TheTaleoftheWhiteSnake(白蛇传说)

　　ThereisaveryfamoustraditionalChineselovestorythathasacloseconnectiontotheDragonBoatFestival.Long,longago,twosnakes,onewascalledWhiteLadyandanotherwashersister,calledXiaoQing,livedonE’meiMountain.WhiteLadywaswillingtorepayXuXianforherlifebefore500yearsago.ThentheyturnedthemselvesintobeautifulmaidensandsetoffonajourneytotheWestLakeofHangZhou.

　　Outsidethecitygate,butstillnotfarfromtheWestLake,therewasamedicineshoprunbyayoungmannamedXuXian.Hewasadmiredintheneighborhoodforhisdiligenceandhonesty.Hisparentshaddiedsomeyearsbeforeandheremainedunmarried.OnthedayofthePureBrightnessFestival,hegotupveryearlyand,accordingtothecustom,setouttovisithisparent’sgraves,takingwithhissacrificialofferings.AttheBrokenBridge,hehappeneduponWhiteLady.Beingsoattractedtoeachother,XuXianandWhiteLadyfellinloveandtheyweresoonmarried.

　　Thenew-wedsmovedtoSuzhouwheretheyopenedanmedicineshopanddidmanysignificantandmeaningfulthingstothelocalcitizens.Theysoldalotoftheirowndrugsintheformofpowdersandplasters.Aboardsaying“FreeMedicineforthePoor”washungabovethedoor.Theygotonwellwiththeneighborhoodandlivedacomfortablelife.TheylovedeachotherdeeplyandgotalovelysonnamedXuShilin.

　　Butthemonk,namedFaHai,whocamefromtheJinshanTemple,keptmakingWhiteLadydie.Afterseveraltwistsandturns,WhiteLadywasenclosedinhismagicalms-bowlandburiedundertheLeifengTempleatthesideoftheWestLake.Hemadethemapartandtheyhadnochancetomeet.

　　After18years,theirson,XuShilin,tookthetraditionalChineseexaminationandgotthechampion.HestroveforsavinghismotheroutoftheTemple.HisXiaomovedtheGod.GuanyinhelpedhimandfreedtheWhiteLadyoutoftheTemple.Finally,thefamilygotareunion.