#图文创作打卡挑战活动# "Journey to the West", as a classic in the history of Chinese literature, is loved by the majority of readers. However, in this seemingly simple novel of gods and demons, there are many unsolved mysteries and historical gaps. To understand these mysteries, we need a guide to lead us through the fog, and he is the Monkey King who was born in Huaguo Mountain.
The mystery of Sun Wukong's life history has always been an important clue in "Journey to the West". He jumped out of the stone, is this really just an accident? There is no introduction to the fairy stone in the play, we need to add the description of this fairy stone in the original book. This fairy stone is located on the top of Huaguo Mountain, since the opening up, every innocent show, the essence of the sun and the moon, gradually has the meaning of well-informed. In terms of size, the fairy stone is 3 zhang 65 inches high, the periphery is 2 zhang 4 feet, there are nine holes and eight holes on the surface, and the order is in the style of nine palace gossip. There are no trees around the immortal stone, which can fully absorb the aura of heaven and earth and the essence of the sun and the moon.
So the question is, why is there such a stone on the top of Bagua Mountain that conforms to the principle of Bagua? Is it really innate? What is the origin of this stone? Why is it a monkey that pops out of the stone, and not other species? These questions bother us and make us full of curiosity about Sun Wukong's life experience.
With these questions in mind, we continue to explore the growth process of Monkey King. His high-profile performance at birth was remarkable, and the sound of stones exploding shook the universe, and even the heavens shook it. This signal quickly spread throughout the Heavenly Court, alarming the Jade Emperor and the gods and immortals in the Lingxiao Treasure Hall. The Jade Emperor hurriedly ordered clairvoyance and Shunfeng to open the Nantianmen to observe the westward journey to the world, and found a monkey of unknown origin jumping out of the stone. It's an amazing sight, a spectacle of heaven and earth.
However, surprisingly, Heavenly Court did not take any action against the birth of the Monkey King. The Jade Emperor's attitude turned out to be "don't worry about him" and let Sun Wukong develop freely. A stone monkey made such a big move, and he didn't investigate or investigate, but let it go. This can't help but make people wonder, does the birth of the Jade Emperor and Sun Wukong have an extraordinary relationship?
After Sun Wukong was born, he settled in Huaguo Mountain, where he became the Monkey King. It's incredible. Sun Wukong was able to become the Monkey King, and his only contribution was his discovery of the Water Curtain Cave. The Water Curtain Cave is a place like a paradise, with beautiful mountains and rivers and abundant products. However, such a good place, why didn't there be other demon kings to occupy it?
You must know that for more than 300 years, there has been no other demon to snatch this blessed land. It wasn't until Sun Wukong returned from his studies that a demon king of the mixed world appeared to grab the territory. This begs the question, why didn't the other demons discover this good place, could it be because the location of the Water Curtain Cave was too hidden?
Let's take a look at where the Water Curtain Cave is located. In the original book, it is described that the Water Curtain Cave is located on Huaguo Mountain, and Huaguo Mountain is located in the sea. We all know that Penglai, Abbot and other immortal mountains are located on the East China Sea, and Huaguo Mountain is also located in the inaccessible sea, which can be called Xianshan. It is also mentioned in the original book that Huaguo Mountain is the ancestral vein of the ten continents and the dragon of the three islands. Shizhou and Sandao are considered to be the places where the gods live in Taoism, and various fairy grasses and Ganoderma lucidum grow on them, and the gods are at ease and immortal in them.
It can be seen from this that Huaguo Mountain, as the ancestral vein and dragon of the three islands of ten continents, must be a fairy mountain, and the water curtain cave located on it must not be an ordinary place. Moreover, Huaguo Mountain is still the meeting place of a hundred rivers, and it is also the pillar of heaven and the root of the earth, how can the heavenly court not pay attention to such an important place?
According to logic, no matter what, the position of the owner of this Water Curtain Cave and the Monkey King of Huaguo Mountain will not be the turn of Sun Wukong. However, it was he who became the Monkey King. Is there a secret in this? We'll be able to solve the mystery by looking back.
