Episode plots of Journey to the West

Episode 1: The First Coming of the Monkey King

There is a fairy stone on the top of the Huaguo Mountain on the seaside of Dongsheng Shenzhou Aolai Country. One day, the fairy stone burst into pieces, shocking the earth and the earth, and turned into a stone monkey. This stone monkey is agile and intelligent. He made friends with a group of monkeys and found a good place to settle down in Shuilian Cave. The group of monkeys respects the Stone Monkey as the Monkey King. In search of the immortal formula, the Monkey King sailed across the ocean alone on a raft and came to a fishing village. He found clothes, stole shoes and hats, and went to restaurants to drink and eat noodles. He made a lot of jokes and learned a lot about people. The Monkey King searched all the way and finally climbed up to Fangcun of the Lingtai and paid homage to Patriarch Bodhi in the Sanxing Cave of Xianyue. The ancestor named him Sun Wukong.

Episode 2: The official title of Bi Mawen

The Dragon King and the King of Hell went to the Jade Emperor to complain. The Jade Emperor sent Taibai Jinxing to the lower realm to appease the Monkey King and asked him to become an official in heaven. Wukong went happily. Under Wu Quxingjun's teasing, the Jade Emperor made him Bima Wen. When Wukong realized that he was just a horseman, he turned back to Huaguo Mountain in anger, raised a banner, and called himself the Monkey King.

Episode 3: The Great Sage Trouble in the Heavenly Palace

Wukong and Erlang each showed their magical powers and fought endlessly, regardless of the outcome. Taishang Laojun threw the diamond sleeve from the sky and knocked down Wukong. The Jade Emperor ordered the heavenly soldiers to take Wukong to the demon-slaying platform, chop him with swords and axes, and set him on fire with thunder, but he was not damaged at all. The immortals gave advice, and Taishang Laojun took Wukong back to Tushita Palace, threw him into the Bagua furnace, and refined it with the three flavors of real fire. Unexpectedly, after forty-nine days, the Monkey King still jumped out of the elixir furnace lively and refined a pair of pills. Fierce eyes and golden eyes. In anger, he went to the Lingxiao Palace.

Episode 4: Imprisoned in the Five Elements Mountain

The Jade Emperor invites Tathagata Buddha from the West. Tathagata fights with Wukong, but Wukong cannot turn over Tathagata's palm. Tathagata turned his five fingers into the "Five Elements Mountain" and pressed Wukong under the Five Elements Mountain. The Heavenly Palace held an Anti-Tian Conference to celebrate the subjugation of the demon monkey and peace in the world. At the foot of Five Elements Mountain, the Monkey King is lonely and desolate, experiencing rain, snow, wind and frost.

Episode 5: The Monkey King Protects Tang Monk

Wukong was instructed by Guanyin, and he is willing to convert to Buddhism and waits day and night for those who want to learn the scriptures. Xuanzang Road passes through Wuxing Mountain, where he uncovered the Tathagata's seal, rescued Wukong, and named him Sun Xingzhe. The master and his disciples walked together and stayed in the farmhouse at night. In a ray of white light, Tang Monk's white horse disappeared. Wukong found Yingchou Stream and fought fiercely with the little white dragon, but he never won. At night, three robbers came to rob the farmhouse. Wukong killed all the robbers. Tang Monk blamed him for killing, and Wukong left his master in anger.

For the plot introduction of episodes 6-25, please see the reference materials

Extended information:

"Journey to the West" is also known as CCTV's 86 version of "Journey to the West", adapted It is a literary classic of the same name written by novelist Wu Chengen of the Ming Dynasty. It is a 41-episode costume myth drama produced by China International Television Corporation.

Reference material: Baidu Encyclopedia - Journey to the West