(Snail Watch Journey to the West No. 6015)
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In the traditional customs of our country, the worship of the master only needs to prostrate three heads, after which he can be regarded as an introductory disciple, but the red child in the journey to the west is different, he needs to prostrate 53 heads, in the reader's view, the red child is wild and difficult to tame, which is to give him a dismount, but this is not the correct answer.
How disobedient is the Red Child?
When Tang Monk's apprentice first arrived at his territory, the red child immediately found him, and then arranged a shocking conspiracy, Tang Monk saw the child hanging on the tree, and felt that he was very pitiful, so he ordered the apprentice to rescue him, the red child was rescued but he was not idle at all, he actually turned into a stone to press Goku, where is the monkey brother afraid of this little trick, taking advantage of the fact that the master did not pay attention to his side, the monkey brother threw the child to death on the side of the road, fortunately, the red child knew the method of dissolving the corpse, otherwise this is a complete account.
The red child was only three hundred years old when he established himself, such an age always made people can't help but care, but the age the red child was at this time was hated by dogs, especially trouble, the biggest victim of which was the land of dry pine streams, where there were originally thirty lands and thirty mountain gods, but when Sun Wukong came here, there were only four staff members left, and these departed lands were forced by the red child's obscenity, so they rushed to save their lives.
There are also youkai who dare to turn into Guanyin, but there are very few children like the red child, not to mention holding a red gun and asking Guanyin if she is a rescuer invited by the monkey.
The red child has been spoiled by his family since he was a child, so he desperately needs someone to correct his thinking, and Guanyin is the best candidate. If the red child had directly accepted Guanyin's invitation, perhaps the third golden hoop would not have been used on him.
Even if the red child did not admit his fate, Guanyin could let him prostrate his head three times, why did he have to kowtow 53 heads?
Because Shancai initiated bodhichitta and humbly asked Manjushri To teach him the method of practicing virtuous deeds, Manjushri Told him that he needed to visit, and the virtuous boy Shancai traveled to 110 cities and visited fifty-three virtuous knowledge, so it was called "The Fifty-Three Samsaras of Shancai".
However, there is a difference between the good fortune boy and the red child here, the good fortune boy does not like to hear about the fortune, and is only interested in the pursuit of truth. Moreover, during his visit to Manjushri Bodhisattva, he discovered the true meaning of life. So he vowed to practice the bodhisattva path until he finally became a Buddha. Such a red child is very enterprising, not like the ignorant son of the Bull Demon King in the Journey to the West.
Therefore, in the journey to the west, the red child prostrated all the way to Luojia Mountain, which was not pinched by the author, but had a reference basis.
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