Thursday, April 17, 2008

The Legend of the Willow Pattern Plate


200 years ago in China there was a very rich man and his loveliest daughter named Koong-se. Koong-se loved a man called Chang but the father did not want them to love each other.
So one day Koong-se’s dad built a fence and then Chang dressed up as a servant. He ran
away with Koong-se and lived on a small island for a few years until one day the duke found Chang and put him to death. Koong-se was so sad she lit the house on fire while she was still in it. Then they were both dead but they turned into doves and lived happily in the sky.