In the original novel of Journey to the West, there were no monsters that hurt Buddha.
In Journey to the West, the original name of the Buddha was Gautama Siddhartha. He was a famous ancient Indian philosopher and the founder of Buddhism. He was honored as Buddha by later generations. His father was King Jingfan of the Kingdom of Kamilavata, and his mother was Mrs. Maya. <a href="/?from=ask_words" style="color:red" target="_blank">Read more exciting novels for free</a>
In chapters 80 - 83 of Journey to the West, the monster was a golden-nosed white-haired mouse spirit. Its prototype was related to the Western Region's "Rat Country" in Volume 20 of Journey to the Western Regions. This mouse spirit came from the side of Buddha. Because it stole the fragrant flowers and candles of Buddha on Mount Lingshan, it caused a great disaster and was hunted by the Heavenly Soldiers and Heavenly Generals. After being captured by Li Jing, the Pagoda-bearing Heavenly King, it worshipped Li Jing as its adoptive father and Nezha as its elder brother. <a href="/?from=ask_words" style="color:red" target="_blank">Read more exciting novels for free</a>
The Maitreya Buddha in the 86 edition of Journey to the West was played by the actor Tie Niu (formerly known as Yang Xiye). In the play, when Tang Sanzang and his disciples came to Little Leiyin Temple, Tang Sanzang went in to worship Buddha and was trapped in the golden cymbal by the demon. After the God of Heaven Kang Jinlong rescued Wukong, Wukong fought with the demon many times. Later, the Maitreya Buddha came and told everyone that the demon was the yellow-browed child of Si Qing. The yellow-browed child stole the Maitreya Buddha's human bag and other treasures and pretended to be Buddha to set a trap to capture Tang Sanzang and his disciples. In the end, with the help of Maitreya Buddha, Tang Sanzang was saved. Wukong set fire to the temple and the four of them continued to move forward. During the casting of the 86 edition of Journey to the West, Director Yang Jie had been searching for the actor of Maitreya Buddha for three years. Maitreya's appearance was distinctive, which made it more difficult to select actors. Although there were people auditioning, they were far from the image in Director Yang Jie's mind. It wasn't until October 1985, when Director Yang Jie attended a grand ceremony held by the Shanghai Film Studio, that she found a suitable actor, Tie Niu, after being recommended by a friend. Iron Bull had once created an impressive image of a warrior in the black and white movie,"Conquering the South and Fighting the North." <a href="/?from=ask_words" style="color:red" target="_blank">Read more exciting novels for free</a>
The images of Guanyin and Tathagata Buddha in the 86 edition of Journey to the West were classic. Zhu Longguang, the actor who played the role of Buddha, had acted as many people's heroes and was active on the stage before he took part in the drama. In order to find an actor to play the role of Buddha, the chief stylist Wang Xizhong looked around. Because of the importance of the role, the directors Yang Jie and Wang Xizhong wanted to find someone with a big face, big body, dignified appearance, and 16 people were not ideal. Zhu Longguang was recommended because of his tall figure, mighty appearance, loud voice, dignified and imposing manner. At first, he acted according to his own understanding of immortals. Director Yang Jie thought it was inappropriate and asked Xun Hao (the eldest grandson of Xun Huisheng, one of the "Four Famous Dans" in the Beijing opera world) to guide him. Xun Hao told Zhu Longguang that Buddha should have his five hearts facing up (the top of his head, the palms of his hands and feet facing up, sitting cross-legged, with his eyes slightly closed, smiling, a green lamp, and one's heart to Buddha). Zhu Longguang often went to the temple to observe the Buddha's behavior and figure out his voice and smile. In the end, he successfully created the classic image of the Buddha in only four scenes (the Heavenly Palace Peach Festival, Sun Wukong being suppressed in the Five Elements Mountain, Tang Xuanzang passing on the scriptures in the Western Heaven, and the real and fake Monkey King). There were even interesting stories about him buying Buddha statues in Thailand and discovering that the Buddha statues were of him. Zuo Dabin, who played Guanyin, also made the role extremely classic. Zuo Dabin once played Guanyin in Chasing the Fish and was remembered by Director Yang Jie. Director Yang Jie invited her to play the role of Guanyin when she was preparing to shoot the 86 edition of Journey to the West. Zuo Dabin's role as Guanyin had many magical aspects. When filming the episode of "Stealing Ginseng Fruit", it was raining. Guanyin needed a sunny day to save the tree. The rain stopped as soon as she changed her clothes and put on makeup. She waited for the rain when filming, and when it was her turn to shoot, the rain stopped. When it snowed, the snow stopped as soon as she appeared. After the drama was broadcast, she was regarded as a living Bodhisattva. Some people posted her Guanyin photo at home to worship her. There were also pedestrians kneeling on the road to ask for a child. <a href="/?from=ask_words" style="color:red" target="_blank">Read more exciting novels for free</a>
