Journey to the West

Journey to the West is a mythological novel based on many centuries of popular tradition. This lively fantasy relates the amazing adventures of the priest Tang Sanzang as he travels west in search of Buddhist sutras with his three disciples, the irreverent and capable Monkey (Sun Wukong), greedy Pig (Zhu Bajie), and Friar Sand (Sha Wujing)

The story stats with the Sun’s rebellion against Heaven, during a time when he garnered a post in the celestial bureaucracy. Hubris proves his downfall when the Buddha manages to trap him under a mountain, sealing it with a talisman for five hundred years.The journey, takes the priest through all kinds of entertaining trials and tribulations, mainly at the hands of monsters and spirits who want to eat him.

The four pilgrims have to overcome many dangers on their way to fetch the scriptures from the Buddha’s Thunder Monastery in the Western Heaven. Monsters and demons of every kind try to waylay the priest Tang. Most, like the ferocious Red Boy, want to devous him. Some, such as the scorpion spirit of Pipa Cave, take the form of beautiful women in the hope of seducing him. Monkey has to use all his connections in the supernatural world to find the help that will enable him to defeat these and other formidable enemies, such as the Bull Demon King and Princess Iron Fan, or the imitation Monkey who is indistinguishable from himself until reach the final goal.

Event Date

Sun, 9 Jul 2017

10.30am & 3.00pm

Venue

China Cultural Centre Theatre - Level 4
217 Queen Street,  188548.

Online Booking ：https://www.sistic.com.sg/events/cwest0717

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