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A Selection of Asian\nLove Stories and Symbols of Love from around Asia<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Folk stories have entertained and educated every nation, every tribe, around the world since the beginning of time. Some speak of heroes, some of villains, but more often than not, they speak of love. The renowned American writer, Richard Bach, once said, \u201cTrue love stories never have endings.”  But perhaps \u2018true love stories never have happy endings\u2019 best describes the world\u2019s most famous love stories. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

And the selection of love stories from Asia that we have gathered for you in this edition are as tragically romantic as any of the world\u2019s favourite and time-honoured tales of romance such as Romeo and Juliet or Anthony and Cleopatra. <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Light some candles, set some\nflowers, put on some romantic music and enjoy the following selection of famous\nlove stories from Asia to get you in the mood for romance this Valentine\u2019s Day.\n<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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INDONESIA<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Bali\u2019s Romeo and Juliet, Jayaprana\nand Layonsari<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Many centuries ago in Kalianget\n(now a village in Buleleng Regency), there was a young boy named Jayaprana who\nwas orphaned by a terrible plague that claimed many lives in the kingdom,\nincluding his whole family. The King of Kalianget took pity on the handsome and\ncourageous young boy and adopted him as his son, and so Jayaprana was taken to\nthe palace and received training as a soldier. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Jayaprana did not disappoint\nand over time, he grew to be a strong soldier who was very loyal to his father,\nthe king. One day, strolling the markets, he came across a beautiful young girl\nselling flowers. They both fall in love with each other the moment their eyes\nmet. The beautiful young maiden stole his heart and they soon decided to unite\nand celebrate their love in marriage. The king joyously agreed and threw a big\nand glorious wedding ceremony for his son. After the wedding, Jayaprana\nescorted his beloved new wife, Layonsari, to pay respect to his father and the king\nwas immediately besotted by his son\u2019s new bride. Layonsari\u2019s youthful glow,\nbeauty and lithe figure enchanted the king, and long after the newlyweds had left,\nhe continued to think of the beauty of his adopted son\u2019s wife and a dark\nobsession grew. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

The king\u2019s desire to possess\nthe wife of Jayaprana so overpowered him that he forged a heinous plan to get\nrid of Jayaprana and take Layonsari for himself. He summoned his general and\nordered him to take Jayaprana away and have him killed. The order shocked the general,\nhe liked Jayaprana, but the king was unwavering in his desire. Jayaprana was\nordered to join the general on a mission to protect a village in the Teluk\nTerima forest that was apparently under threat of attack from a group of bandits.\nHe bid farewell to his tearful bride who promised her undying love and devotion\nto her new husband, wishing him a speedy and safe return from his mission. Once\nout of sight and within the forest the general attacked Jayaprana but try as he\nmight he was unable to kill the young soldier. Jayaprana was immune to every\nweapon the general attacked him with. Confused, the young man asked the general\nwhy was he attacking and trying to kill him. The general, exhausted from his\nmurderous efforts, told Jayaprana of the king\u2019s plan to possess Layonsari and\nhow he had ordered the general to murder him.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Jayaprana was shocked and distressed to learn of the king\u2019s cruel plans, however the young man\u2019s unwavering loyalty to the king led him to tell the general of his powerful amulets that had made him immune to the general\u2019s attacks. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

He removed his sacred amulets, a flower in his headdress and his kris (a Balinese dagger) and handed them to the general to allow the king\u2019s order to be completed. The general then stabbed Jayaprana with the kris and the young man died. As Jayaprana died on the forest floor a fragrant scent filled the air and every bird and animal within the forest was saddened and mourned the death of the young soldier. At this point a white lion rushed the general from out of the trees and killed him, avenging Jayaprana\u2019s death. <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

