The Journey to the West (Pilgrimage to the West)

Journey to the West is the first romantic novel written by Wu Chengen in the Ming Dynasty.

The novel mainly tells the story of Monkey King, who met Tang Monk, Zhu Bajie, Sha Monk and White Dragon Horse after he was born to learn skills with Bodhi and made a big noise in the Heavenly Palace. He went west to learn scriptures. He went through hardships and dangers along the way, subdued demons and eliminated demons, and went through ninety-nine eighty-one difficulties. Finally, he reached the western sky to see the Buddha, and finally the five saints came true. The novel is based on the historical event of "Xuanzang obtaining scriptures". The artistic processing of the author deeply depicts the social life of the people in the Ming Dynasty.

Journey to the West is a classic work of Chinese magic novels, reaching the peak of ancient romantic novels. It is also known as the four classical masterpieces of China together with Romance of the Three Kingdoms, The Water Margin and A Dream of Red Mansions. Journey to the West has been widely spread among the people since its inception, and various versions have emerged one after another. There were six kinds of publications in the Ming Dynasty, seven kinds of publications and transcripts in the Qing Dynasty, and thirteen kinds of lost versions recorded in ancient books. After the Opium War, a large number of Chinese classical literary works were translated into Western languages. Journey to the West gradually spread to Europe and America, and was translated into English, French, German, Italian, Spanish, sign language, Shih (Esperanto), Swahili (Swahili), Russian, Czech, Roman, Polish, Japanese, Korean, Vietnamese and other languages.

Journey to the West 1986 Chinese Online Watch：

https://tv.cctv.com/2012/12/03/VIDA1354534828865268.shtml