Her full name is 白素贞. She falls in love with the young 许仙 when they share an umbrella in the rain at the Broken Bridge on 西湖, and her maid 小青 is a green snake. 娘子 was an old way to address a young woman, and what a husband called his wife.
In Pop Culture
新白娘子传奇Xīn Bái Niángzǐ chuánqí
New Legend of Madame White Snake
1992 Taiwanese TV series with 赵雅芝 as Lady White and 叶童 as Xu Xian, rerun on mainland TV more times than anyone can count.
