This paper describes a tortuous love story between a snake spirit who cultivates human form and human beings. Stories include the story of Wupeng boat borrowing an umbrella, the story of White Snake stealing Ganoderma lucidum, the story of flooding Jinshan, the story of broken bridge, the story of Leifeng Tower, the story of Xu Xian Shilin sacrificing the son of the tower, and the story of Fahai escaping from the crab's stomach.

It expresses the people's admiration for the free love between men and women and their hatred for the unreasonable bondage of feudal forces. It was listed as "the first batch of national intangible cultural heritage".

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The name of Broken Bridge is associated with the sad love story in China's folk story The Legend of the White Snake. On the Broken Bridge, the touching love story between Xu Xian and Bai Niangzi makes the Broken Bridge the most famous bridge in the West Lake.

Legend has it that the white snake was originally a small white snake bred in Shan Ye. One day, the little white snake was caught by an old snake catcher and almost killed. Fortunately, I was saved by a little shepherd boy. After 1,700 years' practice, the white snake finally turned into a human form. Under the guidance of Master Guanyin, she came to the West Lake in Hangzhou to find the little shepherd boy, her savior in her previous life.

During the Qingming Festival, it was misty and rainy, and the Guanyin Bodhisattva said, "It's fate to meet thousands of miles away, so you must find it at the height of the West Lake." On the bridge deck of the West Lake Broken Bridge, the White Snake finally found Xu Xian, the savior of her previous life, and married her. After the flood in Jinshan, we met again at the broken bridge and continued our friendship.

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