Journey to the West Vernacular Summing Up
"Journey to the West" was one of the four famous Chinese classical novels. It told the story of Sun Wukong, Zhu Bajie, Monk Sand, and Tang Sanzang (also known as the Journey to the West), who went to the Western Heaven to obtain Buddhist scriptures after 81 difficulties. On the way, they encountered all kinds of difficulties and challenges, such as monsters, demons, evil forces, and so on. Sun Wukong and the others used all kinds of magical powers to overcome many difficulties and finally arrived at the western paradise to obtain the true scripture. The whole novel is based on the journey of the four masters of the Tang Dynasty, and the rich story plots and characters show the traditional Chinese culture, philosophy, history, religion and other aspects of the ideology. It was also a classic in the history of Chinese literature that had a profound impact on Chinese culture and art.