New Journeys to the West
Kowloon Tong School ( Primary Section ), Zhang , Yan Suen - 11
J ourney to the West is a Chinese novel written by Wu Cheng ' en in the 16 th century . Journey to the West is one of the most famous novels in China .
The novel Journey to the West was based on historical events . The novel has 100 chapters that can be divided into four unequal parts . The first part , which includes chapters 1-7 , is a self-contained introduction to the main story . It deals entirely with the earlier exploits of Sun Wukong , a monkey born from a stone nourished by the Five Elements , who learns the art of the Tao , 72 polymorphic transformations , combat , and secrets of immortality , and through guile and force makes a name for himself , " Qitian Dasheng ."
And then , there was the also famous character named " Tang Sanzang ". He is a wise and calm person . He helps his teammates to solve problems . He believes Buddha , so he thinks that the Buddha will guide him all the way long to find his Buddhist scriptures back to the East . Although he met a lot of evil monsters , he met some very kind and helpful teammates .
On the other hand , there is a character called " Eight Precepts Pig ". He was previously the Marshal of the Heavenly Canopy , a commander of Heaven ' s naval forces . He is characterized to wish for food and women and he always argues with Sun Wukong .
The last character is " Sha Wujing " . He was the celestial Curtain Lifting General , and was banished to the mortal realm for dropping a crystal goblet of the Queen Mother of the West . He is a quiet but generally dependable and hard-working character .
In the story , they were all characterized as different person . They all made the team perfect to get the Buddhist scriptures back to the East . Although they met a lot of evil characters such as " Baigujing "……. they were all never afraid of them cause they knew they have got a perfect team . However , sometimes Sun Wukong , the naughtiest person in all of the team , he makes all the teammates mad at him . But later on , he will make the atmosphere fun again ! What a weird person !
After a lots of weird things happening to them , they finally reaches the borderlands of India . They met the Buddha and took the Buddhist scriptures back to the East . They made a great job and they have got some bad and unfortunate things happening to them after taking the Buddhist scriptures . Fortunately , they have got some prize from the Buddha . The two naughty boys have achieved the Buddhahood and " Sha Wujing " has also received a prize .
At last the story ended with love and joy . They all lived in a half reality and half sky world . We learnt that how many problems we have faced then we could made it all and make a good team and cherish our family or our team ! You can also succeed !