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The story of "The Butterfly Lovers" is a lot like the story of "Romeo and Juliet." It is a story about love, passion, devotion, desperation and transformation. Both stories have tragic endings, yet so beautiful, so romantic, and timeless. Liang Shan-bo and Zhu Ying-tai, these two lovers could not be together when they were alive. The circumstances kept them from being a couple. Therefore, they chose death. Both of them turned into butterflies. The butterfly lovers finally escaped from the rules of human society and thus were free to love and to be with each other forever and ever.
This video captures a live performance by me. Filmed in Los Angeles on a beautiful spring day. I hope you enjoy it as much as I do.
It is not hard to start learning, but once you advance, it gets complicated, so it definetly requires persistence and practice. The travel sized gu zheng is usually shorter and narrower than the standard size, and the sound is not very good. The difference between basic, intermediate and professional gu zheng is the quality. They function the same as well as the number of strings.
Ooh, thanks
Where can I learn? I am so eager :)
@@slin9291 google and see if there are guzheng teachers in your area, they will also probably know where u can buy a guzheng for yourself as well! I've been learning for little over a year now in California
Thanks 😊
Beautifully played 👏 May i ask recommendation for gu zheng brand(s)? TIA
Thank you all for watching, liking it and commenting!
+BeiBeizheng so beautiful you are an amazing musician!... if you don't mind what brand is that gu zheng? i want to buy one for myself to learn. would you suggest one to buy? thanks! the sound of that one is so beautiful !
+BeiBeizheng no, thank You, for your great playing:) greetings from Poland!
+Mahatma Ghandi They don't speak our 'ping ching english'. Good luck, though.
+Mahatma Ghandi Google haha. I don't think that you can a learn guzheng without instruction though. Its not a keyboard. :P
I ordered one on Amazon, about $350 for a student grade, but a nice instrument. A lot of people will tell you that instruction is necessary, certainly something to think about you don't need it. Take it from someone who is self- taught on many instruments and does it for a living despite all the sage advice flung in my direction.
If you want to be as good as BeiBei, definitely get some lessons, damn!
I'm probably the only one who doesn't mind the aeroplane, I think it just adds authenticity to the music, it makes it feel as if you're there listening to it live! Nothing is constant outside afterall~
Thinking Alike.
at my first time listening, I didn't even realize it...
Azulon Azure done the same to me..but it made me vision war planes flying over about to destroy their peace...the battle between Two halves. Destroyed by Family 😏
Blud casually called it an aeroplane lmao
Bei Bei, do you realize that when you pluck the strings of the guzheng, you are literally pulling the heart strings of the listener? My wife started crying for no reason when she saw this video. Your music really reaches out. Keep playing, girl, keep on playing all your ife!
The story behind this song is way more beautiful than Romeo and Juliet ❤
Emma Smith yeah haha :) Chinese is much better than the white
Because Romeo and Juliet was never meant to be romantic. Shakespeare’s plays weren’t meant to touch the soul like the butterfly lovers.
In fact, Shakespeare was the medieval equivalent of drunk entertainment today
@@bnjmn8440 we are all one..no one above another.. What moves you might not the one next to you..but we still share this place..equally. .
And FYI Chinese tale is way older though...
Duhhhhh
as you can see there are butterflies flying around her playing the music and what more amazing is that this piece of music is telling a story of a man and a woman, who cannot be together because their family hate each other, so at last they commit suiside together and then they become butterflies and fly together away. it's really a touching story.
Mister Dinner
Hahahahaha
Li Lin yes it is about that touching story ✨
Here come the tears.
Mister Dinner
I beg to differ. Romeo and Juliet's relationship was rather superficial, while the butterfly lovers spent 3 years together. Also, the butterfly lovers story is much older.
Uhh....no? Their families don't hate each other, and they don't commit suicide together. Read More for the ACTUAL story. I'll also be posting it separately so that people can see the real story for themselves without expanding this comment section.
