He Zhanhao Chen Gang's violin "Butterfly Lovers" is based on the Shaoxing Opera.

The violin concerto "Butterfly Lovers" was written by Chen Gang and He Zhanhao when they were studying in Shanghai Conservatory of Music, and Lina Yu was the violin soloist in the premiere. The theme is a well-known folk story, taking the tunes in Yue Opera as the material, adopting symphonies and Chinese folk opera music expression techniques, carefully conceiving the layout according to the plot development, adopting sonata-style structure, single movement and subtitle.

Extended information:

The violin concerto "Butterfly Lovers" focuses on "Worship on the Grass Bridge", "Anti-marriage between Britain and Taiwan" and "become a butterfly at the Grave". The musical structure is composed of birds and flowers, grass bridge sworn, classmates for three years, 18-year-old farewell, long pavilion farewell, British-Taiwan anti-marriage, wailing complaint and become a butterfly in front of the grave.

On May 27th, 1959, the violin concerto Butterfly Lovers, composed by He Zhanhao and Chen Gang, was premiered at Shanghai Lanxin Grand Theatre. Fifty-nine years later, the famous composer He Zhanhao was invited to Guangzhou in 218 to conduct the Guangdong National Orchestra to perform the guzheng version of Butterfly Lovers, which he personally adapted.