简介 / Brief Introduction

传说在东胜神洲傲来国的海中有一座花果山，山项上一块仙石孕育出了一只石猴。一天，石猴在所居住的涧水源头，寻到能遮风避雨的非常美丽舒适的石洞“水帘洞”。石猴带领群猴住进山洞里，群猴拥戴他为王。

Legend had it that in the country of Aolai that was situated beyond the Eastern Pūrvavideha Continent, there laid an immortal rock atop the Flower-Fruit Mountain. On a fateful day, the immortal rock burst open to reveal a stone monkey. The stone monkey befriended his fellow monkeys. One day, whilst searching for the stream’s source, he discovered a Water-Curtain Cave that was a very beautiful and comfortable cave offering shelter against wind and rain. The stone monkey led his fellow monkeys to live in the cave and they embraced him as their king.

In search for an immortal potion of longevity, the monkey king left the Flower-Fruit Mountain. Along the way he stole clothing, shoes and hats. He sneaked into restaurants to drink and eat noodles. He crossed oceans in search of a reputable master. Finally, he climbed the Mountain of Mind and Heart to reach the Cave of Slanting Moon and Three Stars where he met an immortal by the name of Patriarch Subodhi. Subodhi accepted him as a disciple and named him Sun Wukong. From then on, Wukong practiced meditation, learned martial arts and eventually mastered the skills of seventy-two ways of transformation, a shapeshifting ability…