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Bai Suzhen (Chinese: 白素貞), also known as Lady Bai (Chinese: 白娘子; lit. 'Lady White'), is a one-thousand-year-old white snake spirit and the title character of the Legend of the White Snake, one of China's "four great folktales". [1] The legend has been adapted into several Chinese operas, films, television series and other media.
The Snake Temple (Chinese: 蛇庙; pinyin: Shé Miào; Pe̍h-ōe-jī: Tsuâ-biō), also known as the Temple of the Azure Clouds, [1] is a Chinese temple within George Town in the Malaysian state of Penang.
Fahai (Chinese: 法海) is a fictional Buddhist monk and a major character of the Legend of the White Snake, one of China's "four great folktales". Serving as the abbot of Zhenjiang's Jinshan Temple, Fahai possesses magic powers (such as the ability to call on protective deities of Buddhism) and he is determined to destroy the marriage between the snake Bai Suzhen and her mortal husband Xu Xian.
Jinshan Temple (Chinese: 金山寺; pinyin: Jīnshān Sì) is a Buddhist temple located in Qibin District of Hebi, Henan, China. It is approximately 5-kilometre (3.1 mi) southwest of the City of Hebi. Jinshan Temple is the birthplace of the Chinese legend Legend of the White Snake (Madame White Snake). [1] [2]
The following is one version from Chinese opera: [6] A white snake and a blue-green snake from Mount Emei transform themselves into two young women called Bai Suzhen and Xiaoqing, respectively. They become best friends and travel to Lin'an Prefecture (or Hangzhou), where they meet a young man named Xu Xian on a ferry-boat in West Lake. Xu Xian ...
To this day there are numerous traces in European popular belief, especially in Germany, of respect for the snake, possibly a survival of ancestor worship: The "house snake" cares for the cows and the children, and its appearance is an omen of death; and the lives of a pair of house snakes are often held to be bound with that of the master and ...
The Southern Shaolin Temple in Fukien Province was sometimes known as "the snake temple". Snake style kung fu was practiced at this temple as well as dragon kung fu and praying mantis kung fu. Fukien temple was a refuge for the Henan Temple monks when that temple was destroyed. With them, they brought all the martial arts knowledge they had.
Fahai (Chinese: 法海) may refer to: Fahai (Tang dynasty), Tang-dynasty Chan Buddhist monk, Huineng's disciple and alleged compiler of the Platform Sutra; Fahai (character), fictional Buddhist monk from The Legend of the White Snake, which is set in the Song dynasty; Fahai Temple, Buddhist temple in Shijingshan District, Beijing, China