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The Chinese myth of the white snake and the meddling monk - Shunan Teng

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Xu Xian had just received an invitation to the opening ceremony of a new temple. His wife, Bai Su Zhen, warned him not to attend, but Xu Xian, a devout Buddhist, felt obligated to make an appearance. What they didn’t know was that these invitations had come from Fa Hai, the monk determined to separate them. Can the young lovers ever escape the monk’s meddling? Shunan Teng shares this Chinese myth.

When battling Fa Hai, what water creatures did Bai Su Zhen summon to help?

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  • Educator Shunan Teng
  • Director Steff Lee
  • Narrator Pen-Pen Chen
  • Director of Production Gerta Xhelo
  • Editorial Producer Alex Rosenthal
  • Associate Producer Bethany Cutmore-Scott
  • Associate Editorial Producer Dan Kwartler
  • Script Editor Alex Gendler
  • Fact-Checker Rebekah Barnett
  • Animator Jack Ross
  • Sound Designer Gav Cantrell

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