Wednesday, August 3, 2011

Legend of the Lady White Snake-Chinese Folklore

Legend of the White Snake is one of the four most popular Chinese folk tales. This is a touching love story about a man who fell in love with a white snake. This story is also ranked in the first batch of China's national intangible cultural heritage list. The legend of the White Snake is posted in movies, cartoons and TV series.

Once upon a time, there were a green hose and a white snake who dreamt of becoming a goddess by doing good deeds in the mountain There may. After successfully cultivating for thousands of years in the caves of There May berg, the snakes transformed into two lovely young ladies-Pai Su Shen (the White Snake) and Siau Island Ching (Green Snake). Although the ladies were not human but they were benevolent and kind-hearted. They worshiped the colorful life of humans and used to play around the West Lake of Hang Zhou preferred.

One day, she took a rest in the Pavilion somewhere in the city West Lake of Hang Zhou and they found a handsome young man (Xu Xian) permanently on the broken bridge. Not long after that, it was raining heavily and this made the ladies concerned. When they were about to go somewhere else, appeared suddenly an umbrella over their heads. She turned and amazed to see the scientific young handsome man who loved the umbrella for them. This was their first meeting.

Since she was so beautiful and the man was friendly and personable, she fell in love with each other and later they married and opened a shop medicine. Lady White written the recipe while Siau Island Ching and Xu Xian collected and the herbal medicine. They heal a lot of patients, those who cannot pay received free treatment and medicines. Their store quickly became popular and their business was better and better.

One day, a monk Fa Hai called saw them and Xu Xian (the man) warned that his wife was actually a white snake. Hearing this, the man was furious and said "my wife is not a snake! She is a kind and generous lady who loves me so much "the monk held to explain that co-existence of human spirit and evil is unacceptable but Xu Xian don't want to listen and chose to ignore the monk.

FA Hai urged to believe that every demon should be removed. To save the man's soul, the monk didn't have a choice but the white snake who had taken on human form under the Leifeng pagoda in the prison. Many years later, Pai Shu Shen son saved his mother from the pagoda and the family was finally reunited.

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