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Today is #MonkeyDay so here’s my Sun Wukong the Monkey King, hero of Chinese folklore (and throughout Asia) as well as the 16th century novel by Wu Cheng’en, ‘Journey to the West’.
Before embarking on his humorous epic adventure (and ultimately helping to recover Buddhist sutras) this irrepressible character was born from a stone, becomes a King of monkeys, acquires immortality through 🧵
#linocut #printmaking #SunWukong #Monkey #MonkeyKing #artAdventCalendar #folklore #Chinese
Chengdu people really like big statues climbing shopping malls 😁
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The first appearance of Ne Zha in a movie was, **to my very limited knowledge,** in the 1965 animated movie ‘Monkey King: Havoc in Heaven’ from the Republic of China. It’s here at 29’38: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a88hCqFbNLk&t=1778 where he fights Sun Wukong (and loses).
Do yourself a favor and watch the whole movie in 1080p.