Liang Zhu

heyhozz people!! Me backiez with a post already :) haha ain't that fast?

As its still within a few days of Valentine's Day...another love song's lyrics would be posted up...well actually not love song,but not not also haha i dunno what i am saying.The song is 别哭(Don't Cry) and its sung by Mini and 顾儿..it was the theme song for the 梁祝(The Butterfly Lovers) cartoon mah.Its quite a catchy song and its quite sweet too.


别哭(Don't Cry)

don't cry my love 别再哭了
你看天都亮了
oh-我相信就在远方
能让我们爱飞翔
don't cry my love 别再哭了
窗外雨都停了
oh-我相信就在前方
一定撒满了阳光
我相信就算长夜漫漫
偶尔觉得孤单
我们的爱依然坚强
虽然我们相爱太难
不能够长相伴
思念为爱找到方向
思念为爱~~~~
don't cry my love 别再哭了
你看天都亮了
oh-我相信某个远方
能让我们爱飞翔
don't cry

I dunno if you all remember the story about The Butterfly Lovers.Its one of the more tragic and endearing love stories i have heard of since young.Its actually a Chinese version of Romeo and Juliet...but i heard about Liang Zhu much much earlier than R&J so it sticks in my mind much much more.

The premise is this...the story starts off with Liang Shan Bo and Zhu Ying Tai going to this school...and schools during that time were mainly for guys(i think) so Zhu Ying Tai actually was there posing as a guy.Of course things happen and they got on very well with each other...the famous cups of water separating the both of them when they slept together was most remembered by me :) haha cos Zhu Ying Tai had her reservations about sleeping with a guy...even if it was just sleeping beside him. By and by...i think Zhu Ying Tai fell in love with Liang Shan Bo!!!But the sad thing is that after 3 years of studying together and bonding well...after Zhu Ying Tai went back to her hometown and Liang Shan Bo visited and saw her in female attire...thus knowing she was female!!he asked for her hand in marriage but she was already engaged to Ma Wen Cai!Sighhh Liang Shan Bo den went back a broken man..he died dunno how long after he became a county magistrate. The story didn't end yet...On the day Zhu was to be married to Ma, whirlwinds

prevented the wedding procession from escorting Zhu beyond Liang's tomb. Zhu left the procession to pay her respects for Liang. Liang's tomb split apart, and Zhu dived into it to join him. A pair of butterflies emerged from the tomb and flew away..sounds amazing eh?But to me it sounds romantic lor...sheesh and you know what?i read about the following MOdern interpretation of the romance.

According to Zhu Dake, a modern Chinese scholar, Liang Shanbo and Zhu Yingtai has been a metaphoric homosexual love story. Zhu Dake argued that Liang and Zhu started their relationship during the three years when Zhu was a de facto transvestite and Liang was oblivious to her real gender. The reason that Liang fell ill was, Zhu Dake explained, not because Zhu was engaged to another man, but because he found that Zhu was actually a woman and not a man. According to this interpretation, he was utterly shocked; his spiritual edifice, which had been built on the same-sex ethos, collapsed all of a sudden. This was more than he could bear and so he died.

However, many Chinese have violent disagreement with this point.

The above can be found from Wikipedia...whew Liang Shan Bo being gay??!!!that would totally destroy the romantic story...boo hooo....

But i guess a lot of historical stories or literature are always disputed by a lot of people..mostly because we all have different perceptions of things mahh.

Shall stop here for now :) Haha Gay reminds me of Brokeback Mountain....shall write about it next time.

Chowz
Joshy