''Butterfly Lovers'' is a Chinese television series based on the legend of the

Butterfly Lovers The Butterfly Lovers is a Chinese legend of a tragic love story of a pair of lovers, Liang Shanbo () and Zhu Yingtai (), whose names form the title of the story. The title is often abbreviated to Liang Zhu (). The story was selected as one o ...

, starring

Peter Ho Peter Ho (, born September 13, 1975) is an American-Hong Kong-Taiwanese singer, actor and model based in Hong Kong and Taiwan. Since his debut in 1998, he has released seven albums and has starred in over 25 films and television series, most not ...

and Dong Jie as Liang Shanbo and Zhu Yingtai respectively. The series was first broadcast on GZTV in China in 2007.

Cast

as Liang Shanbo * Dong Jie as Zhu Yingtai *Chen Guanlin as Ma Wencai *Yue Yueli as Zhu Yingtai's father *Wu Qianqian as Zhu Yingtai's mother *Kou Zhenhai as Wang Shiyu *Che Yongli as Wang Shiyu's wife *Wan Hongjie as Zhu Yingqi *Liu Fang as Liang Shanbo's mother *Jia Zhaoji as Chen Zijun *Zhan Xiaonan as Xie Daoyun *Xie Yuanzhen as Yinxin *Chen Cheng as Sijiu *Chen Chen as Wang Lan *Ming Hui as Wang Hui *Wang Quanyou as

Tao Yuanming Tao Yuanming (; 365–427), also known as Tao Qian (; also T'ao Ch'ien in Wade-Giles), was a Chinese poet and politician who was one of the best-known poets during the Six Dynasties period. He was born during the Eastern Jin dynasty (317-420 ...

*Guo Jun as Governor Ma *Wang Pin as Wang Zhuoran *Zhang Shuai as Wang Lantian *Qu Xin as Xu Jubo *Jiang Hong as Huang Liangyu *Lin Jiangguo as Qin Jingsheng *Ran Weiqun as

Xie An Xie An (謝安) (320 – 12 October 385), courtesy name Anshi (安石), formally Duke Wenjing of Luling (廬陵文靖公), also known as "Xie Dongshan" (谢东山, "dongshan" literally 'East mount'), was a Chinese politician of the Eastern Jin d ...

*Ren Zhong as Wang Ningzhi *Wang Xiaoshen as Su An *Gao Zifang as Su An's mother

Music

* ''Shuang Fei'' (双飞; ''Fly in a Pair''), the ending song, performed by Peter Ho. This song was one of the themes from '' The Lovers'' (1994) and was originally sung by

Nicky Wu Nicholas Wu Qilong (born 31 October 1970) is a Taiwanese singer and actor. He found fame in 1988 when he became a member of the popular Taiwanese band, Xiao Hu Dui (Little Tiger Team), performing alongside Alec Su and Julian Chen. The trio were ...

. * ''Yuan Fang'' (远方; ''Distant Place''), the opening song, performed by Hongbutiao (红布条) and Erica Li (李悦君). * ''Ling Hua Jing'' (菱花镜; ''Water Chestnut Flower Mirror'') performed by Erica Li.

External links

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''Butterfly Lovers''
on Sina.com {{DEFAULTSORT:Butterfly Lovers 2007 Chinese television series debuts Chinese romantic fantasy television series Television series set in the Eastern Jin (317–420) Mandarin-language television shows