The document summarizes 4 famous Chinese love tragedies from folklore: 1) Cowherd and the Weaving Girl tells the story of two lovers separated by the Milky Way 2) Legend of the White Snake tells of a snake spirit who falls in love with a man 3) Butterfly Lovers (Liang Shanbo and Zhu Yingtai) is about two young scholars who fall in love but are forbidden to marry 4) Meng Jiangnvâ€TMs Bitter Weeping tells of a wife who weeps after her husband is forced to work on the Great Wall