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    TRADITION FOR THE NEXT GENERATION

    Jun 10, 2021 5 minutes
    By Li Qing

    Jiang Li’s fondest childhood memory brims with images of The Legend of the White Snake. The classic TV series based on a Chinese folktale is in fact the same age as Jiang, having premiered in 1992.

    The traditional tale tells the story of a female white snake spirit who dreams of transforming into a goddess by doing good deeds and ends up falling in love with a human. Nevertheless, demons and humans are not supposed to develop such relationships, so their connection from the start faces many a challenge.

    Raised by her grandmother, a fan of the drama, in Yangzhou in Jiangsu Province, this 29-year-old accountant, has watched the series so many times that she can recall almost every single detail of every single

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