The news of the king\u2019s plans\nand the death of Jayaprana and the general in the forest was soon relayed by\nthe returning soldiers to all the people of Kalianget. Layonsari was horrified\nand sickened by the loss of her husband to the king\u2019s evil plan. Immediately\nafter being forced by the king to marry him, she took her own life. The people\nof Kalianget so saddened by the death of these two young lovers, took\nLayonsari\u2019s body to the forest where Jayaprana lay, and buried the two lovers\ntogether. A temple was built on the site of the grave, becoming the Balinese Pura\nTeluk Terima temple, commemorating the memory of the couple\u2019s love and loyalty.\nThe loyalty that Jayaprana showed to his father and the faithfulness of\nLayonsari to her husband are still celebrated today.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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JAPAN<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Star Crossed Lovers and the Origin of the Tanabata\nFestival<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

This love story has its own holiday and festival and is\ncelebrated both in China and in Japan. The Tanabata Festival of Japan was\nintroduced to Japan by the Empress K\u014dken over 1,200years ago and celebrates the\nmeeting of the deities Orihime and Hikoboshi, who are represented by the stars\nVega and Altair respectively. The manga series, Sailor Moon, was inspired by\nthis famous legend. According to legend the lovers are separated by the Milky\nWay and are allowed to meet only once a year on the seventh day of the seventh\nlunar month of the lunar calendar. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

The story goes that Orihime, the weaving princess, who was\nthe daughter of Tentei the Heaven King, wove beautiful clothes by the bank of\nthe Amanogawa or heavenly river (the Milky Way). Her father loved the clothes\nshe wove for him, so she worked hard every day weaving to please him.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

While Orihime was driven to please her father, she was also\nregretful that she had no time to find a lover. Concerned about his daughter,\nTentei arranged for her to meet Hikoboshi, the Cowherd Star, who lived and\nworked on the other side of the Amanogawa. When the two met, they immediately\nfell in love with each other and were soon married.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Now married and dutifully taking care of her husband,\nOrihime no longer wove beautiful clothes for her father. And Hikoboshi the\ncowherd, allowed his cows to stray all over Heaven. In anger, Tentei separated\nthe two lovers, placing them either side of the Amanogawa, and forbade them to\nmeet. Orihime became miserable at the loss of her husband and pleaded with her\nfather to let them meet again. Tentei, moved by his daughter’s tears, allowed\nthe two to meet on the 7th day of the 7th month if she worked hard and finished\nher weaving. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

The first time they tried to meet, however, they found that\nthey could not cross the river because there was no bridge. Orihime cried so\nmuch that a flock of magpies came and promised to make a bridge with their\nwings so that she could cross the river. It is said that if it rains on\nTanabata, the magpies cannot come and the two lovers must wait another year to\nmeet. Rain on Tanabata day, is called \u2018The tears of Orihime and Hikoboshi\u2019.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The date of Tanabata varies by region but the first festivities begin on the 7th<\/sup> of July with celebrations held on various dates between July and August.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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THAILAND<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

 Ma Mya, a Lanna love story.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Kingdom of Lanna was a state apart from Siam until as recently as 1884 and encompassed northern Thailand and parts of the Shan State of Myanmar. The kings of Lanna ruled from the ancient walled and moated city of Chiang Mai, the kingdom\u2019s capital city. Even today, the story of \u2018Ma Mya\u2019 is well known to everyone from Lanna.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The story of Ma Mya is a story of the unrequited love of a 19th<\/sup> century Lanna Prince and a Mon girl living in Burma that has been told and retold many times in popular songs and in movies. The many songs and movies may have embellished the facts somewhat over time, but the story is based on real people and real events.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Ma Mya is the story of Prince Sukkasem, who was a son of Kaeo Nawarat, the last Lanna King, and the young Mon girl, Ma Mya, and their true love denied. The young prince was sent for his education to St. Patrick\u2019s School in Moulmein, British Burma, where he met Ma Mya, a beautiful young Mon girl. The daughter of a middle-class family in Moulmein, Ma Mya helped her family out by selling hand-rolled cigarettes in the market.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

