Journey to the West: In Search of Zhangye (2017) 西游记：张掖寻踪
Director: Cai Yifan / Huang Chunshen / Zhuang Yibin
Screenwriter: Huang Chunshen / Kong Lili
Starring: Li Lingyu / Li Tianfei / Duo Hongbin
Genre: Documentary
Country/Region of Production: Mainland China
Language: Mandarin Chinese
Date: 2017-04-09 (Mainland China)
Number of episode: 36
Single episode length: 36 mintues
Adaptation: Meta
Summary:
The whole film mainly tells about Li Tianfei, a young researcher of “Journey to the West”, and Li Lingyu, an actor of the 86 version of “Journey to the West”, went to Zhangye City, Gansu to explore the origin and legend of “Journey to the West”. They followed the clues of the novel “Journey to the West” all the way west, explored the natural and cultural relics related to the legend of “Journey to the West” in Zhangye area, and looked for the corroborating relationship between the novel and reality of “Journey to the West”. They traveled all over the land of Hexi, researched many murals on the subject of Journey to the West, searched for cultural inheritors, and solved the mystery of the inspiration and story source of the novel “Journey to the West”.
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