Hong Kong Young Writers Anthologies Poetry 2018 | Page 14

Footnotes
(1) Immortality peaches are legendary peaches grown in the Peach Garden of the heaven.
(2) Cloud Trapeze is a trick Monkey King learnt from the Immortal Patriarch where he can move one
hundred and eight thousand miles with one leap.
(3) This is the five-peaked mountain made with the Buddha’s five fingers.
(4) Kuan-Yin, the goddess of mercy, has saved Monkey King several times in the Journey to the
West.
(5) Jingubang is a golden cudgel, the primary weapon using by the Monkey King.
(6) These are immortal powers that allow one to hear and see from afar.
(7) In Chinese mythology, some spirits have the power to get energy from the sun and moon to
become mortals.