The Legend of the White Snake (TV series)
A white snake spirit and a physician defy tradition.
A 2019 iQiyi streaming series, The Legend of the White Snake stars Ju Jingyi and Yu Menglong. It adapts the classic Chinese folk tale and serves as a remake of the 1992 Taiwanese show New Legend of Madame White Snake, debuting on April 3, 2019.
Quick Facts
- Genre
- Mythology
- Fantasy
- Romance
- Writer
- An Yimo
- Director
- Zhi Lei
- Starring
- Ju Jingyi; Yu Menglong
- Opening theme
- Qian Nian Deng Yi Hui (千年等一回) performed by Ju Jingyi
- Ending theme
- Du Qing (渡情) performed by Ju Jingyi
- Country
- China
- Language
- Mandarin
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Synopsis
Set in imperial China during the Southern Song dynasty, the series follows the romance between Xu Xian, a physician in Lin'an, and Bai Suzhen, a 1000-year-old white snake spirit in human form. Their love is opposed by Jin Ruyi, who is infatuated with Xu, and initially by the Buddhist monk Fahai. Bai is accompanied by Xiao Qing, a 500-year-old green snake spirit who is later revealed to be a demigod.
Cast
Ju Jingyi plays Bai Suzhen, a 1000-year-old white snake spirit cultivated on Mount Emei who falls in love with Xu Xian and opens the Baohe Clinic with him. Yu Menglong plays Xu Xian, a kind-hearted physician raised by his older sister Xu Jiaorong after his parents' deaths. Xiao Yan plays Xiao Qing, a 500-year-old cross-dressing green snake spirit and daughter of the snake spirit Yu Furong and the Dragon King Ao Guang, making her a demigod; she later reconciles with her father. Pei Zitian plays Fahai, a Buddhist monk whose obsession with eliminating demons strengthens the Mind Demon; after enlightenment, he helps save Suzhen. Yu Lang plays Jin Ruyi, owner of Jinshi Clinic, who loves Xu and is claimed by the frog spirit Wang Daoling as the reincarnation of his former love; her jealousy allows the Mind Demon to reside in her, and she kills herself trying to destroy it. Nie Zihao plays Jingsong, a golden mouse spirit and close friend of Suzhen whose jealousy of Xu drives a wedge between them; after helping Suzhen, his cultivation is depleted, but he is reborn as a golden squirrel. Feng Jianyu plays Zhang Yutang, an herb collector for Baohe Clinic who falls in love with Qing and learns he is a nobleman kidnapped as a child.
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