Once upon a time in China, there lived a young girl who dreamed of learning. She was her family’s ninth child and only daughter. Her elderly father not only raised her with loving kindness, but also taught her how to read and write. In addition to the classics, she studied and admired great women of China’s past. Unfortunately she lived at a time when girls were expected to stay at home, marry the man that their father chose for them, and be obedient and quiet. This young girl was called Zhu Ying Tai, and she yearned to be different. Ying Tai pestered her father to allow her to attend school. Eventually he agreed as long she could find a school to accept her, confident that no school would accept a woman. She was resourceful however, and dressed up as a young man in order to be accepted to a school in the city of Hangzhou.
While she was there, she met a handsome young scholar from Kuaij named Liang Shan Bo. They became best friends and spent most of their time together, sharing a love of learning and enjoying each other's company. They gathered some soil as incense and took an oath of fraternity in the pavilion of a wooden bridge. They composed poems and couplets, and debated history and philosophy. Three years went by, and Ying Tai fell in love with Shan Bo, but he never for a moment suspected that Ying Tai was in fact a beautiful young woman, and one who had fallen in love with him. She tried many times to show her affection, but Shan Bo misunderstood every time.
Finally, it was time for Ying Tai to leave the academy. Her father had become ill and she was needed at home. Before her departure, Ying Tai reveals her true identity to the headmaster's wife and asks her to pass a jade pendant to Shan Bo as a betrothal gift. Shan Bo walked with Ying Tai for 5 and a half miles of her journey. The silent walk was heavy with the pain of separation. As they neared a stream, Ying Tai noticed a pair of mandarin ducks together on the water, and threw a branch at them. Watching the startled birds fly off in different directions, Ying Tai broke the silence.
“My elder brother, when we part today, who knows when we shall meet again? We are just like these ducks, who separate in flight.”
“Esteemed little brother,” Shan Bo said, “even if we are brothers about to part ways, how can you compare us to husband and wife?”
To the Chinese, a pair of mandarin ducks represents the love between man and woman, and even this final hint had failed to reach his senses. All Ying Tai could do was beg Shan Bo to visit her someday. The moment of departure finally came; in tears they bade each other farewell.
Finally, she came up with a clever plan. She told Shan Bo that she had a pretty younger sister of 16 who was sure to please him and make him happy. She suggested that Shan Bo visit the family to meet, and possibly marry, the younger sister. He agreed eagerly. Ying Tai travelled home, happy that soon she would be seeing her friend again.
Upon his return to school, the headmaster's wife greets Shan Bo and, in private, gives him the jade pendant and informs him of Ying Tai's true identity.
A long year passed. Ying Tai almost gave up hope, but one happy day Shan Bo arrived to meet the family. As soon as Shan Bo saw Ying Tai he realised who she was. The couple were happy in each other's love and looked forward to a future together. They make a vow to the effect of "till death do us part" but their happiness was short-lived, and fate was cruel. Ying Tai was celebrated as a rare woman scholar by the people of her hometown. Her father recovered from his illness, and happily informed her of her upcoming marriage to Ma Wen Cai, the gifted and cultured son of a wealthy and powerful provincial governor.
The Chinese hold that marriage is not simply a union of man and wife, but the act of joining two families as one. In this case, the Zhu and Ma families had a history of amiable relations, and both were of high social standing. To cancel the engagement at this time would be unthinkable. Ying Tai pleaded with her father to change his mind, but he would not relent. Poor Shan Bo left, heart-broken and alone. His health gradually deteriorates until he becomes critically ill. He dies in office later as a county magistrate.
Ying Tai was torn. In her heart, she was just as devoted to Shan Bo as he had been to her. As a woman who had given him her love it would be only right to be true to him, but her betrothal to Wen Cai was a family matter and one could not simply live according to the whims of personal sentiment. Through an exchange of letters Ying Tai agreed to the wedding, on the condition that they travelled along the road on which Shan Bo had died and that she be allowed to pray and sacrifice at Shan Bo's grave. Wen Cai recognized Ying Tai as a woman of supreme character. She would not give up her love for the late Shan Bo. Being himself a man of scholarly caliber, Wen Cai would not fault her for it.
As the marriage procession passed Shan Bo’s grave, the weather turned stormy and the winds howled around the wedding procession. Ying Tai sobbed in the rain, wishing that she could join her true love rather than marry Wen Cai. Suddenly, it seemed that her prayers had been answered. A huge bolt of lightning struck the grave and it split open. In a flash, Ying Tai threw herself into the grave, so that she could be with Shan Bo forever.
