What is the story of White Snake and Xu Xian?

One day, White Snake and Xiaoqing came to Hangzhou and met Xu Xian. Under Xiaoqing's matchmaking, White Snake and Xu Xian got married.

On one occasion, Xu Xian met Fahai. Fahai said that there were monsters in Xu Xian's house, but Xu Xian didn't believe him. Fahai told Xu Xian how to make the white snake appear. On the Dragon Boat Festival, the White Snake couldn't beat Xu Xian, so she had to drink a cup of realgar wine, which showed her true colors and scared Xu Xian to death. When White Snake woke up, she went through all kinds of hardships to save Xu Xian, stole Ganoderma lucidum and Xiancao, saved Xu Xian's life and dispelled Xu Xian's doubts.

Once, Xu Xian saw Fahai again and was detained by him. Bai Niangzi fought. After Bai Niangzi and Xiaoqing failed, they fled back to Hangzhou. Xu Xian also escaped and returned to Hangzhou, where the family was reunited. But Fahai came to the door again on the day of the child's full moon and broke into the room to appease the white snake. Fahai appeased the white snake, but Xiaoqing escaped. The white snake was kept under the Leifeng Tower.

Xiaoqing practiced in Emei Mountain for eighteen years and sought revenge from Fahai. At this time, the Leifeng Tower collapsed. The white snake came out of the hole and defeated Fahai with Xiaoqing. Finally, the family lived a happy life.

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Legend of the White Snake is one of the four folk love legends in China. It originated from the Luoyang serpent incident in the Tang Dynasty, and was originally shaped in the cautionary story of Feng Menglong in the Ming Dynasty. It is mature and popular in Qing Dynasty, and it is a model of China folk collective creation.

Legend of the White Snake describes a tortuous love story between a snake spirit who cultivates human form and human beings. Stories include the story of Wupeng boat borrowing an umbrella, the story of White Snake stealing Ganoderma lucidum, the story of flooding Jinshan, the story of broken bridge, the story of Leifeng Tower, the story of Xu Xian Shilin sacrificing the son of the tower, and the story of Fahai escaping from the crab's stomach.

It expresses the people's admiration for the free love between men and women and their hatred for the unreasonable bondage of feudal forces. It is listed as "the first batch of national intangible cultural heritage". According to this story, many TV dramas and cartoons were filmed.