Legend of the White Snake
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The Legend of the White Snake is a Chinese legend centered around a romance between a man named Xu Xian and a female snake spirit named Bai Suzhen. It is counted as one of China's Four Great Folktales
Image from the Summer Palace, Beijing, China, depicting the legend
The three stone pagodas of West Lake.
An illustration from Stories to Caution the World (1624).
An illustration from Leifeng Pagoda (1806).
Bai Suzhen
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Bai Suzhen, also known as Lady Bai, is a one-thousand-year-old white snake spirit and the title character of the Legend of the White Snake, one of China's "four great folktales". The legend has been a
Legend of the White Snake
…Snake (Chinese: 白蛇傳; pinyin: Báishézhuàn) is a Chinese legend centered around a romance between a man named Xu Xian and a female snake spirit named Bai Suzhen. It is counted as one of China's Four Great Folktales, the others being Lady Meng Jiang, Butterfly Lovers, and The Cowherd and the Weaver Girl (or…
A Jingdezhen porcelain statue of Bai Suzhen, Hong Kong Museum of Art
Figurines, including one of Bai Suzhen, in the White Snake Temple in Taiwan
A wood relief decoration in the Leifeng Tower, Hangzhou, China
Hand-carved 3D wood reliefs depicting the story of Bai Suzhen