Shanghai Stationary Butterfly Spring

Shanghai Stationary “Butterfly Spring”

There is a beautiful legend about the name of the Butterfly Festival. As the story goes, in ancient time in a village at the foot of Yunjiao Peak of Mt. Cangshan, there is a pretty and ingenious young girl named Wen Gu. Her diligence and beauty are known to all locally and many young fellows treat her as a dreamlover. There is a handsome and kind-hearted young hunter of Bai nationality named Xia Lang who lives on the Yunnong Peak. One year on lunar March 3^rd, they meet at a local fair and fall in love with each other at first sight and make a vow to be together forever. However, the tyrannical King of the Mt. Cangshan robs Wen Gu to be his eighth concubine. After learn the news, Xia Lang risks his life and enter into the palace secretly and rescue his lover successfully. However, the king got the news and has his soldiers to go in pursuit. The two youths are exhausted in running and finally get to a pool; under urgent situation, they both dive into the pool. The next day, villagers try to find their bodies and do not find any but see a pair of gorgeous butterflies flying up from the water; they whirling over the water and draw a large number of other butterflies to the place. And that day is lunar April 15^th. From then on, people name the pool a Butterfly Spring and celebrate the date a Butterfly Festival.

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