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梁祝 · 十八相送

Butterfly Lovers · Eighteen Farewells · —

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祝英台女扮男装去杭州求学，与梁山伯同窗三载、情谊日深。英台心中已许终身，山伯却不知她是女子。这出戏写两人分别时的不舍与暗藏心意，是中国最著名的爱情悲剧之一，结局中二人化蝶双飞。

祝英臺女扮男裝去杭州求學，與梁山伯同窗三載、情誼日深。英臺心中已許終身，山伯卻不知她是女子。這出戲寫兩人分別時的不捨與暗藏心意，是中國最著名的愛情悲劇之一，結局中二人化蝶雙飛。

Zhu Yingtai disguises herself as a young man to study in Hangzhou and becomes sworn “brothers” with Liang Shanbo. She falls in love; he never learns she is a woman until too late. Their story is China’s most famous tragic romance—often called an Eastern Romeo and Juliet—ending with the lovers transformed into butterflies.

本段 — 《十八相送》：英台借一路景物暗示心意，山伯浑然不觉，只觉得兄弟情深、依依惜别。

本段 — 《十八相送》：英臺借一路景物暗示心意，山伯渾然不覺，只覺得兄弟情深、依依惜別。

This clip — This clip, “Eighteen Farewells,” follows their parting walk: Yingtai hints at her love through scenery along the road; Shanbo still thinks they are only dear friends saying goodbye.