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During the Taiyuan era of the Jin dynasty (376-397) a fisherman of Wuling while rowing his boat up a stream lost his way. He saw peach blossoms along the river bank, with fallen petals of many colors. He continued along the stream and entered a place of strange vistas, with mulberry trees, hemp plants and a small village with men and women living harmoniously. They struggled (with each other) to come and ask how he'd got there. They said they were people of the Qin dynasty who had come here to flee the disorders. They did not know there had been a Han dynasty, not to mention the Wei or Jin. Finally one day they saw him off and he returned home. Later he looked again for this place, but could not find it. And so there is this melody.

《桃花源的故事》根据东晋大诗人陶渊明写了一篇千古名文《桃花源记》而编写。说是武陵地方的一个渔夫，沿着一条河航行，忽然看到山中有一个缺口，就丢下船从这缺口里走进去，发现了另外一个世界。在这个世界里，土地平旷，房屋整齐，人民生活古朴而富裕，男女老少熙熙为乐，看到渔人大吃一惊，纷纷请他回家吃饭饮酒，自称祖先是为了逃避秦时的战乱，逃进桃花源来生活。这些人不知道秦以后有过汉朝，汉朝以后又有晋朝。渔人在这桃花源里住了好几天，想家了，就与他们告别。出了桃花源，以后再去寻找，就找不到了。