New Journey to the West (1985) 新西游记

Director: Liu Weiyi

Screenwriter: Cai Tiansong

Starring: Yang Lihua / Xiao Fengxian / Wu Cui'e / Guan Cong / Huang Xitian / Xu Lu

Genre: Opera / Drama

Country/Region of Production: Taiwan, China

Language: Hokkien

Date: 1985

Number of seasons: 1

Number of episodes: 1

Single episode length: 60 minutes

Adaptation: Retelling

Summary:

“New Journey to the West” There is the Flower and Fruit mountain in the Aolai Country of Dongsheng China. A stone on the top of the mountain gave birth to a monkey. The stone monkey sought instruction from a teacher and was named Sun Wukong. He learned seventy-two transformations, could travel hundreds of thousands of miles in one somersault, and called himself the “Monkey King”. He stole the Sea Fixing Needle and turned it into a Wish-Fulfilling Golden Cudgel. He then went to the underworld to cancel the monkey’s name from the book of life and death. The Jade Emperor’s two attempts to bring him peace ended in failure and he had no choice but to invite Buddha Tathagata to suppress Sun Wukong under the Five Elements Mountain.

The Tathagata sent Avalokitesvara Bodhisattva to the Eastern Land to find a Buddhist scripture collector, and to come to the Western Heaven to collect Buddhist scriptures and persuade all living beings. Guanyin enlightened Chen Xuanzang to go to the West to obtain the true scriptures. Tang Sanzang traveled westward and rescued Sun Wukong in the Five Elements Mountain. The two masters and apprentices traveled westward and captured the white dragon in Yingchou Stream. In Gaolaozhuang, Zhu Bajie was subdued; in Liusha River, Sha Wujing was subdued.

The four masters and disciples traveled across mountains and rivers to the west to seek scriptures. During the journey, the four masters and disciples eliminated demons and subdued them, and experienced countless hardships and obstacles. Finally, they came to the Holy Land of Lingshan, obtained the true scriptures, and returned to their homeland. Tang Sanzang and others returned the Buddhist scriptures to Chang'an, the capital of the Tang Dynasty, and the real body returned to Lingshan. Tang Sanzang was named the Sandalwood Buddha of Merit, Wukong was named the Fighting Victory Buddha, Bajie was named the Envoy of the Pure Altar, Sha Monk was named the Golden Body Arhat, and the White Dragon Horse was promoted to the Eight Heavenly Dragons. Each returned to his own place and shared the bliss.

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