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Guan Liang’s paintings: An interesting way to learn famous Chinese stories

2014-09-18 16:46:58

(Chinaculture.org) By Yu Xiaoou

 

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4. Legend of the White Snake

Legend of the White Snake is one of the most famous tales in ancient China. The tale goes that a white snake came to the human world and married a scholar named Xu Xian. However, such a marriage was opposed by Fahai, a Buddhist monk at Jinshan Temple. He then suppressed the white snake under Leifeng Pagoda at the bank of the West Lake. Many years later, White Snake's son offered sacrifices to his mother in front of the Leifeng Pagoda. God was moved by his action and made the pagoda collapse, which enabled the family to reunite.

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