As suddenly as the lightning had struck, the storm disappeared and the skies cleared. As the two families scrambled to rescue their daughter, the weather suddenly let up. Two large and colorful butterflies, fluttered out of the tomb. In dreamlike splendor the pair danced and weaved higher and higher into the heavens.
It is said that Ma Wen Cai and his father reported the events to the emperor, who then proclaimed Ying Tai to be a woman of extraordinary virtue and had her recorded in official history.
The story of Liang Shan Bo, the young scholar devoted to pure love, and Zhu Ying Tai, the learned woman who followed him to the grave in honor of her promise, is just one expression of the traditional standards to which the ancient people held themselves.
I found this recording when I was 14, and it was one of the most beautiful things I had ever heard... Now, almost 10 full years later, it is still one of the most beautiful pieces of music to me. Thank you for sharing your art with us!
Great music to play in the middle of the forest. Too bad this is not like snow white where a bunch and animals will come listen to your beautiful music. Dam birds and squirrel where are you when you need them.
+Ger Yang We are beyond wishful needs when our hearts are joined in Bei Bei's exceptional playing. Too bad you cannot simply enjoy without superfluous thoughts.
+TAROTAI Lighten up!
Ruby Olm I'm floating . . . doing Tai Chi, sister.
Ger Yang ...r u a PJO reader? If u r, then...well dam, nice to meet someone else that is a PJO lover!
曲子柔軟，多則華麗，少則無味。發揮已到極緻，真是太好了
+林茂昌 谢谢:)
claparopo quepe sipi, opobipiopo :)
yes
govalley
I second this
the artist is as beautiful as the song. She seems to be really involved in the performance. What a haunting tune.
Got here after watching the film Butterfly Lovers (2008) 😭
Love from Russia.
East Asian culture is so introspective, I think that is why it has begun to appeal so much to people in the West
Seems, there seems to be quite a bit of unrest there since the government system is falling apart and the population is so unbalanced.
Maybe a few hundred years ago, the land was still beautiful. It is now writhing in pain as the toxic fumes of large industrial waste plants choke it to death. All the Chinese want to do is make enough money to leave their country, and those on the outside are lured in by it's wonderful ancient culture. We do not see what those on the inside do. there is no trace of this old culture in China anymore.
Liam Relke you chinese？
I am quite the opposite. I am not Chinese, and have never seen China with my own two eyes, so I stand to be corrected on what I have said above. That doesn't mean I take back what I said. I love the ancient Chinese culture, and have wanted to learn it's many different languages for a long time, but those words about the country are of the many people with whom I have spoken to. If you know differently, please enlighten me.
Liam Relke
China's still done a good job at preserving old culture sites tho
I LOVE THE SOUNDS THIS INSTRUMENT MAKES!!!!....It clearly take skills to be able to play so gracefully....I could listen all day
I have never seen anything nor heard anything more beautiful.
Thank you! The guzheng used in this video is a " Blossomed Lotus 荷婷牌" brand,
Model: BT909 (Plain), collection grade guzheng.
I can't get over the talent of the lady playing, thank you so much
Some music pieces are eternal...I don't know if there is god ....but if there is, then he must be listening to these masterpieces and reserving some special places for the artists.
duh
流暢、清新的樂曲在嫻熟、優雅的指尖流出，似森林中瀰漫的晨霧，又似大海上的飄遊的雲彩，國粹的精華彷似婉轉的小河，沁人心脾，洗淨心中的煩惱。謝謝你!
曾聽過不少的版本，有澎湃激昂的、有樂團般的交響的，但，你的一琴雙音的清靜獨奏，有如山間的溪流，叮叮咚咚，綿遠流長。
此時此刻，願是泛若不系之舟。
Thank you BeiBeizheng for your wonderful music. It has a relaxing, soothing quality. And the images of a butterfly on a flower imparts a magical quality.
This is really the most beautiful music I have ever heard.
Very few times, one is blessed by beholding something beautiful, to the full length of the meaning of the word.
Thank you.
:D
I always find this music restful, even in its more rapid movements, and it is great to be able to see it being played so beautifully, elegantly, and in such a peaceful setting - the aeroplane apart, of course. Thanks for sharing with us.
simply beautiful to both the eyes and ears.
