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English tells excellent traditional stories of China.

New White Snake Biography in English:

There is a very famous China traditional story closely related to the Dragon Boat Festival. Once upon a time, there lived two snake spirits, a white snake and a green snake on Mount Emei. These snakes are very magical, turning themselves into beautiful girls and embarking on a journey to the West Lake in Hangzhou.

There is a traditional story in China closely related to the Dragon Boat Festival called "Legend of the White Snake". Once upon a time, there were two snake spirits, a white snake and a green snake on Mount Emei. These two snake spirits turned themselves into beautiful women by magic and went to Hangzhou West Lake to play.

When they arrived at the West Lake, they met a man named Xu Xian. White Snake soon fell in love with Xu Xian, and they got married soon. A monk named Fahai warned Xu Xian to pay attention to his wife's deceptive appearance and suggested a plan to him.

When they were visiting the West Lake, they met a man named Xu Xian. White Snake and Xu Xian soon fell in love and got married immediately. At that time, a monk named Fahai warned Xu Xian to pay attention to his wife's confusing appearance and suggested him a plan to uncover the truth.

On the Dragon Boat Festival, the white snake wants to stay at home to avoid wormwood hanging on people's doors to drive away ghosts. Her husband prepared some realgar wine according to Fahai's instructions, because it is a tradition of Dragon Boat Festival. White snake, thinking that her magic can protect her from the influence of realgar wine, accepted a cup. She was so ill after drinking that she could hardly go to bed. When her husband came to her, he found not his wife, but a huge white snake. Xu Xian was so frightened that he fell to the ground and died.

On the Dragon Boat Festival, the white snake stayed at home to avoid the wormwood hanging on the door to ward off evil spirits, while Xu Xian prepared realgar wine that everyone would drink on the Dragon Boat Festival according to Fahai's suggestion. The white snake thought that magic could resist the influence of realgar wine on her, so she drank a glass. But after she drank that glass of wine, she became exhausted and could hardly go to sleep. When Xu Xian returned to the White Snake Hotel, what he saw was not his beautiful wife, but a huge white snake. Xu Xian got a fright, fell down the stairs and died.

When White Snake woke up from realgar wine, she found her husband dead and was heartbroken. She set out to find a powerful herb that could bring her husband back to life. When she came back, she saved her husband with medicine. She explained to Xu Xian that the white snake he saw was actually a dragon, and this illusion was indeed a very good omen. The bizarre story of his wife temporarily dispelled Xu Xiaen's fear …