The Legend of White Snake (Classical Chinese Love Stories)

A kindly white snake spirit, disguised as a beautiful human girl was found outside the snake catcher territory after fighting with monk soldiers,and later she falls in love with a mortal man who saved her.

As their happy life together begins, an evil-minded monk tries to separate them and traps the white snake under a pagoda.The story of her escape from evil monk and later defeated him and snake queen who want to quench the revenge from people of humankind for nothing just to being a supremacy over species .

This story belongs to the Golden Chinese myths, legends, fairytales and folktales that have captured hearts and imaginations for over a thousand years. The story is retold in English for general readers interested in Asian Culture and show more literature, catered specifically to a multicultrual audience.

Chinese text in the bottom of pages will be a great supplement for readers who can read Chinese or wish to learn more of the language. As the Chinese culture Readers series is loosely leveled for different age groups based on their abilities to understand the culture and history, this story targets mostly preteen to teenage readers. Additionally, detailed notes on chinese culture help enhance readers' understanding of the stories as well as of their historical and social backgrounds, while full color illustrations highlight some important scenes of past show less