Legend of the White Snake is one of the famous folklore in China. Originally Feng Menglong, a Ming Dynasty writer, wrote the 28th episode of the White Snake Leifeng Pagoda in Yongzheng.
During the period of Shaoxing in Song Dynasty, Xu Xuan (later renamed by the people), the supervisor of a pharmacy in Hangzhou, met Bai Niangzi, a beautiful woman who had practiced white snake magic for thousands of years, and Qingqing, a maid of herring magic, and they took shelter from the rain on the boat together. After disembarking, Xu Xian lent her umbrella to Bai Niangzi. The next day, she went to the White House to get her umbrella as promised. They wanted to meet each other, gradually fell in love with each other, and became husband and wife because of green.
After marriage, the white lady acted strangely, which embarrassed Xu Xian. Later, Xu Xian met Fahai, a monk from Jinshan Temple. Fahai gave Xu Xian a bowl and taught him to put it on the white snake's head. After being covered in a alms bowl, White Snake and Qingqing showed their true colors. Fahai put the alms bowls in front of Leifeng Temple one by one, and built a seven-column pagoda with stones, named Leifeng Pagoda. Leave a few words: "The West Lake is dry, the rivers and lakes can't afford it, the Leifeng Tower falls, and the white snake is born. 」
Although the legend of white snake began to appear in police stories, it has been circulating among the people for a long time. From "The Wonders of the Warning World", there was a plot in which the White Lady Emei Mountain ate ganoderma lucidum, the water overflowed Jinshan, and Fahai escaped from the crab's stomach to escape death. The white snake was unknown at first, and later it was called "White Snake".
"Stealing Fairy Grass" tells the story of the Dragon Boat Festival. Because the white snake can't stand the stimulation of realgar wine (the snake is afraid of realgar wine), it turns back to its original shape. When Xu Xian came home, she was scared to death. The White Snake risked her life to steal the ganoderma lucidum fairy grass from the Antarctic fairy in Emei Mountain.
"Shui Jin Man Shan" tells the story that Fahai tricked Xu Xian into going to Jinshan Leifeng Temple to stop Xu Xian from reuniting with his wife. In order to save Xu Xian, Bai Niangzi, together with Qingqing, fought bravely with Fahai and did not hesitate to introduce the water from the West Lake into Jinshan Temple. However, because she was pregnant, the enemy could not, and she was crushed by Fahai under the Leifeng Tower. Qingqing was able to escape and practice successfully, and then returned to Jinshan to win Fahai, where there was nowhere to escape, wearing a yellow frock and hiding in the belly of a crab. Later, Xu Xian and his wife finally reunited, but Fahai could only stay in the crab's belly, so now the crab paste in the crab's belly is as yellow as a monk's robe.