{"id":6455,"date":"2019-11-17T23:20:49","date_gmt":"2019-11-17T23:20:49","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/chinesemoment.com\/chinese-culture\/xi-you-ji-journey-to-the-west\/"},"modified":"2019-11-17T23:20:49","modified_gmt":"2019-11-17T23:20:49","slug":"xi-you-ji-journey-to-the-west","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/chinesemoment.com\/th\/xi-you-ji-journey-to-the-west\/","title":{"rendered":"\u897f\u6e38\u8bb0 Journey to the West"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>Recently Chinese actor Zhang Jinlai, is spearheading a campaign to get his series &quot;Journey to the West&quot;(\u897f\u6e38\u8bb0x\u012b y&oacute;u j&igrave; ) the Guinness World Record for the most broadcast and highest-rated series.&nbsp; <\/p>\n<p>  Zhang, who played the Mo<em><\/em>nkey King in the classic story&#8217;s first small-screen adaptation in 1986, says that the series has been aired in China over three-thousand times since it was first broadcast.<\/p>\n<p>  [x\u012b y&oacute;u j&igrave;] \u897f\u6e38\u8bb0 Journey to the West<\/p>\n<p>  What is more, Journey to the West is set to be made into an American TV series. Titled Badlands, the series will be produced by AMC and will hit the small screen next year or in early 2016.&nbsp; How much do you know a<em><\/em>bout &quot;Journey to the West&quot;?<\/p>\n<p>  \u897f\u6e38\u8bb0 Journey to the West<\/p>\n<p>  Journey to the West is an ancient Chinese novel a<em><\/em>bout the pilgrimage of Tang Monk and his three disciples, the Mo<em><\/em>nkey King, the pig demon, Zhu Bajie, and the river demon, Sha Wujing, to obtain Buddhist s<em><\/em>criptures.<\/p>\n<p>  The novel is ba<em><\/em>sed on a real story in history. Back in the Tang Dynasty, a young monk called Xuan Zang traveled over ten thousand miles to India to obtain Buddhist s<em><\/em>criptures. He went through a great deal of ordeals before achieving his goal. But apart from commending the achievements of the Tang Monk, the novel depicts three other characters, the most famous, the Mo<em><\/em>nkey King, Sun Wukong.<\/p>\n<p>  Sun is a mo<em><\/em>nkey capable of magic. He is just, brave and capable of 72 transformations. While on the road, he killed and defeated numerous devils. The character is loved by all in China. As to the other two pilgrims, the pig demon is kind by nature, albeit gluttonous, lazy at work and known for playing petty tricks constantly. The river demon is loyal, honest, hardworking and uncomplaining, and respo<em><\/em>nsible for taking care of the daily needs of his master and fellow pilgrims.<\/p>\n<p>  [xi\u01ceo shu\u014d] \u5c0f\u8bf4 novel<br \/>  [sh&eacute;n hu&agrave;] \u795e\u8bdd myth<br \/>  [q\u01d4 j\u012bng] \u53d6\u7ecf obtain s<em><\/em>criptures <br \/>  [ch\u0101o yu&egrave; z&igrave; w\u01d2] \u8d85\u8d8a\u81ea\u6211 to surpass oneself<br \/>  [k&egrave; f&uacute; k&ugrave;n n&aacute;n] \u514b\u670d\u56f0\u96be to overcome difficulties<\/p>\n<p>  The four of them have survived the test of eighty-one challenges in the adventure before finally acquiring Buddhist s<em><\/em>criptures.<\/p>\n<p>  Journey to the West is a household myth in China. Its many tales a<em><\/em>bout surpassing o<em><\/em>neself and overcoming difficulties have always been a positive influence on Chinese people.<br type=\"_moz\" \/><\/div>\n<div class=\"chine-tie-zi-nei-rong-zhi-hou\" id=\"chine-3259152264\"><script async src=\"\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-1889418300638825\" crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script><ins class=\"adsbygoogle\" style=\"display:block;\" data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-1889418300638825\" \ndata-ad-slot=\"7273022922\" \ndata-ad-layout-key=\"-gw-3+1f-3d+2z\"\ndata-ad-format=\"fluid\"><\/ins>\n<script> \n(adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); \n<\/script>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Recently Chinese actor Zhang Jinlai, is spearheading a campaign to get his series &quot;Journey to the West&quot;(\u897f\u6e38\u8bb0x\u012b y&oacute;u j&igrave; )<\/p>","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[9,16],"tags":[119],"class_list":["post-6455","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-chinese-culture","category-traditional-chinese-festivals","tag-ancient-chinese"],"views":166,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/chinesemoment.com\/th\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6455","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/chinesemoment.com\/th\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/chinesemoment.com\/th\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chinesemoment.com\/th\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chinesemoment.com\/th\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=6455"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/chinesemoment.com\/th\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6455\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/chinesemoment.com\/th\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6455"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chinesemoment.com\/th\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6455"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chinesemoment.com\/th\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6455"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}