears in their eyes and left sadly. When we leave, we make an oath: we must live together and die together! Later, Liang Shanbo was named Yin County (now Fenghua County) by the imperial court. However, Sambo became depressed and died soon. He was ordered to be buried in Kowloon Market, a trading city. Yingtai heard the bad news of Shanbo and vowed to die. When Yingtai was forced to get married, she made a detour to worship Liang Shanbo's tomb. Under the induction of Zhu Yingtai's wailing, the grave burst, Yingtai jumped into the grave, the grave reunited, the wind stopped raining, the rainbow hung high, and Liang Zhu turned into a butterfly, flying in the world.

Different versions in different places

(1) Yinzhou Edition: The magistrate of the Jin Dynasty married the chivalrous woman of the Ming Dynasty in Ningbo, Zhejiang. According to legend, Liang Shanbo was a magistrate of Yinzhou County in Jin Dynasty and an honest official. Because he offended powerful people, he was mutilated to death, and the people built a big tomb for him. Zhu Yingtai was a chivalrous woman in Shangyu in the Ming Dynasty, who robbed the rich and helped the poor, and was later killed by powerful people. In memory of them, the locals buried them together and got married. Yinzhou has Liang Zhu's tomb and Liang Zhu's former residence. There is an old saying, "If a couple wants to grow old together, the Temple of Liangshan Bo will come". (2) Shangyu version: Zhujiacun is the hometown of Zhu Yingtai. According to legend, Zhu Zu was born in Taiyuan, Shanxi, and later moved south to settle here. They used to teach in Shangyu County, and their descendants moved to all parts of Shangyu. The lyrics of China's first colorful opera film "Butterfly Lovers" are written as follows: "In Shangyu County, Zhujiazhuang and Yushui River, there is a Zhu Yingtai with both talents and looks ..." According to records, there was a large-scale house in Zhujiajian Island Village, which was destroyed by the war, with a living area of about 500 square meters and garden relics. There is a lake near the village called Qianjin Lake, where Jingui and Yin Gui embrace each other, and there are Bai Yun, pomegranate and other ancient trees. There are also ancestral temples and stone tablets that record the history of the Zhu family. (3) Hangzhou Edition: In Song Wan College classmate Liang Zhu's Yue Opera "Liang Zhu", there is a lyric of "Grass Bridge Becomes Righteous", which says that Liang Shanbo and Zhu Yingtai, a woman disguised as men, met on their way to study in Hangzhou, the provincial capital, and got to know each other, so they became sworn brothers at the Grass Bridge, which refers to the Grass Bridge Pavilion next to Wangjiangmen in the east of Hangzhou. According to legend, the place where Liang Zhu studied was Song Wan Academy near the West Lake, so people called it Liang Zhu Academy. Its predecessor was Hongzhi, which was changed to Song Wan Academy in the 11th year of Hongzhi in Ming Dynasty and was destroyed in Chongzhen. After Kangxi in the Qing Dynasty, it was converted into a literary academy. (4) Yixing Edition: The legend of become a butterfly is deeply rooted. The earliest story of Liang Zhu in Yixing is The Story of Shanquan Temple, which was recorded in the second year of Qi Jianyuan (AD 480). It is said that Zhu Yingtai's old house was in Shanquan Temple in Yixing. He studied with Liang Zhu since childhood, and then went to Qilu and Soochow to visit relatives and friends, and gradually developed feelings. The legend of Liang Zhu was recorded in Yixing, and the plot of "become a butterfly" was also formed in Yixing, which is recognized by domestic academic circles. Yixing has names and sites such as Zhujiazhuang and Liangjiazhuang, as well as "Eighteen Gifts" sites such as Kannonji, Lotus Pond, Shuangjing and Jiuli Pavilion. Yixing customarily designated March 28th of the lunar calendar as "Butterfly Watching Festival", and named butterflies after Liang Shanbo and Zhu Yingtai. (5) Jining version: Scholar-officials buried Liang Zhuxiu's tomb together. There is a "tombstone of Liang Shanbo Zhu Yingtai" in Ma Po Township, Weishan County, Jining City, which was built in the 11th year of Ming Zhengde (A.D. 15 16). According to the inscription, Zhu Yingtai lived in Jiuqu Village, Jining, and his father Zhu Yuanwei was very upset because he had no son. Zhu Yingtai disguised himself as a man to study to solve his father's worries. Liang Zhu has been with his classmates for three years. Liang Shanbo died at home and Zhu Yingtai died of grief. The literati were moved by their father's filial piety and devotion to Liang Ya, so they built a burial tomb for them. At present, the Confucius Temple in Qufu still has Liangzhu Reading Room, and there are sites such as Liangzhu Reading Cave and Liangzhu Temple on the mountain. (6) Runan Edition: Liang Zhu's classmates read * * * but were not buried together. Legend has it that in the Jin Dynasty, Liang Shanbo and Liang Zhu were classmates for three years, but they could not see their daughter's body. Before Liang Shanbo died, he asked his family to bury himself by the road where Zhu Yingtai's wedding sedan chair passed, so that he could see Zhu Yingtai get married. Zhu Yingtai learned that he was married in mourning, and when he passed by Liang Shanbo's grave, he offered to get off the sedan chair to pay homage. As a result, he was killed in front of the willow tree while people were unprepared. The graves in Liang Zhu are built separately, and everyone has his own grave. Now there is a "Prince Temple" in Runan where Liang Zhu studies, also called "Luo Hongshan". It is said that there used to be a "Luohong College" here. Legend has it that the well where Liang Zhu carried water on Luohong Mountain is still there, and there is a monument beside it, which reads "Zhu Liangjing".