Based loosely on the priest Xuanzeng’s real pilgrimage to India, it spiced up proceedings by giving the monk Sanzang three divine protectors in the river ogre Sha Wujing, the pig demon Zhu Bajie ...
The Sanzang Pagoda is a small brick pagoda built in modem times after the Tang Dynasty style of pagodas. It is located on Fuzhou Hill (also called Little Jiuhua Hill) to the west of Taiping Gate ...
Photograph by Pictures from History, David Henley / Bridgeman Images Though Journey to the West was technically about Tang Sanzang’s pilgrimage, readers embraced Sun Wukong, and he became the ...
The novel tells the story of the monkey Sun Wukong and his fellow disciples, Zhu Bajie, a pig, and Sha Wujing (aka Sha Monk), escorting their master, Tang Sanzang (aka Tang Monk), on a pilgrimage ...
In the book, Xuanxang is referred to as Tang Sanzang, and the reality of his story becomes the jumping-off point for an epic fantasy adventure imbued with Buddhist mythology. Tang Sanzang doesn't ...
Other figures in the tale - the monk Tang Sanzang, his fellow disciples Zhu Bajie and Sha Wujing, the Bull Demon King - also appear in the action role-playing game. China's state-owned People ...