Legend of the White Snake

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Legend of the White Snake
Image from the Summer Palace, Beijing, China, depicting the legend
Traditional Chinese	白蛇傳
Simplified Chinese	白蛇传
Transcriptions Standard Mandarin Hanyu Pinyin Bái Shé Zhuàn Yue: Cantonese Jyutping Baak6 Se4 Cyun4 Southern Min Hokkien POJ Pe̍k-siâ-tōan or Pe̍h-siâ-tōan

The Legend of the White Snake is a Chinese legend centered around a romance between a man named Xu Xian and a female snake spirit named Bai Suzhen. It is counted as one of China's Four Great Folktales, the others being Lady Meng Jiang, Butterfly Lovers, and The Cowherd and the Weaver Girl.^[1]