Myths featuring Xiao Qing

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The Monk Fahai Kidnapping Xu Xian and Hiding Him in the Jinshan Temple

🐉 Chinese MythologyJinshan Temple, Zhenjiang, ChinaXu Xian • Bai Suzhen • Fahai

Driven by a rigid belief that spirits and humans must never coexist, the powerful Buddhist monk Fahai abducts the young scholar Xu Xian and imprisons him within the Jinshan Temple. This act of spiritual interference forces Xu Xian's wife, the White Snake spirit Bai Suzhen, to wage a catastrophic war against the monastery. The ensuing battle between divine Buddhist magic and the elemental...

Bai Suzhen Magically Creating an Umbrella to Share with Xu Xian

🐉 Chinese MythologyBroken Bridge, West Lake, HangzhouBai Suzhen • Xu Xian • Xiao Qing

Deep within the spiritual peaks of Mount Emei, a white snake achieves immortality and transforms into the beautiful woman Bai Suzhen. Seeking to experience the human world, she travels to Hangzhou's West Lake where she meets a kind scholar named Xu Xian during a sudden spring rain. By magically summoning a paper umbrella, she creates a chance to share shelter with him, sparking one of the...