摘要
《梁山伯与祝英台》《白蛇传》《孟姜女》和《牛郎织女》并称中国古代四大传说。其中，梁祝传说的凄美更是让人慨叹：难道人世间至真至纯、至善至美的情感在残酷无情的束缚面前，只能超越生与死的羁绊，落得“落花流水春去也”的万般无奈？正是这种悲恸之愤使得梁祝传说拥有了各种各样的艺术表现形式，而且在中国的外交中也发挥着重要的作用。
The Butterfly Lovers, often known as ＂Oriental Romeo and Juliet＂, is one of the four major folktales of China exerting global impact. Originating in the Eastern Jin Dynasty about 1,600 years ago, it narrates a tragic story of Zhu Yingtai from Shangyu and Liang Shanbo from Kuaiji, and is passed down from generation to generation. It has been the source material of many art forms such as oral stories,
