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TheStoryofapersonandasnake--------thelegendofWhiteSnakethereisaveryfamoustraditionalChineselovestorythathasacloseconnectiontotheDragonBoatFestival.Long,longago,twosnakes,onewascalledWhiteLadyandanotherwashersister,calledXiaoQing,livedonE’meiMountain.WhiteLadywaswillingtorepayXuXianforherlifebefore500yearsago.ThentheyturnedthemselvesintobeautifulmaidensandsetoffonajourneytotheWestLakeofHangZhou.AttheBrokenBridge,hehappeneduponWhiteLady.Beingsoattractedtoeachother,XuXianandWhiteLadyfellinloveandtheyweresoonmarried.OnthedayofthePureBrightnessFestival,hegotupveryearlyand,accordingtothecustom,setouttovisithisparent’sgraves,takingwithhissacrificialofferings.Theyfellinlovewitheachotherinthefirstsightandtheyaremarriedtheyopenedanmedicineshopinsuzhouanddidmanysignificantandmeaningfulthingstothelocalcitizens.Theygotonwellwiththeneighborhoodandlivedacomfortablelife.TheylovedeachotherdeeplyandgotalovelysonnamedXuShilin.Fahai,aBuddhistmonk,regardedtheirunionasaviolationofconventionalmarriagesandadegenerationofmoralstandards.HetellsxuxianthathiswifeBaisuzhenisasnakeafterlisteningtothewordsofFahai,ontheoccasionoftheDragonBoatFestival,Xuxianlethiswifedrunkalot.ThenhesawhislovelywifebecameawhitesnakesuddenlyandhewasscaredtodeathinordertosavetheirbelovedhusbandBaisuzhenriskedherlifetoMountEmeitostealgrassandsaveupherhusband.XuxianlovedBaisuzhendeeplysothatFahaifailedtocatchthewhitesnake.XuxianwasarrstedintoZhenjiangJinshanTemple,andFahaievenforcehimtobecomeamonk.Thecouplewasseparated.inordertosaveherhusband,TheWhiteSnakeplaysabattleowithFahai.Moreover,ShefloodedJinshanTempleanddrownedcountlesscreaturesbyusingthewaterofWestLake.TheWhitesnakewaslackofmagicbecauseofpregnant,SoshecannotbeatFahai.XuxiantooktheopportunitytofleetothehomeofHangzhou,Heandhiswifeagreedthattheymeettheattheedgeofthebridge,WhiteSnakealsogavebirthtoachildnamedXushilin.BaisuzhenwastakenawayandwasenclosedinFahai'smagicalmsbowl,Finally,shewasburiedundertheLeifengTempleatthesideoftheWestLake.Hemadethemapartandtheyhadnochancetomeet.TheLeifengTempleFormanyyearsafterwards,GreenSnakehidherselfintheremotemountainstovigorouslypracticemagicpowerandmartialarts.intheendShesucceededintopplingthepagodaandrescuingTheWhiteSnake.ThefirstendingAfter18years,theirson,XuShilin,tookthetraditionalChineseexaminationandgotthechampion.HestroveforsavinghismotheroutoftheTemple.HeaskedGuanyintohelphimandfreedtheWhiteLadyoutoftheTemple.Finally,thefamilygotareunion.ThesecondendingThankyou!