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This is an accepted version of this page This is the latest accepted revision, reviewed on 30 December 2024. 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. In this Chinese name, the family name is ...
As a punishment for rebelling against the heavens, Sun Wukong, the Monkey King, has been trapped under a mountain for 500 years, until he is helped by the monk Tang Sanzang. The two come to respect each other and the Monkey King decides to help him on his pilgrimage to the West and to become his disciple. They are joined along the way by Pigsy ...
Baoshan Mountain in Shunchang, Fujian: Wang Yimin, a curator of the Shunchang County Museum in Fujian Province, has proposed that the "birthplace of Sun Wukong" is Baoshan Mountain. The main evidence for this claim is the discovery of a joint tomb of Sun Wukong and his brothers dating back to the late Yuan and early Ming dynasties.
He introduces the latter to Sun Wukong, who was trapped under a mountain by the Buddha. Gao Cuilan (高翠蘭) is a woman forced by Zhu Bajie to be his wife. Squire Gao (高員外) is Gao Cuilan's father. The Dragon King of Jing River (涇河龍王) is the ruler of the Jing River and a relative of the Dragon Kings of the Four Seas.
The first is Sun Wukong, or the Monkey King (or just "Monkey"), whose given name loosely means "Monkey Awakened to Emptiness ", trapped under a mountain by the Buddha for defying Heaven. He appears right away in chapter 13.
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).
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.
Wukong wishes to help the Emperor rebuild Heaven, but he is stopped by Buddha. Buddha reveals that Wukong's chance for atonement will arrive in 500 years, but must sleep inside Buddha's hand-turned-mountain until then. Wukong agrees and is sealed by Buddha. 500 years later, Tang Sanzang approaches the mountain.