"Journey to the west" is one of the Four Great Classical Novels of Chinese literature, which the novel is widely known as a monkey.The author of the book is Wu Cheng'en.The novel describes a story of the Tang dynasty buddhist monk Xuan Zang who traveled to the "Western Regions", that is India, to obtain sacred texts and returned after many trials and much suffering. The Buddha gave this task to the monk and provided him three protectors who agree to help him as an atonement for their sins. These disciples are Sun Wukong, Zhu Wuneng, ang Sha Wujing, together with a dragon prince who acts as Xuan Zang's steed, a white horse. The novel shows a colorful ghost world. Everyone who has read the novel was amazed by the rich and bold artistic imagination of the author.
Interesting, I hadn't heard of the Four Great Classical Novels before. China really has a long and varied cultural history to offer the world.
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The novel shows people a colorful ghost world.
Everyone who has read the novel was amazed by...