白蛇传-英文

TheStoryofapersonandasnake--------thelegendofWhiteSnakeThereisaveryfamoustraditionalChineselovestorythathasacloseconnectiontotheDragonBoatFestival.Long,longago,twosnakes,onewascalledWhiteLadyandanotherwashersister,calledXiaoQing,livedonE’meiMountain.WhiteLadywaswillingtorepayXuXianforsavingherlife500yearsago.TheyturnedthemselvesintobeautifulmaidensandsetoffonajourneytotheWestLakeofHangZhou.Outsidethecitygate,butstillnotfarfromtheWestLake,therewasamedicineshoprunbyayoungmannamedXuXian.Hewasadmiredintheneighborhoodforhisdiligenceandhonesty.Hisparentshaddiedsomeyearsbeforeandheremainedunmarried.OnthedayofthePureBrightnessFestival,hegotupveryearlyand,accordingtothecustom,setouttovisithisparent’sgraves,takingwithhissacrificialofferings.AttheBrokenBridge,hehappeneduponWhiteLady.Beingsoattractedtoeachother,XuXianandWhiteLadyfellinloveandtheyweresoonmarried.Theygotonwellwiththeneighborhoodandlivedacomfortablelife.TheylovedeachotherdeeplyandgotalovelysonnamedXuShilin.ThenewlywedsmovedtoSuzhouwheretheyopenedanmedicineshopanddidmanysignificantandmeaningfulthingstothelocalcitizens.Theysoldalotoftheirowndrugsintheformofpowdersandplasters.Aboardsaying“FreeMedicineforthePoor”washungabovethedoor.Butthemonk,namedFaHai,whocamefromtheJinshanTemple,keptmakingWhiteLadydie.Afterseveraltwistsandturns,WhiteLadywasenclosedinhismagicalmsbowlandburiedundertheLeifengTempleatthesideoftheWestLake.Hemadethemapartandtheyhadnochancetomeet.After18years,theirson,XuShilin,tookthetraditionalChineseexaminationandgotthechampion.HestroveforsavinghismotheroutoftheTemple.HemovedtheGod.GuanyinhelpedhimandfreedtheWhiteLadyoutoftheTemple.Finally,thefamilygotareunion.