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Green Snake is a 1993 Hong Kong fantasy drama film written, directed and produced by Tsui Hark.The film is based on the novel of the same title by Lilian Lee, itself based on the Chinese folk tale Legend of the White Snake, which depicts the love story between the female snake spirit Bai Suzhen, named White Snake is the film, and the male Human Xu Xian, named Hsui Xien in the film.
Green Snake, known in China as White Snake 2: The Tribulation of the Green Snake (Chinese: 白蛇二：青蛇劫起; pinyin: Báishé: Qīngshé Jiéqǐ), is a 2021 Chinese adult computer animation fantasy film directed by Amp Wong, with animation production by Light Chaser Animation, Alibaba Pictures, Tianjin Maoyan Weiying Culture Media and Bilibili.
Lee's writing is known for blending traditional Chinese, supernatural and everyday Hong Kong elements into her narratives. Her works, Rouge, Farewell My Concubine, and Green Snake, were adapted for films in the 1980s and 1990s, giving her greater international visibility. In those instances, Lee also co-wrote the screenplays.
The story has been performed numerous times in Peking opera, Cantonese opera and other Chinese operas. Stage musical adaptations in Hong Kong include: Pai Niang Niang, created by Joseph Koo and Wong Jim. Premiering in 1972, it marked the start of the musical theater industry in Hong Kong. White Snake, Green Snake (2005), created by Christopher Wong
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Fahai (Chinese: 法海) is a fictional Buddhist monk and a major character of the Legend of the White Snake, one of China's "four great folktales". Serving as the abbot of Zhenjiang's Jinshan Temple, Fahai possesses magic powers (such as the ability to call on protective deities of Buddhism) and he is determined to destroy the marriage between the snake Bai Suzhen and her mortal husband Xu Xian.
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