Shihan and the Snail (Chinese Folk Story)

Shihan and the snail tells about a hard-working young farmer Shihan, who happened to pick up a dying snail on the beach. the snail came to when it was put into a large jug of water, and it transformed into a girl of dazzling beauty.Shihan and the Snail fell in love with each other, and were married. Unforturnately the magistrate got news of this. He desired to take the Snail as his concubine. the couple and their children managed to escape. They jumped into the Lijiang River to avoid being captured, and turned themselves into oddly-shaped rocks wich can be seen to this day.