The 86th edition of "Journey to the West" can be called a classic among the various Journey to the West TV series, in fact, this Journey to the West TV series is very different from the content of the original work, but it is the most diligent in performance and aesthetics. Now to shoot a Journey to the West TV series, it is to use special effects in one place to make a few clicks, but the Westward Journey crew of that year really "together" with Tang Monk in the trek to shoot the Journey to the West.
So every scene we look at in the 86 version of Journey to the West has a strong sense of realism, because it is filmed by the actors and crew in the real scene. Moreover, the images of "Monkey King", "Eight Precepts of pigs", "Sand Monk", "Tang Monk" and so on are designed to be particularly in line with the aesthetics of ordinary people (in the original Journey to the West, in addition to tang monks who look good, the other three are very fierce and evil), so this Journey to the West has become the eternal memory of many people.
However, as an iron fan of the 86th edition of Journey to the West, you must remember another character in the team of sutras- The White Dragon Horse. The white dragon horse in the TV series is snow-white and particularly spiritual, especially in the section where the Eight Precepts of the Pig discuss with the White Dragon Horse to find Sun Wukong, as if the horse can really understand the eight precepts of the pig. After the Journey to the West was on fire, "Sun Wukong", "Eight Precepts of pigs", "Sand Monk", and "Tang Monk" all flew yellow and tengda, so what about the "White Dragon Horse"?
The ending of the white dragon horse may make everyone more sad: in 1997, the white dragon horse died tragically in the stinky cave, and Yang Jie collapsed in tears: behind the bones of the corpse is the ugliness of human nature. In order to find a spiritual white horse, Yang Jie spent a lot of thought. This white horse was the one that determined the life of the Tang monk Chi Chongrui - in case this horse suddenly started to run wildly, Chi Chongrui, who was born as a Peking Opera actor, did not have the ability of ancient warriors to train horses, and he would at least be disabled when he fell.
And this horse can not be found at random, the original book is very clear, is a "white horse". So the requirements are high, white, and particularly docile. At the same time, Yang Jie also hopes that the weight-bearing ability of the white horse is stronger, because they have to cross the mountains and mountains to shoot, and in some places the car cannot go, and their equipment can only be carried by people. It would be great if the white horse could catch up with some of it.
Earliest Yang Jie found this white horse, it was a military horse. It is said that the original owner of this horse was the mount of a cavalry regimental commander, who had to be "paid" every month, and belonged to the "establishment" of the horse. The commander of the cavalry regiment had a relationship with this horse, and this pure white war horse was difficult to find, so he simply wanted to sell it to Yang Jie. Yang Jie spent a lot of effort to buy this white horse from him at a high price.
Since then, this white horse has transformed from a military horse to an "actor". Unlike the white dragon horse in our TV series, in fact, in the process of acting in the TV series, the white dragon horse is the real "sand monk" who works hard and complains. It took on the crew's main hard work, and then it didn't complain —it couldn't talk after all. Most crucially, it is also one of the actors with the most colorful colors in the Westward Journey crew.
Unlike the war horse we imagined, it was a very fragile animal – especially in the mountains. At that time, when Yang Jie bought it, Bai Longma was only 4 years old and was in his prime. But this also can't stand to walk the mountain road every day, and the horse will fall on the mountain. And because of its heavy body, the fall and head injury are more serious. When walking the mountain road, some weak actors also sit on it.
In addition, the actors are not professional horse herders, and they do not know how to protect horses. So after 6 years as an "actor", Bai Longma was scarred. Yang Jie left it at the last location to shoot Journey to the West, Wuxi Film and TELEVISION City. At this time, it has become a mascot for people to watch, every day there are countless tourists to click and take pictures of it, good tourists also have to be a "Tang monk", riding a white horse to pose for a while, it is said that more than 100 people ride it in 1 day.
At this time, it was already an old and frail old horse. After it didn't even have the strength to stand there carrying people, the staff threw it into the stinking cave in the back mountain, and later said that it was dead, and some people said that it was eaten by the locals, and the ending was tragic. Later, when Yang Jie came here again, she could no longer see the White Dragon Horse, and she shed tears for this: the other actors were all beautiful, but the White Dragon Horse had such a tragic ending.
Some people even say that behind the bones of the white dragon horse is the ugliness of human nature, how can such a horse with great merit be eaten in the end? In the author's opinion, although this is not the ugliness of human nature, it is indeed an unauthentic thing to take a picture of an old horse and carry people. In fact, as an animal, it is very good to be able to put it back into nature or find a quiet place to stay.
After all, the white dragon horse is not a person, it does not like money, nor does it like the camera, only likes the savannah and free life.