The Legend of the White Snake

At Qingming Festival, the West Lake shore is adorned with red flowers and green willows, and visitors shuttle across the broken bridge, creating a beautiful and vibrant scene of spring. Suddenly, two girls with clear eyebrows and beautiful eyes quietly rose from the bottom of West Lake. What's going on? How can people rise out of the water? Originally, they were two snake spirits who had been cultivated into human form. Despite this, they had no intention of harming others. They only came to West Lake to play because they envied the colorful life in the world, with one named Bai Suzhen and the other named Xiao Qing.
Unfortunately, the heavens suddenly became angry and it started pouring rain. Bai Suzhen and Xiao Qing were drenched and had nowhere to hide. They were worried when suddenly they felt an umbrella over their heads. Turning around, they saw a gentle and elegant young scholar holding an umbrella to shelter them from the rain. Bai Suzhen and the young scholar's eyes met, and they both blushed and developed feelings of admiration for each other. Xiao Qing saw this and quickly said, "Thank you! May I ask for your name, sir?" The young scholar said, "My name is Xu Xian and I live by this broken bridge." Bai Suzhen and Xiao Qing also quickly introduced themselves. From then on, the three of them often met, and the relationship between Bai Suzhen and Xu Xian became better and better. Soon after, they became husband and wife and opened a "Baohetang" pharmacy. They lived a wonderful life!
Because the "Baohe Hall" has cured many difficult illnesses and provided free medical treatment and medication for the poor, the business of pharmacies has become increasingly prosperous. More and more people come to seek treatment from Bai Suzhen, affectionately known as the White Lady. However, the happy lives of Xinglong, Xu Xian, and Bai Niangzi in Baohe Hall have angered someone. Who is it? That is Monk Fahai from Jinshan Temple. Because people's illnesses were cured by Bai Niangzi, there were fewer people going to Jinshan Temple to burn incense and pray for Bodhisattva, and the incense was not prosperous, so the monk Fahai naturally couldn't be happy. That day, he came to the "Baohe Hall" again and saw Bai Niangzi treating people's illnesses. He couldn't help but feel jealous in his heart and looked closely again. Oh my! Turns out this white lady is not a great person, but a white snake transformed!
Although Fahai has some minor spells, his mental skills are not correct. After identifying Bai Niangzi's identity, he spent his days trying to break up Xu Xianbai and his wife, and bring down the "Baohe Hall". So he secretly called Xu Xian to the temple and said to him, "Your mother is a snake spirit. Please leave her soon, or she will eat you up!" Xu Xian was very angry when he heard this. He thought to himself, "My mother is kind-hearted and has a deeper affection for me than the sea. Even if she is a snake spirit, she won't harm me. Besides, she is already pregnant, how can I abandon her! Fahai saw that Xu Xian did not fall for his trap and became angry and embarrassed, so he locked Xu Xian in the temple.
In the "Baohe Hall", Bai Niangzi was anxiously waiting for Xu Xian to return. One day, two days, left and right, Bai Niangzi was extremely anxious. Finally hearing that Xu Xian had been "kept" by Monk Fahai of Jinshan Temple, Bai Niangzi quickly brought Xiao Qing to Jinshan Temple and begged Fahai to release Xu Xian. Fa Hai met Bai Niangzi and sneered, saying, "Bold demon snake, I advise you to leave this world quickly, otherwise don't blame me for not being humble. Seeing the water flooding Jinshan Temple, Fahai quickly took off his robe and turned into a long embankment, blocking the temple gate. When the flood rises by one foot, the long embankment will be one foot higher; when the flood rises by one zhang, the long embankment will be one zhang higher. No matter how big the waves are, they will never be able to overflow. In addition, Bai Niangzi was pregnant and couldn't compete with Fahai. Later, Fahai used fraudulent methods to trap Bai Niangzi in a golden bowl and press her under the Leifeng Pagoda, breaking apart Xu Xian and Bai Niangzi, the loving couple, alive and alive.
After escaping from Jinshan Temple, Xiaoqing practiced martial arts in the deep mountains for decades and finally defeated Fahai, forcing him into the belly of a big crab and rescuing Bai Niangzi. From then on, she lived happily with Xu Xian and their children, never to be separated again.