Have you heard of the story of The Legend of White Snake(《白蛇传》)? It's a very famous Chinese story, and it's a love story between White Snake and Xu Xian. It has a connection(联系) with the Dragon Boat Festival in China.
Once upon a time, there were two snakes, White Snake and Green Snake. They had magical powers and turned themselves into two beautiful young ladies. At the West Lake of Hangzhou, they met a man called Xu Xian. White Snake quickly fell in love with him. They got married soon and lived happily.
The Dragon Boat Festival came. On that day, people drank realgar wine(雄黄酒).But it was dangerous for White Snake to drink this kind of wine. If she drank the wine, she would turn into a snake again. However, Xu Xian didn't know anything about it, so he asked his wife to drink realgar wine. Soon White Snake felt uncomfortable and went into her room. When Xu Xian entered the room, he couldn't find his wife. He only saw a huge white snake on the bed. He was scared to death. Later, White Snake recovered(恢复). In order to save her husband, she went to steal the magical herb(药草). In the end, the god was so moved by her true love that he saved Xu Xian. What a moving love story!