Hong Kong Young Writers Anthologies Fiction 1-2 | Page 422

This journey was really dangerous and the weather sometimes became very treacherous which included downpour, blizzard, fog, tornado, hail and frost. When they met these kinds of weather they would find shelters such as temples, lairs and houses for safety. After the arduous journey, they got the famous book called Tao Te Ching from India. Monkey King could ride on a cloud. Why did they have to tread to get this book? Maybe it was a test of characters and resolve. Thousands of years ago, people could not write. The only way to preserve their history was to recount it as sagas - legends handed down from one generation of storytellers to another. So we can enjoy the story nowadays.