The true and false story of Leiyin Temple in Journey to the West. . . . . .

Main contents: In Thorn Ridge, Bajie opened the way with a rake, and his disciples marched hard. In the evening, the Tang Priest was absorbed by the tree spirits and went to Mu Xian 'an to recite poems and taste tea. Xingxian was infatuated with Tang Priest, dancing and singing, but Tang Priest was unmoved. At dawn, the disciples came to the rescue and came to the "Xiaolei Temple". The Tang Priest worshiped him devoutly, but the Buddha in the temple was a demon. Wukong was locked in a golden bowl, and Tang Priest and others were captured.

With the help of 28 stars, Wukong was able to get away and fight with the demon, but the demon put him in the treasure bag. Later, Wukong invited Maitreya Buddha to set a clever plan in the watermelon field and finally caught the yellow-browed child demon. The Tang Priest and his disciples were able to continue westward.

The novel "Yan Xi" takes the historical event of "Tang Priest's Learning from the Scriptures" as the background, and deeply depicts the social reality at that time through the author's artistic processing. The book mainly describes the story of the Monkey King's encounter with Tang Priest, Pig Bajie, Friar Sand after his birth, and his disturbance to the Heaven Palace. He went west to learn from the scriptures, demonized all the way, and after eighty-one difficulties, he finally arrived in the Western Heaven to meet the Tathagata Buddha, and finally the Five Saints died.

The Journey to the West's content is the most complicated in China's classical novels. It combines the thoughts and contents of Buddhism, Taoism and Confucianism, which not only allows the immortals of Buddhism and Taoism to perform at the same time, but also injects the human feelings of the real society into the world of Buddhism and Taoism, and sometimes inserts a few words of Confucian wisdom, which is harmonious and interesting, making the book win the interest of readers at all levels of culture.

The appearance of The Journey to the West opened up a new category of ghost novels. The ingenious combination of well-meaning satire, bitter satire and serious criticism in the book directly affects the development of satirical novels. So The Journey to the West is the pinnacle of ancient romance novels. In the history of world literature, it is also a masterpiece of romanticism and a pioneer of magical realism.

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