The image of the Buddha in the animation Journey to the West originated from the classic China novel Journey to the West. The prototype of his character was the most famous Buddha in the history of orthodox Buddhism, Sakyamuni Buddha. In the anime, the Tathagata Buddha was the supreme being of the Buddhist world. He was the initiator of the cause of obtaining Buddhist scriptures and the highest leader of the Buddhist Kingdom of the Western Heaven. He had boundless magical power, omniscience, and wisdom. He was in charge of all the gods of Buddhism. Although he had a supreme status and powerful magic power, he was fully secularized in the author's works. He had personality characteristics similar to secular people, such as humor, witty language, vanity, respect for power, good at planning, meticulous thinking, and also protecting subordinates and greed for money. <a href="/?from=ask_words" style="color:red" target="_blank">Read more exciting novels for free</a>
There was no most powerful monster in the original novel of Journey to the West because the monsters in the novel had their own characteristics and abilities. Each monster had its own unique story and background. However, some demons were very powerful, such as the White Bone Demon, the Fire God of the Flaming Mountain, and the Black Bear Demon. These monsters played an important role in the novel and posed a huge threat to mankind.
Journey to the West was a novel that respected Buddhism and suppressed Taoism. The protagonist of the novel, Sun Wukong, was a Buddhist character. He fought with all kinds of monsters and immortals on the way to learn Buddhist scriptures, and constantly cultivated his own Dao. At the same time, he also had some understanding of Buddhist ideas. However, at the end of the novel, Sun Wukong also realized that the Taoist ideology of "everything has karma" expressed the author's respect and recognition of Taoist ideology. Therefore, it can be said that Journey to the West is a novel that respects Buddha and restrains Taoism. It has both Buddhist and Taoist backgrounds.
In Journey to the West, the scorpion spirit was once pushed by Buddha when she was listening to Buddha talk about scriptures in Leiyin Temple. She turned her hook and pricked the thumb of Buddha's left hand. Buddha was in pain. The scorpion spirit's intense reaction might have something to do with its self-centered, selfish, and indulgent personality. She was not a mortal demon and was qualified to listen to the scriptures in Leiyin Temple, which showed that her background was not ordinary. However, her actions violated normal thinking and logic. In the territory of Buddha and under the push of Buddha, she dared to take the initiative to hurt people and angered Buddha. Buddha immediately sent Vajra to capture her. However, she successfully escaped from the Western Heaven and later came to the country of women to cause trouble. <a href="/?from=ask_words" style="color:red" target="_blank">Read more exciting novels for free</a>
In Journey to the West, the prototype of the Tathagata Buddha was the most famous Buddha in the history of orthodox Buddhism, Sakyamuni Buddha. He was the supreme leader of the Buddhist Kingdom of the West. He had boundless magical power, omniscience, omnipotent, and vast wisdom. He was in charge of all the gods of Buddhism. From the origin of Shakyamuni Buddha, he was born in the royal family of Dostogara in the Ganges basin of India (now in the territory of Nepal). He was born around 563 or 624 B.C. His father was King Jingfan and his mother was Maya. Before he was born, his mother had a strange dream, as if she was in the arms of a white elephant. When he was young, he married Yeshu Tuoluo and had a son, Rahula. Later, he was confused about the true meaning of life, suffering, and death. He began to practice asceticism and meditation. After a long period of fasting and meditation, he finally meditated under the bodhi tree for 49 days. Although he was tempted by the demon king, he was finally freed and became the Buddha. <a href="/?from=ask_words" style="color:red" target="_blank">Read more exciting novels for free</a>
In Journey to the West, the Buddha was the initiator of the Buddhist cause and the supreme leader of the Buddhist Kingdom in the Western Heaven. He had boundless magical power, omniscience, omnipotent, and vast wisdom. He was in charge of all the gods in Buddhism. The prototype of his character was originally the most famous Buddha in the history of orthodox Buddhism, Sakyamuni Buddha. In the author's works, the Buddha was fully secularized. He had the personality characteristics of a secular person, such as humor, humorous language, vanity, respect for power, good at planning, meticulous thinking, protecting subordinates, greed and miserly. <a href="/?from=ask_words" style="color:red" target="_blank">Read more exciting novels for free</a>