Journey To The West

The novel is based on the actual 7th century pilgrimage of the buddhist monk xuanzang 602 664 to india in search of sacred texts.

Journey to the west. Directed by stephen chow chi kin kwok. Journey to the west has strong roots in chinese folk religion chinese mythology confucianist taoist and buddhist philosophy and the pantheon of taoist immortals and buddhist bodhisattvas are still reflective of some chinese religious attitudes today. With zhang wen qi shu bo huang show lo. As a guide to thoughts strange and alien to western minds it is second to none.

Tang sanzang an aspiring buddhist hero tries to protect a village from three demons. Journey to the west the powerful and mischievous stone monkey king brings chaos to heaven and earth. Each of the adventures explores specific issues and the chinese daoist interpretation. Throughout his journey xuanzang fights demons who wish to eat him communes with spirits and.

It is thus intended as educational. Freed from a mountain prison in order to guard a chinese monk on his journey to retrieve the buddhist scriptures from india monkey seeks his own spiritual transformation.