It deals with the adventures of a rebellious monkey, the famous Sun Wukong, and his companions in search of the sacred scriptures, well known to the Chinese people.Īs a reader, you find yourself holding a Chinese novel that surpasses thousands of pages.įairytale stories, which ignore the border between men and animals, and in which strange characters are meet every step. This is Wu Cheng’en’s novel also knows as MONKEY.
MOVIES: Three Kingdoms: Resurrection of the Dragon (2008) – The Red Cliff (2008) JOURNEY TO THE WEST – 西游记 Xī Yóu Jì If you are interested in the story told in this Chinese novel but think you are a little too lazy to read the book which is divided into 120 chapters ( with about 800,000 characters) we recommend at least giving the film a watch to get an idea of this great story!! In the past, many of the anecdotes were represented in dramas and nowadays in TV series, films and video games. The novel has had a great influence in Chinese literature and in society. In China, children read the novel a bit like they do with fairy tales, while politicians use it as a vademecum ( a handbook or guide that is kept constantly at hand for consultation) for strategies and scholars as a stimulus to wisdom.
It discusses real events that occurred during the history of China in the historical moment called the “period of the three kingdoms” since the Chinese territory was divided between the kingdoms of Cao Wei, Shu Han and Wu.
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