The Chinese myth of the immortal white snake - Shunan Teng
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The talented herbalist Xu Xian had just started his own medicine shop where he created remedies with the help of his wife, Bai Su Zhen. One day a monk named Fa Hai approached him, warning him that there was a demon in his house. The demon, he said, was Bai Su Zhen. Xu Xian laughed. How could his kind-hearted wife be a demon? Shunan Teng traces the tale of the immortal white snake.
Why did Fa Hai want to help Xu Xian to reveal Bai Su Zhen’s true form?
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Meet The Creators
- Educator Shunan Teng
- Director Steff Lee
- Narrator Pen-Pen Chen
- Animator Jack Ross
- Sound Designer Gav Cantrell
- Composer Gav Cantrell
- Director of Production Gerta Xhelo
- Editorial Producer Alex Rosenthal
- Associate Producer Bethany Cutmore-Scott
- Associate Editorial Producer Elizabeth Cox
- Script Editor Alex Gendler
- Fact-Checker Eden Girma
