Actually, I don't think the Monkey King is a monkey, an orangutan or an ape. One of the thirteen stick monks in Shaolin Temple was named Che Fengchao. Xianbei people of the Northern Wei Dynasty, descendants of Tuoba GUI.
Everyone knows the film Shaolin Temple. Thirteen stick monks made great contributions to saving Tang and borrowed him as the general of Zhenxi.
AD 63 1, thirteen years of Zhenguan. In Chang 'an, a monk named Chen Yi from Biochemical Temple secretly escaped and rushed to Tianzhu to learn the scriptures. He was caught by Che Fengchao when he passed the border.
Che Fengchao was moved by this man's spirit and personally escorted Chen Yi to Dunhuang.
There, Chen Yi met a horse dealer named Pantuo. Panto worships Chen Yi, is willing to worship him as a teacher, and promises to escort him all the way.
But Panto was not a good man and was finally kicked out by Chen Yi.
In fact, the Western Heaven mentioned in The Journey to the West's book is now India. India worships monkeys and calls them "saints".
There are four kinds of monkeys in The Journey to the West, namely Liu Er Macaque, Armature Ape, Red Horse Monkey and Ling Ming boulder. The Monkey King belongs to Ling Ming boulder.
Tang Priest, whose legal name is Xuanzang, is commonly known as Chen Yi. Luoyang, Henan, Luozhou (now Yanshi, Henan) Kuandi County. He had no apprentices, but the Monkey King, Pig Bajie, Friar Sand and Bai were conceived by Wu Cheng'en, a famous novelist in Ming Dynasty, for the needs of his works.
Wu Cheng'en was born in Sheyang Mountain (1506- 1583). Han nationality, a native of Shanyang County, Huai 'an, originally from Anhui. He conceived a Haruman, a the Monkey King and a sly BiMarvin for the Monkey King.
What kind of official is Bi? The ancients were superstitious and kept monkeys in stables for fear that horses would catch the plague. It was named "to ward off evil spirits".