| Bai Suzhen | |
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| Legend of the White Snake character | |
 A Jingdezhen porcelain statue of Bai Suzhen, Hong Kong Museum of Art | |
| In-universe information | |
| Alias | White Snake |
| Nickname | Lady Bai, Lady White |
| Species | Snake |
| Gender | Female |
| Family | Xiaoqing (sworn sister) |
| Spouse | Xu Xian |
| Children | Xu Shilin (son) |
| Religion | Taoism |
| Home | Mount Emei |
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| Traditional Chinese | 白素貞 | ||||||||||||||
| Simplified Chinese | 白素贞 | ||||||||||||||
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| Chinese | 白娘子 | ||||||||||||||
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| Madam White Snake | |||||||||||||||
| Chinese | 白蛇娘娘 | ||||||||||||||
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Bai Suzhen (Chinese: 白素貞), also known as Lady Bai (Chinese: 白娘子; lit. 'Lady White'), is a one-thousand-year-old white snake spirit and the title character of the Legend of the White Snake, one of China's "four great folktales".[1] The legend has been adapted into several Chinese operas, films, television series and other media.[2][3] In some versions of the legend, Bai Suzhen becomes a goddess; her worshippers refer to her as Madam White Snake (Chinese: 白蛇娘娘).[4]
Bai Suzhen is regarded as a symbol of true love and good-heartedness by the Chinese people.[5]
- ^ "9 Powerful Snakes from History and Mythology". www.history.com. The History Channel.
- ^ "This Old tale still resonates today to a modern audience". China Daily. 10 April 2019.
- ^ "'The Legend of White Snake' is distributed in North America, Western Europe and widely across Oceania". SHINE. 4 April 2019.
- ^ "杨梅白蛇庙 全台唯一供奉白娘子 - 生活". 中时新闻网 (in Chinese). 1 June 2014.
- ^ "New deadly snake from Asia named after character from Chinese myth 'Legend of White Snake'". ScienceDaily. Retrieved 21 August 2021.