1. Butterfly Lovers is a beautiful and sad love story. The protagonists are Liang Shanbo and Zhu Yingtai.
2. In the Eastern Jin Dynasty in ancient China, there was a woman named Zhu Yingtai (also known as Zhu Jiumei) from Zhu's family in Shangyu, Zhejiang. She disguised herself as a man and traveled to Hangzhou to study. On the way, she met Liang Shanbo, a classmate from Kuaiji, and they went together.
3. She has been a classmate for three years with deep feelings, but Liang Shanbo never knew Zhu Yingtai was a daughter.
4. Later, Zhu Yingtai interrupted her studies and returned home.
5. When Liang Shanbo visited Zhu Yingtai in Shangyu, he learned that the friend of his schoolmate for three years was actually a girl in red makeup and wanted to propose marriage to Zhu's family. At this time, Zhu Yingtai had been betrothed to Ma Wencai.
6. Later, Liang Shanbo died of depression when he was a county magistrate in Yin.
7. When Zhu Yingtai got married, he passed Liang Shanbo's tomb, and suddenly a strong wind rose, blocking the progress of the wedding procession. The bridal sedan chair under Zhu Yingtai went to Liang Shanbo's tomb to worship. Liang Shanbo's tomb collapsed and cracked. Zhu Yingtai threw himself into the tomb, and then a pair of colorful butterflies emerged from the tomb, both flying away.