The hometown of Sun Wukong was discovered in Shunchang County. Does the Monkey King really exist?

There are countless stories circulated among our people, and there are countless characters in the stories. So what I am talking about today is the Sun Wukong in "Journey to the West" who is truly well-known to women and children. In "Journey to the West", Sun Wukong caused havoc in the Heavenly Palace. He was extremely powerful, eliminated demons and demons along the way, and protected Monk Tang in his journey to the West. Sun Wukong has always been loved by the people, especially the locals in Shunchang County. Hard to imagine.

The symbols of the Monkey King can be seen everywhere on the streets of Shunchang. Grand activities are held for the Monkey King every year, including collecting the sacred fire, patrolling the streets, and sacrificial ceremonies. In particular, the sacrificial ceremony is the most lively. , not only the local believers in Shunchang participate in the sacrificial ceremony every year, but the Mazu Ministry of Water Affairs in Taiwan also sends representatives to participate in this ceremony to promote cross-strait relations and exchange of feelings.

On December 18th every year, there is a very special event in Shunchang called the Monkey King Competition. More than ten monkey king performing artists from both sides of the Taiwan Strait perform on stage to see who performs. Monkey King is more in place and more exciting.

Why do the locals in Shunchang worship the Monkey King so much? It is understood that the locals say that Shunchang is the hometown of the Monkey King and that Sun Wukong was born here. In our impression, Sun Wukong is not Did Dongsheng Shenzhou Aolai Guo Huaguoshan jump out of the cracks in the rocks? What's going on?

Yunlu Village is an ordinary village near Baoshan. The village is not big, with less than 800 people. This place is also very lively on July 17th every year. People from all over the surrounding areas gather here to participate in a temple fair. , and the place where the temple fair is held is the Qitian Temple in the village. This custom has been passed down for hundreds of years. Why is this temple fair chosen to be held on July 17th every year? According to the locals, Sun Wukong was born on July 10th. People were born on the seventh day of the year, so the name of this temple fair is the Monkey King’s Birthday Temple Fair.

It is said that the Monkey King's Birthday Temple Fair has been held since the Song Dynasty and is held every year. According to experts' arguments, this statement has a certain degree of credibility. You may know that the novel "Journey to the West" was written when In the Ming Dynasty, the "Shunchang Yi Zhi" during the Zhengde period of the Ming Dynasty recorded such a sentence, called Tongtian Shenhui's class notes, twenty-three ingots, three strings and two hundred coins. This was the tax record of Shunchang at that time. It can be seen that at that time Shunchang already has a large-scale temple fair to worship the Monkey King. The Ming Dynasty emperor Zhu Houzhao died in 1521, and Wu Chengen, the author of the novel "Journey to the West", was born in 1510. Judging from the time, Wu Chengen Before the creation of "Journey to the West", there was the birthday temple fair of Monkey King Monkey King in Yunlu Village. It is precisely because of its long history that the birthday temple fair of Monkey King Monkey King in Yunlu Village has been regarded by many people as a special event. Intangible cultural heritage with strong local cultural characteristics.

However, not only Yunlu Village, but also many villages in Shunchang County have these customs, which fully illustrates the wide scope and long history of the worship of Monkey King in Shunchang, and it is closely related to the novel "Journey to the West" There is not much connection. Some people even think that Wu Chengen's "Journey to the West" was probably created under the influence of Shunchang people.

The culture of Monkey King is a good belief that deserves to be spread widely. It is also a good bridge for our Chinese nation to communicate with each other and promote friendship. It should continue to be carried forward!