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This is an accepted version of this page This is the latest accepted revision, reviewed on 6 February 2025. Character in Chinese mythology For other uses, see Monkey King (disambiguation). "Wukong" redirects here. For other uses, see Wukong (disambiguation). "Qi Tian Da Sheng" redirects here. For Pu Songling's story, see The Great Sage, Heaven's Equal. A request that this article title be ...
Model of the Monkey King's homeland on Mount Huaguo, at Mount Huaguo (Jiangsu).. Mount Huaguo (traditional Chinese: 花 果 山; pinyin: Huāguǒ Shān; Wade–Giles: Hua 1 kuo 3 Shan 1; Japanese: Kakazan; Vietnamese: Hoa Quả Sơn) or Flowers and Fruit Mountain, is a major area featured in the novel Journey to the West (16th century).
Mount Huaguo is a popular tourist attraction, especially because of the novel Journey to the West.It has over 100 scenic spots [3] and thousands of visitors every year. The mountain has many statues based on its heroes, such as a sculpture of the head of Sun Wukong (the Monkey King), a protagonist of the novel.
Articles relating to the Monkey King (Sun Wukong), his cult, and his depictions. He is a literary and religious figure best known as one of the main players in the 16th-century Chinese novel Journey to the West (traditional Chinese: 西遊記; simplified Chinese: 西游记).
The king of the gods, Indra, responds by telling his wife that the living being (monkey) that bothers her is to be seen as a friend, and that they should make an effort to coexist peacefully. The hymn closes with all agreeing that they should come together in Indra's house and share the wealth of the offerings.
When the Monkey King appeared in a Buddhist novel, he attained a higher recognition in the cultural ethos of ancient China; temples were built in his honor and his biography was established. [1] The birthday of the Monkey King is observed as the New Year Day, [4] and also as trickster day as he had immeasurable talent and cunning wit. [5]
The four protagonists, from left to right: the Monkey King, Tang Sanzang (on the White Dragon Horse), Zhu Bajie, and Sha Wujing, as depicted on the Long Corridor in the Summer Palace, Beijing The edition published by the Shidetang Hall of Jinling in 1592, considered the earliest printed version of the Journey to the West, features captioned cross-page illustrations depicting various scenes.
Sha Wujing is the end result of embellishing a supernatural figure mentioned in Monk Hui Li's (Chinese: 慧立) 7th-century account of the historical Xuanzang called Daciensi Sanzang Fashi Zhuan (Chinese: 大慈恩寺三藏法師傳, A Biography of the Tripitaka-master of the Great Ci'en Monastery).