After Sun Wukong became the Monkey King, he took a group of monkeys to play in Huaguo Mountain during the day, and rested in the Water Curtain Cave at night, living a leisurely fairy life. On this day, Sun Wukong was drunk and dreamed of death in the cave with a group of monkeys, so unhappy, and suddenly a monkey fell to the ground and died. At this time, a topped ape jumped out and told Sun Wukong that they would inevitably die in the future, why not find an ancient cave immortal mountain and find a way to live forever. There is an important piece of information here, that is, the Tongbei ape knows that immortality can be found in the Ancient Cave Immortal Mountain.
And Sun Wukong's idea of immortality is just an idea, and it was the ape who pointed him in the direction. In other words, it was the back ape that led Sun Wukong to the path of cultivating immortals. Since the ape himself knows so well, why doesn't he embark on this path of apprenticeship on his own? Because the monkey is self-aware, it is not easy to apprentice, and even if he can find a teacher, people will not necessarily accept him as an apprentice. But Sun Wukong is different, he is the chosen one of Huaguo Mountain, and in the far west, there is a teacher waiting for his arrival.
But at this time, Sun Wukong himself didn't know all this, he just relied on his yearning for immortality, and embarked on a long road of study. Courage is always the first step to success. Sun Wukong set off on the road to find a teacher, crossed the Great Wall, crossed the side streets, walked unconsciously for more than eight or nine years, and finally came to the Western sea. He thought that there must be immortals overseas, so he made a bamboo raft according to the previous method, and drifted across the ocean to the border of the rhinoceros Hezhou.
Sun Wukong was able to find a master, thanks to a woodcutter. This woodcutter is very cultured, and the songs he sings in the forest attract the attention of Sun Wukong. After hearing this, Sun Wukong thought, what is this not an immortal? When he asked, sure enough, this woodcutter was an immortal, and he gave Sun Wukong the route to the three-star cave of the slanting moon in Lingtai Fangcun Mountain. From this point of view, the woodcutter came specifically to show Sun Wukong the way, and he asked Sun Wukong to follow the path all the way to it.
I want to make a special point here, the woodcutter in the play is talking about the Bodhi Patriarch, but in the original Journey to the West, the woodcutter said that the Bodhi Patriarch is Su Bodhi, and he only appeared once, only this once. However, let's still call this god Su Bodhi. Su Bodhi these three words are a big article, since a woodcutter who chops firewood knows, there should be other people who know, and this woodcutter chops firewood on this mountain, and after chopping firewood, he picks it up to the market under the mountain to sell, indicating that this is not a secret place, so Sun Wukong will soon be able to see a mountain gate according to the guidance, and there is a line of big characters written on the mountain gate: Lingtai Fangcun Mountain, Leaning Moon Three-Star Cave.
This brand is very big, and it seems that the Su Bodhi Patriarch organization is also very high-profile, and he is afraid that the people who come to him will not find such a big brand. That is to say, there is a big Taoist force in the territory of Rulai, called Su Bodhi Patriarch, and this immortal is still very high-profile. Sun Wukong came to the door of the cave and didn't dare to knock on the door, but Patriarch Su Bodhi actually sent a disciple to receive him, he was very active, and the customer service was in place. After hearing the origin of Wukong being born of stone, Patriarch Subodhi secretly rejoiced: "It turns out that you were born to grow. "Secretly happy, Su Bodhi is secretly happy, this has a deep meaning, at least it shows that he enjoys Sun Wukong's apprentice very much.
So, is this Patriarch Subodhi the man behind the scenes? and what is his motive? We don't know. However, judging from the cultivation and guidance of Patriarch Su Bodhi to Sun Wukong, his influence on Sun Wukong is far-reaching. He not only taught Monkey King the Seventy-Two Transformations and somersault clouds and other superb spells, but also made him practice in the Sanxing Cave for ten years. In this decade, Sun Wukong learned how to be a person, how to do things, and how to get along with people. These were all qualities that he would later have to become a great hero.
Overall, the Monkey King in "Journey to the West" is a character full of mystery. The mystery of his background, his upbringing, and his mentor, Patriarch Subodhi, all make us full of curiosity and desire to explore this character. By digging into the mystery of Sun Wukong's life experience, we can better understand the secrets of the entire Journey to the West world. #说说你喜欢的一个神话人物是谁?#