The most famous TV series "Journey to the West" is the Six Xiaoling Children's version, which has numerous classics. Although Liu Xiaolingtong’s version is very well shot, it has done a lot of beautification on the original, and many of the gloomy plots in the original have not been shot. The Zhang Jizhong version has a completely different style, taking a route close to the original. For example, in the episode of Wuji Country, there is a plot that seems a bit absurd, but it is indeed written in the original. The story of
is the dialogue between Manjushri Bodhisattva and Monkey King when he conquered the lion spirit. This part of the content tells the audience the truth about the monster's descending to the world. Because the sixth child version was not filmed, some viewers would think that Zhang Jizhong's version was very strange. By the way, the actor of Manjushri is Jinggangshan. He not only played the New Journey to the West, but also played the New Water Margin.
Lion Jing said that when he was king, the weather was smooth and the country was peaceful. There is indeed such a thing in the original work, but it was said by Manjushri.
Monkey King said that the Bodhisattva indulged the lion as evil, but Manjushri said that the green-haired lion was sent by the decree of the Buddha.
Next, Manjushri told the truth. At the beginning, the black-bone chicken king was a good monk, and the Buddha sent me to save him to return to the West, and early proves the golden body Arhat. The description of this line is the same as the original description.
Unexpectedly, he was confused by a few words of mine. He didn't realize that I was a good person, so he tied me with a rope and sent me to the Yushui River for three days and three nights.
Thanks to the Liujia Golden Body for saving me and returning to the West, playing with the Tathagata, the Tathagata ordered the green-haired lion to push the king down and soak him for three years in order to repay my hatred of the flood for three days. It turns out that the lion was sent by the Tathagata to punish the king. This line is basically the same as in the original book. The following is the original text of
. It can be seen that this section taken by Zhang Jizhong is indeed based on the original work.
Here is a very interesting detail. Monkey King said that monsters have defiled San Gong Niang and broke Gang Chang's ethics.
Bodhisattva told Wukong that this is a castrated lion, and the castrated here means castration.
Zhu Bajie's joke about not drinking with lees is also in the original book.
Then the Bodhisattva rode away on a lion. Here is a detail. In the original book, the Bodhisattva used the mirror to collect the lion, and the details of the mirror were also photographed on TV, but the order of acceptance was changed. The original book has arrived. In the end, when the Bodhisattva was about to leave, the monster appeared in his true form, and not long after the Bodhisattva came on TV, the monster turned into a lion.
If you haven't read the original story, you might find it a bit absurd. It turns out that the demon was sent by the Buddha, but there are indeed many unexpected places in Journey to the West. Although some plots in Zhang Jizhong's version are random adaptations, most of them are more reliable and are written in the original works. In the end, although the Liu Xiaoling Children's version has been adapted, it has been modified very well and the filming is also very exciting. In any case, the Liu Xiaoling Children's version is the most classic Journey to the West TV series.