Why do I always come back to this song? Maybe because it goes so deep and reveals the sentiment of the heart? Plus, of course, the magnificent performance of Bei Bei.
This is the best thing I've seen/heard in soooo long.
You can actually feel the passion, its a very amazing form of music. I wish more people can be exposed to this.
Sheet music will be included in my next English gu zheng textbook. Still working on it.
請問在哪里可以買到這本樂譜呢？
Ah such a nolstalgic love song....used to watch it with my father and my grandparents. Truely a classic passionate movie.
i loved when the two butterflies were flying in the backround
+Bela Rose and what more amazing is that this piece of music is telling a story of a man and a woman, who cannot be together because their family hate each other, so at last they commit suiside together and then they become butterflies and fly together away. it's really a touching story.
I thought it was because the girl's family engaged her to another that they couldn't be together and the boy died of a broken heart? They became butterflies when she threw herself into the boy's grave.
Li Lin Lol...this is not Romeo and Juliet.
這位藝術家不僅專業, 而且好可愛! 哈哈
One can appreciate the sensitive executed skill, getting to feel the soul of China!
I never grow tired of listening to Bei Bei's beautiful interpretation of this song. So delicate, like butterflys in flight. Xie xie, Bei Bei.
A loverly and fresh imagery to this romantic of tunes with its dream like qualities.
BRAVO! That is what I am talking about a proud Chinese! You and the Bei Bei are one when you are playing. Thank you and thank you for the wonderful musics.
This with Pipa would be a great combo thou :) Love Chinese classical
This video is a part of my life. I have listened it around 5 year. Thank you, Bei Bei.
To be able to close my eyes and actually feel every melody coursing through me was a great experience. It was also enjoyable to see the graceful movements of your hands and arms as you played it was very soulful. Thank you. I really enjoyed it.
The best of my Chinese stories!
Plane flying overhead, butterflies mosying around: I'd say you're a popular performer. Wonderful playing, beautiful piece.:))))))
De Long HAHAHAHA
真香!目前为止听过最好听的梁祝古筝版，没有之一。
Absolutely lovely. Thank you for sharing.
BeiBei, The Butterfly Lovers is breaking my heart so often I listen. I lived the Pasadena/Arcadia and only remember the Nature to go to the gardens of public. You made me so lonely for my Guangzhou Chinese daughter in University and so beautiful you are.
This is so good, tks. I have listen several times.
Everyone is saying how she plays so well, and, don't get me wrong, she is. But I'm here like, SLAY THAT 旗袍！
Absolutely wonderful music! Thanks for sharing, Bei Beizheng :) ☯
This is going to sound dumb but I never would have been exposed to such music if not for Kung Fu Hustle. I took to TH-cam to find "Chinese harp songs" and eventually ended up here and I'm very glad I did. Nothing else relaxes me or makes me feel the way this kind of music does and this is one of the most beautiful examples I've found yet. Thank you for this
beautiful song, she is stunning as well
This song is soooooo famous... Thank you again My Dear Star-lit Flower of the Ancient East.. I remember you... Had to hear this song before resting.. It is so special.. Would love to hear you play live once more... as we did 14 lives ago... It's been too long...
More than beautiful!
So beautiful! Love it! 古箏的韻味真是好。
Thanks for sharing your amazing talent !
Ugh words cant explain how beautiful this instrument is...i love it!! It just makes you feel so happy and nostalgic.
Amazing song played by beautiful girl
She's really, really amazing! Thx for wonderful music.
every time i watch someone play an amazing piece of art...stupidly i am driven 100-'s of year back...where beautiful women wore beautiful adorned silk dresses for the emperors i never seen, or the the rice fields where the wind make more music with the swaying of the rice plants. so strange...it almost gives me chills...
You play the Guzheng exceedingly well, Bei Bei. Love your style.
Super relaxing, congratulations for your feat.
When I was young, I lived off of this film. I loved this film so much, and this song brought so many memories when I was a kid.
beautiful, I like it as non ending music.
👏👏👏 loved it! felt the sadness of the love story was captured
very beautiful! thank you for sharing!
