Starring a pan-Asian cast including celebrity couple Fann Wong and , as well as Zhang Yuyan and Jiao Enjun, this swordfighting serial deftly explored in comic and tragic ways the politics of revenge through a well-executed and performed script. The serial was filmed in , Zhejiang Province of China, which formed a beautiful backdrop for this serial.
The was based on a legendary , involving a snake spirit and her male human lover, but was adapted in this version to include the presence of a black snake who is the snake spirit's mentor and the White Snake Spirit being trapped under the pagoda for 20 years, when in the original tale she was trapped under the tower for centuries.
As for the green snake, the white snake imprisons her for a short time before releasing her, unlike the original where she imprisoned her for three centuries.
Xu Xian is also initially a good-for-nothing who, under the white snake's guidance, becomes an official.
The serial won high viewership ratings in Taiwan and China.
Cast
* Fann Wong - Madam White Snake, White Snake spirit, Bai Suzhen, Qin Xiaoxiao, Xi Shi
* - Xu Xian, Xu Shilin, Lord Wu
* Zhang Yuyan - Green Snake
* Jiao Enjun - Shi/Miao Junbao, Fahai
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