Cantonese Opera “White Snake”

Main cast: Zeng Xiaomin, Wen Ruqing, Zhu Hongxing, Wang Yanfei

Bai Suzhen and Xu Xian were originally a pair of lotuses in front of Buddha, and they were reborn as a human and a white snake. Xu Xian has forgotten his past life after several reincarnations whereas White Snake has been practicing for thousands of years but still misses him. Hence, she went to the human world with Xiaoqing to pursue Xu Xian, hoping to continue their love and fulfill their wishes starting under an umbrella in the rain at West Lake, achieving a beautiful marriage in the world.

However, the Buddhist monk, Fahai does not allow the White Snake comes to the world and get married to Xu Xian. Therefore, she decided to show her real identity to Xu Xian after drinking which made him frightened. She asked for fairy grass in Kunlun Mountain to save Xu Xian. The White Snake tries to bring Xu Xian back to home from the flooding of Jinshan temple. Even though the White Snake is battered, she still loves him. Xu Xian was impressed deeply so he looking for her across a broken bridge. The couple finally expressed their true feelings again, fulfilled their wish, and continued their love for a thousand years.