White Snake

The film comes from an old Chinese legend. The tale of the white snake has been told for centuries. Bai Suzhen is a being a thousand years old. She takes human form and comes down into the world. The one she seeks is a young scholar named Xu Xian. The two meet on the shore of the West Lake. They marry before long. A monk sets himself against the union. The monk Fahai takes Xu Xian away. He holds him at the Jinshan temple. Bai Suzhen goes with her sister Xiaoqing to free him. A great battle breaks out at the temple. In the end Bai Suzhen shuts herself into a pagoda of her own will. The film was made in the form of Cantonese opera. The scenes are divided into five parts. Song, dance and combat run in the same scene. Zeng Xiaomin and Wen Ruqing appear in the one hundred one minute film, a Chinese production Zhang Xianfeng finished in 2021.