The Peacocks Fly to the Southeast written by ancient Chinese poet Xie Lingyun (385 – 433) is the first long narrative poem in Chinese literary history. This poem describes a tragic love story which happened during the Eastern Han Dynasty (25-220).
During Jian’an Period of the Eastern Han Dynasty, Liu Lanzhi, a girl from a poor family married Jiao Zhongqing, who was from a declining official family. Though the couple loved each other deeply, Liu was forced by her mother-in-law to leave her husband because of their difference in family status, she left his husband and went to her family, and was then forced by elder brother to remarry. Liu still loved Jiao, he did not want to marry another man, she had no choice but drowned herself in a lake. Hearing her death, Jiao also hanged himself on a tree in his yard to express his faithful love to his wife.
The Peacocks Fly to the Southeast presents people’s desire for love and free marriage in ancient China. The heroine’s faithful love and her courage have aroused echo in Chinese youth’s hearts.
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Chinese love storys
RomansaThese love story's have been past down for centuries and has beentold hundreds of years ago in China. Some of the story's might be true and some may be just made up story's we will never know. I have not written or created these story's!!!! I just w...
