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Like Sun Wukong, Tang Sanzang is often described as a god of protection. Ksitigarbha , a highly revered bodhisattva in East Asian Buddhism , is occasionally mistaken for Tang Sanzang because the former is often portrayed like Tang Sanzang - dressed in a similarly patterned kasaya robe, wearing a Buddhist crown (an Ushnisha or a Black Crown ...
However, he was subdued by Sun Wukong and Zhu Bajie when Tang Sanzang's party came across him. They consequently took him in, as part of the pilgrimage to the West. Sha Wujing's weapon is a magic wooden staff wrapped in pearly threads, although artwork and adaptations depict him with a Monk's spade staff.
Sun Wukong then seeks help from Lingji Bodhisattva, who subdues the yaoguai and reveals that the yaoguai is actually a yellow marten spirit from Vulture Peak. The Tiger Vanguard (虎先鋒) is a minion of the Yellow Wind Demon who captures Tang Sanzang while Sun Wukong and Zhu Bajie are distracted. He is killed by Zhu Bajie.
Understanding Sun Wukong will be difficult to control, Guanyin gives Tang Sanzang a gift from the Buddha: a magical circlet which, once the Monkey King is tricked into putting it on, can never be removed. When Tang Sanzang chants a certain sutra, the band will tighten and cause an unbearable headache.
The dragon fights with Sun Wukong but is no match and retreats underwater. Sun Wukong hears from an Earth Deity that the dragon was placed there by Guanyin so he goes to find the bodhisattva and learns of the dragon's origin. The dragon prince had been waiting there for Tang Sanzang but did not recognize the latter and ate his horse as a result.
The film has a reported budget of around US$64 million. Filming started on 6 August 2015, starring Kris Wu as Tang Sanzang, Lin Gengxin as Sun Wukong, Mengke Bateer as Sha Wujing, Yao Chen as Taoist and Bao Bei'er as an unannounced character; Shu Qi and Cheng Sihan reprise their roles as Duan and Master Nameless respectively.
Buddhist monk Tang Sanzang embarks on a holy pilgrimage to India seeking out and bringing back to China Buddhist scriptures.He is accompanied by three powerful disciples, Sun Wukong, a shapeshifting stone monkey and trickster who rebelled against Heaven, Zhu Bajie, a former Marshal Canopy of Heaven expelled for harassing the moon goddess Chang'e and subsequently reincarnated as a humanoid pig ...
In addition, he learns that the Tang Priest has given up the journey to India, dismissed his other disciples Pigsy and Friar Sand, taken a wife, and accepted the position as a general of the imposter Great Tang's military. Tang Sanzang begins to amass a huge army to fight the forces of desire led by King Paramita (Perfection), one of Monkey's ...