The course of true love rarely runs smoothly, and this story\nis no exception. Prince Sukkasem\u2019s father had\nalready betrothed him to a Chiang Mai nobleman\u2019s daughter, a marriage of\nfamilies arranged since the couple were still children. On completing his\neducation the young prince was recalled to Chiang Mai where unable to bear the\nthought of never seeing her lover again, Ma Mya decided to disguise herself as\na young man and travel as a friend of the prince, and return with him to Chiang\nMai. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

When the ruse was discovered by the prince\u2019s father the\nprince was ordered to send Ma Mya back to Moulmein. The day of her departure the\ncouple swore eternal love to one another as they made their tearful goodbyes,\nwith Ma Mya promising to wait for her prince, both convinced the day would come\nwhen they would be reunited.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In time the prince was\nforced to accept the family\u2019s obligation and accept the marriage as arranged to\nthe Chiang Mai princess in 1905. When the news reached Ma Mya in Moulmein that\nher prince had married she vowed never to love another man and became a nun devoting\nthe rest of her life to religious studies. Sadly the prince\u2019s marriage was a\nloveless one with no children to bless the union. The prince pined after his Ma\nMya and died a short time later at the too young age of 33years old on the 20th<\/sup>\nMarch 2913.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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THE PHILIPPINES<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Daragang Magayon and Panganoron<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

The tragic lovers Daragang Magayon and Panganoron have been\nimmortalised in the Philippines not only as a popular folktale but also as an\nactive, threatening volcano that was named after them, bringing new meaning to\nthe term a hot romance.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Daragang Magayon, which means beautiful maiden, was the only\ndaughter of Makusog, a great Rawi chieftain. The beautiful maiden soon grew\ninto a beautiful woman and was sought after by men far and wide. But Daragang Magayon\nwas not interested in anyone, not even Pagtuga, a great hunter and the chief of\nthe Iniga who always showered her with expensive gifts.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

One day, while bathing in the Yawa river, Panganoron, the\nson of a chief from the Tagalog region, spotted her. He was so enthralled by\nher beauty that he slipped and fell into the river. Once submerged, he noticed\nthat Daragang Magayon was not in fact bathing, but drowning and struggling for\nher own life. Leaping into action, Panganoron rescued her and the romance between\nthem had started.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Panganoron proposed, and with the girl\u2019s father\u2019s blessing,\nthe stage was set for the couple to live happily ever after\u2026if only life, and\nlove, were that simple.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Upon learning about Panganoron and Daragang Magayon\u2019s\nengagement, Pagtuga was furious. He captured the girl\u2019s father, Makusog, and\nheld him hostage, demanding that his daughter marry Pagtuga instead. In an\neffort to save his bride and her father, Panganoron led his warriors into a\nbattle against Pagtuga. After a brutal and bloody battle, Panganoron defeated\nhis rival and killed Pagtuga.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

After the battle, Daragang Magayon, who had watched the\nspectacle in fear, ran into her lover\u2019s arms for a kiss. As they embraced, one\nof Pagtuga\u2019s warriors shot a final arrow which went straight into Panganoron\u2019s heart\nkilling him instantly still in his lover\u2019s embrace. In a Shakespearean twist, Daragang\nMagayon on realizing her lover was dead could not bear to live another day\nwithout him, so she took a knife from his belt and thrust it into her own heart\ncalling out his name with her last breath as she died.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

To honor their love and their legacy, Makusog buried the young couple together. From their grave a beautiful mountain with fire inside started to grow. The volcano grew to be as impressive and as beautiful as Daragang Magayon, and it is said that the surrounding clouds are her lover, Panganoron<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In January 2018 Mt. Mayon, as the volcano is now known,\nerupted. Local people claimed that the clouds and smoke around the erupting volcano\ncreated a vision of the two lovers locked in one last embrace. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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INDIA<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

