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从前，在峨眉山上有两个蛇精：白蛇和青蛇。这两个蛇精运用法力将自己变成美丽的女子,前往杭州西湖游玩。 当他们到西湖游时，遇到一位名叫许仙的男子。白蛇与许仙很快坠入爱河，不久就结了婚。当时一个名叫法海的和尚，警告许仙注意他妻子用漂亮的外表迷惑人，授给他一个妙计。 端午节当天，白蛇呆在家里以避开人们挂在门上驱邪的艾草，而许仙则依照法海的建议准备了大家在端午节时都会喝的雄黄酒。白蛇自恃法力可以保护自己不受雄黄酒的影响，因此便喝了一杯。但是在她喝下那杯酒之后,她异常难受,几乎连床也上不去了。 丈夫许仙回到白蛇身边时，看到的不是自己的妻子，而是一条巨大的白蛇,许仙大吃一惊，倒在地上死了过去。 白蛇逐渐克服了雄黄酒的影响，恢复了人形。她发现自己丈夫身亡之后，悲痛欲绝。随后，白蛇外出寻找一种能让丈夫起死回生的灵药。许仙在服了药草，起死回生之后，白蛇告诉许仙他看到的那条白蛇，其实是一条象征吉祥的龙。 但是法海却对白蛇耿耿于怀。他调来天兵天将帮他抓住了白蛇，并把她关在了雷峰塔下。青蛇刻苦修炼，法力大增，终于击倒了雷峰塔。从此以后，她们过上了幸福的生活。 The Tale of the White Snake Once upon a time on Mount Emei lived two snake spirits, White Snake and Green Snake. These snakes, by using magic, turned themselves into beautiful maidens and set off on a journey to the West Lake of Hang Zhou. When they arrived at West Lake they met a man named Xu Xian. White Snake quickly fell in love with Xu Xian and they were soon married. A Buddhist monk, named Fa Hai, warned Xu Xian of his wife's deceptive appearance and suggested to him a plan. On the day of the Dragon Boat Festival White Snake wished to stay home so as to avoid the moxa, used for protection from spirits, hanging on the doors of people，s houses. Her husband prepared, according to Fa Hai1 s instruction, some realgar wine, as this was a tradition during the Dragon boat festival. White Snake, thinking her magic would protect her from the effects of the realgar wine, accepted a cup. After she drank the wine she became very ill and was barely able to get to her bed. When her husband came to her side, he found not his wife but a huge white snake. So great was Xu Xian's shock that he fell to the floor dead. After recovering from the realgar wine and regaining her human form，White Snake was grief-stricken to find her husband dead. She set off on a journey to obtain a potent medicinal herb, which could revive her husband. After returning and reviving her husband with the medicine, she explained to Xu Xian that the white snake he saw was actually a dragon and that this vision was indeed a very good omen. But Fa Hai still could not take his mind off the White Snake. So he asked the Heavenly troops to come down to help him catch her and finally imprisoned her under the Leifeng Pagoda. The Green Snake practiced hard and improved her magical power with which she knocked down the pagoda. Ever since then they lived happily together. |
