White Snake Legend - A Chinese Mythological Tale

Author: Gu Xijia
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Publish Date: 2006-09-01
Features: The story of The Legend of the White Snake has been told for about eight hundred years. The elders say it happened during the Southern Song Dynasty. At that time, a white snake came from Mount Emei and transformed into a beautiful woman named Bai Suzhen. She fell in love with a pharmacy apprentice named Xu Xian by the West Lake. They were originally a very loving couple, but a monk named Fa Hai from Jinshan Temple interfered and forcibly separated them, causing many complications and a very storyline. Isn’t there a Leifeng Pagoda by the West Lake? It is said that later, Bai Suzhen was crushed under Leifeng Pagoda—what a tragedy! However, as the saying goes, "Good deeds are rewarded, and bad deeds are punished." In the end, this couple who suffered together was reunited. On the other hand, the hateful Fa Hai had no choice but to hide in a crab shell and never came out again, becoming a pitiful "Crab Monk." Today, let’s listen to this moving story. The story of Bai Suzhen is a widely circulated folk tale, almost household names. And through the brilliant performance of Zhao Yazhi in the 1990s, people are even more fascinated by this love story by the West Lake. This book is part of the "Chinese Legend Stories" series and features a bilingual Chinese-English format. It tells a vivid and love story through scenes like Sinful Desire Falls from Heaven, Borrowing an Umbrella by the Lake, Surprise on Dragon Boat Festival, Stealing Herbs from Mount Song, Flooding Jinshan Temple, Meeting on the Broken Bridge, and The Collapse of Leifeng Pagoda. The text is concise, and the translation is lively. This book can not only serve as a leisure read for young readers but also as an excellent resource for learning English.