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Do the editions of The Journey to the West have their own characteristics?
To be sure, different versions must have different characteristics. As one of China's four classical novels, The Journey to the West has been remake into dozens of film and television works. As a literary treasure of China, The Journey to the West is not only sought after by Chinese people, but also attracted the attention of foreign friends. As an excellent cultural work, it was exported to Vietnam, Japan and other places, and then took root overseas, so there was a foreign version of The Journey to the West. But personally, the foreign version lacks the cultural essence of the original, so consider it.
Journey to the West Classic Edition:
Classic 1: Journey to the West, Edition 86
Among many versions of Journey to the West, the play was produced by China International Television Corporation, directed by Yang Jie, co-written by Dai, Yang Jie and Zou Yiqing, and played by six young children (the Monkey King) and Xu (4-5, 7-8,1-12,65438). A 25-episode drama starring Tang Priest, Wang Yue (6, 9, 10, Tang Priest), Ma Dehua (Pig Bajie) and Huaili Yan (Friar Sand) tells the story of the journey from the Monkey King's first appearance to Bo Sheng's Elysium. Among them, The Great Sage and Monkey King Thrice Defeats the Skeleton Demon is still very popular. The play was broadcast in 1986 Spring Festival, which caused a national sensation and was suitable for all ages. It was well received and created the myth of 89.4% ratings. It is still the most replayed TV series in winter and summer vacations, with more than 3000 replays, and it is still an unsurpassed classic. Under the limited technical conditions, I'm afraid the success of this drama can't even be accurately described by the word miracle. The indomitable spirit of the four Tang Priests in the play is vividly displayed. At the same time, the exquisite performance of six-year-old children and his interpretation of the Monkey King have become a stereotype in the hearts of the audience at that time and even now.
Classic 2: Journey to the West sequel
Popularize a little knowledge The 86th edition of The Journey to the West, which is often played in TV dramas, includes the sequel of Wu Chengen's Journey to the West, which was produced by Wuxi Film and Television Base Co., Ltd., directed by Yang Jie and adapted by six young children (Monkey King), Xu (Tang Priest), Chi (Tang Priest) and Liu Dagang (Sha Monk). It tells the story that Tang Priest and his disciples returned to Chang 'an, and Tang Priest told the Tang King about the difficulties and obstacles along the way. This drama supplements the missing part of the eighty-one difficulties in Journey to the West, with more gorgeous battle scenes and vivid characters. The true and false Monkey King in the play is well known to women and children, and the appearance of the sequel has drawn a satisfactory full stop for the 86 th edition of Journey to the West.
Classic 3: Journey to the West
The Journey to the West is adapted from Wu Cheng'en's novel The Journey to the West. The plot can be said to have nothing to do with the original. It mainly tells the story that after 300 years of success, the world shook, the devil suddenly came, the Buddha died, and the three worlds were in chaos. Lawless occupation of Lingshan, claiming? Wutian Buddha? And summoned all the demons to announce that 33 years later, the Tathagata will rely on the reincarnated Buddha's body to support his life, and rely on seventeen Buddhist relics to seize the nature of heaven and earth and return to the Three Realms with boundless magic, while the Monkey King led the Three Realms to help Qiao Linger, the reincarnated Tathagata, return to Lingshan. The whole drama subverts the thought of Journey to the West, from stubborn, willful and naughty to brave and selfless the Monkey King, from ugly and abnormal to handsome and handsome Pig Bajie, from Buddhist theory to Tang Sanzang who appreciates the true meaning of martial arts, from cowardice to Sha Wujing who later shouldered heavy burdens and went forward bravely. This play can be regarded as the most popular version in the adaptation. When I was a child, this drama was broadcast on Hunan Satellite TV, and I waited in front of the TV every day.
Although the versions are different, there are traces of truth and falsehood, good and evil, beauty and ugliness in the play. Journey to the West has invisibly changed the cognition of China children from generation to generation.
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