白蛇传--英文.ppt

The Story of a person and a snake,--------the legend of White Snake,there is a very famous traditional Chinese love story that has a close connection to the Dragon Boat Festival. Long, long ago, two snakes, one was called White Lady and another was her sister, called Xiao Qing, lived on E’mei Mountain. White Lady was willing to repay Xu Xian for her life before 500 years ago. Then they turned themselves into beautiful maidens and set off on a journeyto the West Lake of Hang Zhou.,At the Broken Bridge, he happened upon White Lady. Being so attracted to each other, Xu Xian and White Lady fell in love and they were soon married.,On the day of the Pure Brightness Festival, he got up very early and, according to the custom, set out to visit his parent’s graves, taking with his sacrificial offerings.,They fell in love with each other in the first sight and they are married,they opened an medicine shop in suzhou and did many significant and meaningful things to the local citizens. They got on well with the neighborhood and lived a comfortable life. They loved each other deeply and got a lovely son named Xu Shilin.,Fahai, a Buddhist monk, regarded their union as a violation of conventional marriages and a degeneration of moral standards.He tells xuxian that his wife Baisuzhen is a snake,after listening to the words of Fahai,on the occasion of the Dragon Boat Festival ,Xuxian let his wife drunk a lot.Then he saw his lovely wife became a white snake suddenly and he was scared to death,in order to save their beloved husband Baisuzhen risked her life to Mount Emei to steal grass and save up her husband.Xuxian loved Baisuzhen deeply so that Fahai failed to catch the white snake .,,,Xuxian was arrsted into Zhenjiang Jinshan Temple, and Fahai even force him to become a monk. The couple was separated. in order to save her husband, The White Snake plays a battle owith Fahai. Moreover ,She flooded Jinshan Temple and drowned countless creatures by using the water of WestLake.,,,The White snake was lack of magic because of pregnant,So she can not beat Fahai.Xuxian took the opportunity to flee to the home of Hangzhou, He and his wife agreed that they meet the at the edge of the bridge, White Snake also gave birth to a child named Xushilin.,,,Baisuzhen was taken away and was enclosed in Fahai's magic alms bowl ,Finally ,she was buried under the Leifeng Temple at the side of the West Lake. He made them apart and they had no chance to meet.,The Leifeng Temple,,,For many years afterwards, Green Snake hid herself in the remote mountains to vigorously practice magic power and martial arts. in the end She succeeded in toppling the pagoda and rescuing The White Snake.,The first ending,After 18 years, their son, Xu Shilin, took the traditional Chinese examination and got the champion. He strove for saving his mother out of the Temple. He asked Guanyin to help him and freed the White Lady out of the Temple. Finally, the family got a reunion.,The second ending,Thank you!,。