白蛇传
The Legend of the White Snake
Level 5 · Idiom Stories · 成语故事 · 86 vocabulary words
Source: 民间传说(《警世通言》等) · Folk tradition (Jingshi Tongyan et al.)
白蛇修成人形,取名白娘子,在西湖边遇到了书生许仙,两人成了夫妻。
A white snake cultivated into human form, Lady White, met the scholar Xu Xian by West Lake, and they married.
金山寺的和尚法海告诉许仙:你妻子是蛇变的。端午节他让许仙给白娘子喝雄黄酒,白娘子现出了原形,许仙吓死了。
The monk Fahai told Xu Xian his wife was a snake; at the Duanwu festival he had him serve her realgar wine, and she showed her true form, Xu Xian died of fright.
白娘子到昆仑山盗来灵芝草救活许仙。法海又把许仙关在金山寺。白娘子带着水族水漫金山,和法海大战。
Lady White stole the herb of immortality from Kunlun and revived him. Fahai imprisoned Xu Xian in Jinshan Temple; she flooded the mountain and fought him.
最后法海把白娘子压在雷峰塔下。许多年后,她的儿子中了状元,拜塔救母,一家人团圆了。
At last Fahai crushed her under Leifeng Pagoda. Years later her son took first place in the examinations, bowed to the pagoda, freed his mother, and the family was reunited.