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Does Anyone Know the Name of The story That inspired this Piece of China?
When I was younger my grade teacher had a set of china which i believed look exactly like this one: http://www.findamark.com/ARTCLimages/blue-willow-pattern.jpg . She told us a story about two lovers that i vaguely remember, but i know they turned into birds at the end, as you can see on the artwork. I was wondering if anyone knew the traditional story which inspired this particular china pattern which is very popular.
It's an ancient Chinese legend about two lovers, there was another man who was jealous and went after them. If you look closely at the figures running over the bridge, you will see that the figure to the left holds a whip. This is the jealous man who seeks to punish the other two.
Said to have been based on the story of a princess who was in an unhappy marriage and sought comfort elsewhere.
The two lovers either died and were reincarnated as birds, or were transformed into birds to escape the jealous man's wrath.
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