TED-Ed Posts Animated Interpretations of Famous Chinese Myth

The 19th episode of the first season of Mythic, a new series by TED-Ed, shows the animated version of popular Chinese myth of the immortal white snake. 

“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.”

Watch it below.