An Iconic and Beautiful Monument to Love<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

To talk of Asia\u2019s greatest love stories and the symbols of\nlove in Asia, perhaps there is no monument more beautiful or story more iconic\nthan that of the Taj Mahal, in Uttar Pradesh in northern India.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

It was in 1607 that Shah Jahan, grandson of Akbar the Great,\nfirst met his beloved. At the time, he was Prince Khurram, in line to be the\nfifth emperor of the Mughal Empire. He met Arjumand Banu Begum, a 15-year-old\nyoung woman whose father was soon to be the emperor\u2019s chief minister and whose\naunt was married to Prince Khurram\u2019s father. Although it was love at first\nsight, the two were not allowed to marry right away with an auspicious date set\nby the court astrologers, 5 years away. Prince Khurram, during the 5 year wait\nto marry his love, married Kandahari Begum, a political union that blessed him\nwith his first daughter. He would take many wives over his lifetime and father many\nchildren, but his only marriage of love was with Arjuman Banu Begum who became\nMumtaz Mahal on her marriage to Shah Jahan. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

It was on March 27, 1612, that Prince Khurram and his\nbeloved, on who he conferred the name Mumtaz Mahal (\u201cchosen one of the palaces\u201d),\nwere married. Mumtaz Mahal was beautiful as well as smart and tender-hearted.\nThe public were as enamored, in no small part because she truly cared for the\npeople. She diligently made lists of widows and orphans to ensure that they\nwere given food and money. The couple had 14 children together but sadly only\nseven lived past infancy. It was as a result of the birth of the 14th child\nthat Mumtaz Mahal died from a postpartum hemorrhage. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

In 1631, three years into Shah Jahan\u2019s reign, a rebellion\nled by Khan Jahan Lodi was underway. Shah Jahan took his military out to the\nDeccan, about 400 miles from Agra, in order to crush the usurper. As usual,\nMumtaz Mahal accompanied her beloved despite being heavily pregnant. Early in\nthe morning of June 17, Mumtaz Mahal died in her husband’s arms, just one day\nafter the birth of their daughter. She was buried right away according to\nIslamic tradition near the encampment at Burbanpur, but her body would not stay\nthere long.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In December 1631, with the feud against Khan Jahan Lodi won,\nShah Jahan asked that Mumtaz Mahal’s body be exhumed and brought the 435 miles home\nto Agra. Her return was a grand procession with thousands of soldiers\naccompanying her body and mourners lining the route.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Mughal Empire was one of the richest empires in the world at the time of Shah Jahan’s reign, and this meant that he had the resources to make a beautiful monument to his love, where she could for all eternity and where he would join her on his death. <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

An army of workers was brought in and housed nearby in a town built especially for them called Mumtazabad. White marble is one of the most striking and prominent features of the Taj Mahal. The marble used was quarried in Makrana, 200 miles away. And it is said that it took 1,000 elephants and an untold number of oxen to drag the heavy marble to the building site.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

And as the structure increased in height a giant, 19-mile-long\nearthen ramp was built to enable lifting the heavy marble in place to its final\nheight of 73metres. The Taj Mahal is topped with a huge double-shelled dome\nthat is also covered in white marble. Four thin, white marble minarets stand\ntall at the corners of the second plinth and surround the mausoleum with the\nwhole structure set in front of gardens and a reflecting pool. The Taj Mahal\ntook 22,000workers, which reputedly included a Venetian and Frenchman, 22years\nto build. Can there be any more beautiful testament to love than the Taj Mahal?<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The Secret Retreats Travel Team have designed a variety of\nromantic journeys, perfect for couples and honeymooners. Or celebrate your love\nwith a tailor-made journey in Asia designed especially for you and your\npartner. Contact the Secret Retreats Concierge team on dream@secret-retreats.com<\/a> and\ncelebrate your love on a romantic holiday in Asia.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Happy Valentine\u2019s Day<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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