The original text of the folktale "The Girl with the Conch" is as follows:

When Emperor An of Jin, Xie Duan of Houguan was a young man who lost his parents and had no relatives, and was raised by his neighbors. When he was 17 or 18 years old, he was so respectful and self-abiding that he didn't do anything illegal. When he left his home without a wife, his neighbors were very sympathetic and asked him to marry a woman, but he did not get one.

The man got up early in the morning and ploughed the land without stopping to work. Later, he found a large snail like a three-liter jug in the lower part of the village. He thought it was a strange thing, so he took it and stored it in an urn. He kept it for a few days. When Duan returned to the field in the morning, he saw that there was food and drink in his house, as if someone had done it for him. Duan said that the neighbors for the benefit of also. The first thing I did was to go to my neighbor's house and thank him for his help.

The neighbor said, "I didn't do it in the first place, so why did I thank him?" The end of another neighbor does not understand its meaning, but several er so. After more real questions, the neighbor laughed and said: "The Secretary has taken a woman, secretly cooking in the room, that I cook for the cooking yea?" The end of the silent doubt, I do not know why.

After the rooster went out, the flat morning sneak back, outside the hedge to spy on his home, see a young girl, out of the urn, to the stove under the fire. The end of the door, and then went to the urn to see the screws, but see the female.

It was under the stove and asked, "Where did the new woman come from and cook for each other?" Female great fear, want to return to the urn, can not get to go, replied: "I days Hanzhong white water vegetarian women also. The emperor of the heavens mourn the young Qing orphans, respectful and prudent self-defense, so make me the right to guard the house cooking. Ten years, so that the Secretary to live in a rich woman, should return. And the Secretary for no reason to steal each other to cover, my shape has been seen, it is not appropriate to stay, when the phase entrusted to go. Although, afterward, I should be less erratic. Diligent in the field, fishing and harvesting to cure life. Leave this shell to go, to store rice and grain, often can not be lack of."

The first time I saw the movie, I was in the middle of the movie.

When the sky suddenly wind and rain, open and close to go. The first time I saw this, I was able to see the whole world, and I was able to see the whole world, and I was able to see the whole world. The first time I saw this, I was in the middle of a long journey, and it was a long time coming. After the appointment to the order long. The cloud is now in the road in the Su Nui Shrine is also.

Translation:

During the Eastern Jin Dynasty, there was a man named Xie Duan in Houguan County, who was adopted by a neighbor after his parents died when he was young and had no relatives to rely on. When he reached the age of seventeen or eighteen, he treated people with respect and prudence while he himself followed his own conduct and did not do anything that was not in accordance with etiquette and law. When he first came out to live alone, he had not yet taken a wife, and his neighbors were very compassionate and sympathetic to him, and persuaded him to take a wife, but nothing was done.

Xie Duan slept late and rose early, and worked hard by himself in plowing and planting the fields, regardless of day or night. Later he picked up a large snail outside the village, as big as a three-liter kettle, and, thinking it a very strange thing, took it home and placed it in an urn. After feeding it in this way for more than ten days, Xie Duan went down to the field every morning until he came back from the field, and saw that he had rice, wine soup, hot water, and a warm fire in his house, as if someone had made it especially for him at home.

Xie Duan thought that this was the care given to him by his neighbors for several days, and he went forward to thank them. The neighbors said, "We didn't do these things in the first place, so how can we ask you to thank them?" Xie Duan again thought that the neighbors did not understand his thanks, yet he went to thank them several times and did so, and then asked them what was wrong.

The neighbors laughed and said to him, "You yourself have married a wife, and are quietly hiding in your home to cook for you, so how can you say that we cooked for you?" Xie Duan had no words to answer but was puzzled, not knowing what was the reason for this. Then one day he got up and went out when the rooster crowed, and came back quietly at daybreak, and peeped outside the fence at his own home. He saw a young girl, who came out of the urn and went under the stove to light a fire for cooking.

She then entered the house and went straight to the urn to look at the snail, but saw only an empty shell. So Xie Duan came to the stove and asked the maiden, "Where did the new daughter-in-law come from, and is she still cooking for me?"

The maiden was so frightened that she wanted to go back to the urn, but could not, so she replied, "I am the White Water Vegetable Maiden in the middle of the Heavenly River.

The emperor of heaven pitied you for your youth and loneliness, and for your respectfulness and prudence, and for your ability to keep your manners, so he sent me to keep your house and cook for you, and in ten years' time, so that you may live in wealth and marry a wife, and then I should go back.

But you hid your body for no reason and secretly saw my body, so that my body appearance has been exposed, I will no longer be suitable to stay, only to leave you and go. Although in the future you will naturally be less lack of something, but to hard plowing and laboring, fishing and gathering in order to take care of the livelihood. I will leave the conch shells for you to take, used to store food, often can not lack of food. The girl never agreed to stay.

Then the sky suddenly became stormy, and the girl flew away. Xie Duan set up a shrine for her and worshipped her all year round. Xie Duan's daily life was rich and plentiful, just not to the extent of great wealth. So, people in the countryside married their daughters to him. He later went on to a career as a county magistrate. It is said that the present Su Nui Shrine in Daozhong is dedicated to this Baishui Su Nui.

Significance of the Story of the Conch Girl

This story shows people's reverence for kindness and purity. The girl of the field snail is not only beautiful, but also kind, she used her strength to help a poor farmer, sending him the warmth and hope of life. Her purity and kindness won people's respect and admiration, and also brought people the desire and pursuit of a better life.

This story also reflects people's pursuit of true love. The love story between the conch girl and the farmer shows people's persistent pursuit of true love. Even though they face difficulties and resistance, they always stick to their beliefs and finally realize their happiness.

The story also conveys the idea of harmony between man and nature. As a natural creature, the snail girl establishes a deep emotional connection with human beings, and her kindness and dedication are also appreciated and rewarded by the farmer. This concept of living in harmony*** is an important revelation for the sustainable development of modern society.

Refer to Baidu Encyclopedia-The Milk Snail Girl for the above content