Wow! Awesome... Tranquility at its finest. thank you beibei
Zhu Yingtai, "...I believe that's my ride."
Liang Shan Bo, "Nooooo!!! Stupid plane."
Plane or no plane... this performance rocks !
I play live. At this moment I am not touring. You can get my updates on my facebook page /beibeimusic
So beautiful! Thank you for your performance...
So beautiful !
I had tears listening to this and remembering the movie but most importantly the one loved and lost because of a drunk driver. I’ll soon meet her. Thank you for this beautiful reminder
oh my gosh your amazing!!!
I love it when she plays it towards the deeper notes. From 3:50 to 4:05 the deep plucks almost kindle the fire within my heart. Enchanting music. It also reminds me of a few Japanese songs. :)
Very touching. Great!
Those eight people that voted negatively for the video must be deaf.Your music makes our minds travel.Congratulations and keep up this amazing work.
If you would know the story of the song , this song will defenetly touch you and make you cry .
I would like to read up on this story. Mind pointing me into the right direction?
Once upon a time in China, there lived a young girl who dreamed of learning. She was her family’s ninth child and only daughter. Her elderly father not only raised her with loving kindness, but also taught her how to read and write. In addition to the classics, she studied and admired great women of China’s past. Unfortunately she lived at a time when girls were expected to stay at home, marry the man that their father chose for them, and be obedient and quiet. This young girl was called Zhu Ying Tai, and she yearned to be different. Ying Tai pestered her father to allow her to attend school. Eventually he agreed as long she could find a school to accept her, confident that no school would accept a woman. She was resourceful however, and dressed up as a young man in order to be accepted to a school in the city of Hangzhou.
While she was there, she met a handsome young scholar from Kuaij named Liang Shan Bo. They became best friends and spent most of their time together, sharing a love of learning and enjoying each other's company. They gathered some soil as incense and took an oath of fraternity in the pavilion of a wooden bridge. They composed poems and couplets, and debated history and philosophy. Three years went by, and Ying Tai fell in love with Shan Bo, but he never for a moment suspected that Ying Tai was in fact a beautiful young woman, and one who had fallen in love with him. She tried many times to show her affection, but Shan Bo misunderstood every time.
Finally, it was time for Ying Tai to leave the academy. Her father had become ill and she was needed at home. Before her departure, Ying Tai reveals her true identity to the headmaster's wife and asks her to pass a jade pendant to Shan Bo as a betrothal gift. Shan Bo walked with Ying Tai for 5 and a half miles of her journey. The silent walk was heavy with the pain of separation. As they neared a stream, Ying Tai noticed a pair of mandarin ducks together on the water, and threw a branch at them. Watching the startled birds fly off in different directions, Ying Tai broke the silence.
“My elder brother, when we part today, who knows when we shall meet again? We are just like these ducks, who separate in flight.”
“Esteemed little brother,” Shan Bo said, “even if we are brothers about to part ways, how can you compare us to husband and wife?”
To the Chinese, a pair of mandarin ducks represents the love between man and woman, and even this final hint had failed to reach his senses. All Ying Tai could do was beg Shan Bo to visit her someday. The moment of departure finally came; in tears they bade each other farewell.
Finally, she came up with a clever plan. She told Shan Bo that she had a pretty younger sister of 16 who was sure to please him and make him happy. She suggested that Shan Bo visit the family to meet, and possibly marry, the younger sister. He agreed eagerly. Ying Tai travelled home, happy that soon she would be seeing her friend again.
Upon his return to school, the headmaster's wife greets Shan Bo and, in private, gives him the jade pendant and informs him of Ying Tai's true identity.
A long year passed. Ying Tai almost gave up hope, but one happy day Shan Bo arrived to meet the family. As soon as Shan Bo saw Ying Tai he realised who she was. The couple were happy in each other's love and looked forward to a future together. They make a vow to the effect of "till death do us part" but their happiness was short-lived, and fate was cruel. Ying Tai was celebrated as a rare woman scholar by the people of her hometown. Her father recovered from his illness, and happily informed her of her upcoming marriage to Ma Wen Cai, the gifted and cultured son of a wealthy and powerful provincial governor.
