Beijing Opera 白蛇傳京劇 White Snake Goddess Wedding

Beijing Opera White Snake Goddess Wedding. Legend of the White Snake (simplified Chinese: 白蛇传; traditional Chinese: 白蛇傳) is a Chinese legend, which existed as oral traditions before any written compilation. It has since become a major subject of several Chinese opera, films and TV series.
The earliest attempt to fictionalize the story appears to be "Madame White Snake Jailed Eternally in the Leifeng Pagoda" (白娘子永鎮雷峰塔) in Jing Shi Tong Yan (警世通言) by Feng Menglong (馮夢龍) during the Ming Dynasty.
At its most basic, the story tells of a young scholar who falls in love with a beautiful woman, unaware that she is a white snake who has taken on human form. A monk intervenes in order to save the scholar's soul and casts the white snake into a deep well at the Leifeng Pagoda.
Over the centuries the story has evolved from horror story to romance with the scholar and the white snake-woman genuinely in love with one another, but such a relationship is forbidden by the laws of Heaven. There have also been variations on the telling of the story: like the scholar adopting the white snake as a pet while still a schoolboy; or himself being banished from Heaven and becoming a mere human on Earth.
An added character is a green snake (or in some cases a carp) who has also been turned into a woman and serves as the white snake-woman's soul sister and confidante.

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• Beijing
• Opera
• White
• Snake
• Goddess
• Wedding
• 白蛇傳京劇

[RCR9897]

What are the instruments used in this opera?

[nanababaj1]

HUH !? !? !? !? !? ya ho aaaah ya ho aaah that sounds as if he was saying : aaah nooo stoop watching yaaa nooo nooo leave or else e do kung fu on you waaaaaaaa yyaaaa !

[otacs2]

@gnehzeey Thank you!

[Chichiri520]

@JubileeMarcus123

Thanks for the explanation! n_n

[Sodhats]

There's something incredibly unnerving about their facial expressions and the way they're painted.

[gnehzeey]

@JubileeMarcus123

The White Snake Goddess (Suzhen) and her servant girl, a Green Snake Goddess(Xiaoqing) descend to the earth. They come to the beautiful Western Lake. As they are waiting for the ferry to take them over, it starts to rain. Xuxie, a poor scholar working as a clerk in a pharmacy store, happens to visit his mother's tomb and is also waiting for the ferry. When he sees the two ladies in the rain, he immediately gives his umbrella to them while he himself gets wet. Suzhen is

[gnehzeey]

Suzhen is very moved by his kindness. Inside heart they fall attracted to each other. After the crossing, it is still raining, the ladies thank Xuxie and give back the umbrella, Xuxie tells them to just take it and he could come to pick it someday. When Xuxie comes to pick up his umbrella, the love story begins... the lucky poor bachelor, is able to marry the beautiful goddness disguised as an earthly girl... But, disasters await... a jealous evil monk schemes to destroy their love...

[gnehzeey]

The White Snake Goddess (Suzhen) and her servant girl, a Green Snake Goddess(Xiaoqing) descend to the earth. They come to the beautiful Western Lake. As they are waiting for the ferry to take them over, it starts to rain. Xuxie, a poor scholar working as a clerk in a pharmacy store, happens to visit his mother's tomb and is also waiting for the ferry. When he sees the two ladies in the rain, he immediately gives his umbrella to them while he himself gets wet. Suzhen was very moved

[JubileeMarcus123]

05:07 what is she doing she likes er.... and stuff and can someone do a translations on here thanks