Sun Wu Kong--Monkey King
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Tang Seng--Shi Fu / Master
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Ba Jie--Piggy
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Princess Iron Fan & Ox Demon
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| Flaming Mountains 火焰山 | | story introduction 剧情介绍 | | 唐僧师徒，一路风尘仆仆朝西行去。走着走着，渐渐觉得热气袭人，难以忍受。此进正值秋天，大家感到很奇怪。一打听才知道前方有座火焰山，方圆八百里寸草不生。又从土地老儿嘴里听说，要想过山，只有向铁扇公主借芭蕉扇扇灭火后才能通过。悟空把师父安排好，前往芭蕉洞找铁扇公主。铁扇公主是牛魔王的妻子，红孩儿之母。因上次红孩儿想吃唐僧肉与司空结下了冤仇，铁扇公主哪里肯借。悟空初次借扇，被铁扇公主用芭蕉扇扇得无踪无影。灵吉菩萨得知实情，给他一粒?定风丹?再去借扇。悟空二次来借扇，公主又用扇扇他，悟空口含定风丹，一动不动。公主急忙回洞，闭门不出。悟空变作一只小虫，乘公主喝茶之际进入铁扇公主腹中。公主腹疼难忍，答应借扇，但给的是一把假扇。第三次，悟空变成牛魔王模样，骗得真扇。牛魔王到家得知真相后急忙追赶，悟空与牛魔王大战。八戒、沙僧上前助战，最后把牛魔王打得现出原形。悟空用芭蕉扇扇灭山火，师徒四人继续西行取经。 | | En route, their path is blocked by a flaming mountain. Monkey King remembers that his sister-in-law, Princess Iron Pan possesses a fan that can put out the fire, the Monkey King decides to pay her a visit. Upon his arrival the Princess is reminded, however, that it was the monkey who forced her ill-mannered son to become a servant of a buddhisatva as punishment. Still angry, Princess Iron Fan refuses to lend Monkey King the fan. So they start to fight. Monkey King has magical powers, Princess can not kill him with swords. She returns to her cave. Princess Iron Fan comes out with the fan and blows Monkey King half-way around the world. But with one somersault, Monkey King bounds back and uses a wind-calming pearl borrowed from Buddha. Now Princess Iron Fan just can not blow him away. Then the Monkey King, master of a thousand transformations, turns himself into a bug. When the Iron Fan Princess drinks from a cup, the Monkey King leaps into the cup and is swallowed. Tumbling inside her and causing terrible stomach pains, monkey forces the Princess to relent and lend him the fan. The flame is soon put out, and the journey continues. |
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| The Monkey King and Journey to the West | Monkey King (or Sunwukong) was born from a stone. He wanted to be like the immortals and be free from death. He was extremely smart and capable, and learned all the magic tricks from a master Taoist. He could transform himself into seventy-two different images such as a tree, a bird, a beast of prey, or a bug as small as a mosquito so as to sneak into an enemy belly to fight him or her inside out. Using clouds as a vehicle, he can travel 180,000 miles a single somersault.
He claimed to be king in defiance of the Great Emperor of Jade?the only authority over heaven, the seas, the earth, and the subterranean world. That act of high treason invited the relentless scourge of the Heavenly army. After many showdowns, the dove faction of the heavenly court persuaded the emperor to offer the monkey an official title to appease him. The monkey accepted this offer on a trial basis. However, he learned a few days later that he was cheated and being jeered all over the heavenly court: the position he held was nothing but a stable keeper. Enraged, he revolted, fighting his way back to earth to resume his own claim as a king.
Eventually, the heavenly army subdued him, only after many a battle, with the help of all the god warriors. However, all methods of execution failed. One attempt to kill him actually gave him a pair of fiery golden crystal eyes that can see through what people normally cannot.
At last, the emperor asked Buddha for help. The Buddha moved a great mountain known as the Mount of Five Fingers to fall upon him. Still, the tenacious monkey survived the enormous weight and pressure, except he could not move! Five hundred years later, there came to his rescue the monk Tripitaka. To insure that Tripitaka could make the journey to the West to get the Buddhist scriptures, Buddha had arranged for the Monkey King to become his disciple and escort him, along with two other disciples they later came across. There the four started their stormy journey west which was packed with actions and adventures.
Monkey, the monk, Pigsy, and Sandy work their way to the Western Paradise and the Buddhist sutras. Tall mountains, deep rushing rivers, and evil demons lie ahead. But Monkey is brave and smart, and he even learns to behave. They know this is an important mission. As many years pass, they learn to face challenges by working together. When a task is too hard, the goddess Guan Yin helps out. After traveling for 14 years and 108,000 miles, Monkey and his friends reach the Western Paradise. Buddha gives them the sacred sutras to take back to China. Buddha knows that the travelers suffered on the journey, but they also learned something new about themselves. Plus, they each earned merit for doing good deeds. Buddha rewards them for their loyalty and hard work?with immortal life and happiness.
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