The Chinese hold that marriage is not simply a union of man and wife, but the act of joining two families as one. In this case, the Ying Tai and Ma families had a history of amiable relations, and both were of high social standing. To cancel the engagement at this time would be unthinkable. Ying Tai pleaded with her father to change his mind, but he would not relent. Poor Shan Bo left, heart-broken and alone. His health gradually deteriorates until he becomes critically ill. He dies in office later as a county magistrate.
Ying Tai was torn. In her heart, she was just as devoted to Shan Bo as he had been to her. As a woman who had given him her love it would be only right to be true to him, but her betrothal to Wen Cai was a family matter and one could not simply live according to the whims of personal sentiment. Through an exchange of letters Ying Tai agreed to the wedding, on the condition that they travelled along the road on which Shan Bo had died and that she be allowed to pray and sacrifice at Shan Bo's grave. Wen Cai recognized Ying Tai as a woman of supreme character. She would not give up her love for the late Shan Bo. Being himself a man of scholarly caliber, Wen Cai would not fault her for it.
As the marriage procession passed Shan Bo’s grave, the weather turned stormy and the winds howled around the wedding procession. Ying Tai sobbed in the rain, wishing that she could join her true love rather than marry Wen Cai. Suddenly, it seemed that her prayers had been answered. A huge bolt of lightning struck the grave and it split open. In a flash, Ying Tai threw herself into the grave, so that she could be with Shan Bo forever.
As suddenly as the lightning had struck, the storm disappeared and the skies cleared. As the two families scrambled to rescue their daughter, the weather suddenly let up. Two large and colorful butterflies, fluttered out of the tomb. In dreamlike splendor the pair danced and weaved higher and higher into the heavens.
It is said that Ma Wen Cai and his father reported the events to the emperor, who then proclaimed Ying Tai to be a woman of extraordinary virtue and had her recorded in official history.
The story of Liang Shan Bo, the young scholar devoted to pure love, and Zhu Ying Tai, the learned woman who followed him to the grave in honor of her promise, is just one expression of the traditional standards to which the ancient people held themselves.
Beautiful music .....background! Thank you.
beautiful
好厉害！
Beautiful
Real talent beautiful young lady! Great job ms bei bei
Good performance!!!
Great music thank you four uploading🙏🙏🙏😊😊😊
did you ever re-record this?, it's so beautiful, I would love a version without an airplane. :(
+Eve Alas Thank you. For sure will record it on CD in the near future.
F£y,
êVê,
f£Y!!!
I've listened to it so many times, it's so beautiful. Thank you.
A well set, performed and filmed 古筝 solo in the woods.
中段(5:05-5:55)飛機漸入漸出贈慶, 却無傷大雅, 證實無做假!
Totally captivating!
Absolutely divine !
I love U-tube How else would this suburban white kid from Minnesota be able to listen to this "Beautiful song" performed by this "Beautiful Women" in such a "beautiful setting", " Its beautiful man". Thank you for sharing your Gift:)
So Beautiful, Peaceful and Perfect ending of my way to late night
Your music brings tears to my eyes so beautiful. thank you
Thanks people!
I found this recording when I was 12, and it was one of the most beautiful things I had ever heard... Now, almost 30 full years later, i am fully authentic Chinese man with a Chinese wife and Chinese children 光荣属于中华民国
完美。
I wish that plane had just waited about 5 minutes longer to fly over this beautiful spot with this beautiful lady playing this beautiful song. T_T
蓓蓓姐你的音乐很好听，很适合练武术，可是你为什么不在优酷视频频道上面建立自己的一个账号呢？每次翻墙看很麻烦啊，你长得很美啊，我永远支持你！
Thank you for make me dream since Many years with this song. Big Love from France
您弹的琴中有情啊～
the plane gave it that extra tranquil setting ,,, lovely pure brilliance xx
Superb
Very beautiful! Please continue playing and posting videos. :)
我喜欢一个哥！谢谢朋友 ! ^﹏^
Hi, if you were trying to imply you liked the song, you should use 歌 instead of 哥. 哥 means older brother and 歌 means song. Also when trying to say one song, use 首 instead of 个
Oh, thanks so much!
Beautiful and otherworldly music.
The Pilot and the Crew of that plane are the 53 Votes.
Thank you beautiful child of this Universe, bringing your passion to our ears & hearts.