What did the ancients paint about Sun Wukong and Zhu Bajie three hundred years ago?
The images of Sun Wukong and Zhu Bajie have been evolving throughout history. What is the difference between the image of Sun Wukong and Zhu Bajie in the minds of ancients and our current images in movies and TV dramas? The ancient books of the Qing Dynasty three hundred years ago gave us Answer. It can be seen that Sun Wukong in the book is fierce and evil, and Zhu Bajie is not as honest and honest as in the film and television drama, and looks very shrewd.
Ancient books from the Qing Dynasty reveal Sun Wukong and Zhu Bajie three hundred years ago
"Journey to the West True Interpretation" is a Journey to the West picture book written during the Kangxi period of the Qing Dynasty. It has been around for more than 300 years. history. This dilapidated book contains more than 200 pages of ancient illustrations of Journey to the West. In it, Sun Wukong is shown with a monkey head and a golden hoop behind his back. His movements are exactly the same as those of Sun Wukong played by Liu Xiaolingtong, and he is wearing the same clothes. is also in a tiger skin skirt, but her expression is more ferocious and she looks more fierce. Zhu Bajie’s head is no different from that of a real pig, but his body is thinner than the character in the movie and TV series. He looks smarter and less honest. , the nine-tooth rake looks like a mace, and you can imagine the power of this weapon just by looking at it.
The prototype of Zhu Bajie
The prototype of Zhu Bajie in history is a very famous eminent monk during the Three Kingdoms period. His real name is Zhu Shixing. He was born hundreds of years earlier than his master Tang Seng. Like Xuanzang, he crossed the desert from Luoyang to today's Hotan, which was the ancient country of Yu Dian, in order to obtain the scriptures. After going through hardships, he brought back the "Da Pin Jing". He was also proficient in Sanskrit. In his eighties, During his many years of life, he and his disciples translated many Sanskrit scriptures and made great contributions to Buddhism in later generations.
The prototype of Sun Wukong
There are different opinions on the prototype of Sun Wukong. It was mentioned in the documentary "The Road of Xuanzang" that when Xuanzang passed through the border of the Tang Dynasty, he met a man with one heart. Xiangfo was a businessman who was a barbarian at that time, so his hair was thicker. This businessman pointed out the way across the border for Xuanzang, and Xuanzang also accepted him as his disciple, calling him Shipantuo. However, the good times did not last long. On the last night of crossing the border, Shi Pantuo finally gave up and left Xuanzang because he was afraid of the officers and soldiers. What did Sun Wukong look like three hundred years ago?
Everyone is familiar with Sun Wukong, which can be expressed in various forms on TV, movies, dramas, operas and cartoons. There are also well-known actors who play the roles, including Liu Xiaolingtong, Stephen Chow, Dicky Cheung, Chen Haomin, Wu Yue, Ding Jian, Jet Li, etc. They performed all kinds of Sun Wukong. I believe that everyone will have an image of Sun Wukong in their hearts, just like a thousand readers will have a thousand Hamlets.
Recently, an ancient book version of Journey to the West has appeared. This Journey to the West is a fragment of the Qing Dynasty. In this fragment of the classic, there is a painting, which depicts "Sun Wukong". What is the image of this Sun Wukong? He has a standard short figure, a monkey head and a human body, covered with hair, a hairy face and a thunderous mouth. He wears a monk's uniform, a tiger skin skirt, and thousand-layer-soled shoes. Holding a golden hoop in hand.
This image is quite similar to the image of the current Southern Monkey Opera, but the image of the original ancient book is more ferocious.
The image of this picture comes from a Qing Dynasty monograph on "Journey to the West", "Journey to the West True Interpretation". The real book contains ***100 chapters. The author is Chen Shibin of Shanyin in the early Qing Dynasty. According to the Ming Dynasty, It is a deleted version of "Journey to the West", with Chen Shibin's comments at the end of each chapter.
This book not only contains the image of Sun Wukong three hundred years ago, but also various monsters and gods involved in Journey to the West. There are about 200 illustrations of the pictures that can be seen in this fragmentary book, which provides us with It shows another world of Journey to the West and shows us the understanding of the characters in the mythological masterpiece "Journey to the West" by the people of the Qing Dynasty three hundred years ago.
So based on the display of this painting, which of our actors plays the image of Sun Wukong that is closer to the image of this painting three hundred years ago. At present, the clothes of Sun Wukong played by Liu Xiaolingtong are relatively close. In terms of facial expression, it is closer to the image of Sun Wukong in "Journey to the West: Conquer the Demons" directed by Stephen Chow. This face is so ferocious and ruthless that it just pops out of this painting. How to draw the illustrations of Journey to the West
The drawing method of illustrations of Journey to the West is as follows:
1. First draw Tang Monk’s hat, then draw his head and expression, and then Draw the body clothes below and draw the plaid pattern on the cassock.
2. Then draw the big-eared pig Bajie carrying a rake and the honest Sha Seng carrying luggage on both sides of Tang Monk. After drawing the lines on the ground, draw the Sun Wukong flying in the clouds and mist above, and add the clouds in the sky.
3. After painting Tang Monk’s skin color, paint his eyes black, his mouth and chin red, and paint his hat and cassock with red and yellow colors. In the same way, after applying skin color to Zhu Bajie and Sha Seng, the clothes are also painted to a good color. Finally, Sun Wukong is also painted, the ground is painted with soft green, and the clouds are painted with blue. The four masters and apprentices in Journey to the West are finished.
"Journey to the West" is one of the four classic Chinese classics, written by Wu Cheng'en. This book describes the legendary story of Sun Wukong, Zhu Bajie, and Sha Wujing protecting Monk Tang from studying in the West.
The author Wu Cheng'en uses romantic techniques to soar with the wings of extremely rich imagination, depicts a colorful, magical and magnificent fantasy world, creates a series of interesting and fascinating mythological stories, and successfully creates the idealized Sun Wukong, an extraordinary and holy figure. Heroic image.
"Journey to the West" is a classic of Chinese novels about gods and demons. It has reached the pinnacle of ancient romantic novels. It is also known as the four major Chinese classical novels along with "The Romance of the Three Kingdoms", "Water Margin" and "Dream of Red Mansions". masterpiece. "Journey to the West" has been widely circulated among the people since its publication, and various versions have emerged one after another.