As the hometown of the Monkey King, water curtain cave appeared many times at the beginning of The Journey to the West. I remember once in a play, the Monkey King and Tang Priest were at odds, and as soon as they turned around, they flew back to their hometown in water curtain cave to be king.
In TV series, the Monkey King often introduces himself like this: "I am the Monkey King, the great sage of Qitian in water curtain cave, Huaguoshan!" A sharp-eyed person has long recognized it. This location is the famous scenic spot-Huangguoshu Waterfall in Guizhou.
2. Monkey King Thrice Defeats the Skeleton Demon location
It is an episode that many people are quite familiar with. In the play, the Monkey King saw through the true face of Bai several times, but the Tang Priest and his disciples didn't listen, which really made people anxious. In the TV series, Bai's home is hidden in the deep mountains and looks "full of evil spirits". In reality, it is Zhangjiajie, Hunan.
Today, Zhangjiajie is a famous tourist attraction. Besides being the location of The Journey to the West, the scene inspiration of Avatar also comes from this.
3. Exterior location of Flame Mountain
In the story of Journey to the West "Borrowing a Banana Fan Three Times", the Monkey King knocked over the alchemy furnace of the old gentleman in the Heavenly Palace and fell into the mortal world, becoming a flaming mountain of 800 Li.
Later, the Tang Priest and his disciples passed by here on the way to learn the scriptures and were roasted by the flaming mountain. They had to borrow a banana fan from Princess Tiefan to "stall" the Flame Mountain.
In fact, this flaming mountain is real. Located in Turpan basin, Xinjiang, every summer, the red sun is in the sky, and the reddish-brown mountains are illuminated by the scorching sun.
Sandstone is burning and flashing, and the hot airflow rolls up, just like a raging flame, very hot. It is said that the highest temperature here in summer is as high as 47.8 degrees Celsius, and the highest temperature on the surface is above 70 degrees Celsius. Eggs can be boiled in the sand!
4. The location of the "Promise Country"
In the play: Do you still remember the scene when Tang Priest and his disciples entered the "Baolin Temple", the royal temple of Wuji? The scene was shot in daming temple, Yangzhou, and the stone tablet in the temple was originally engraved with "daming temple".
Later, for the convenience of the crew, a plaque was hung, which was specially invited by the famous painter Li of Yangzhou Painting Academy.
It is said that the costumes of the crew were not in place at that time, and Master Qin Neng, the abbot of daming temple, lent his Buddhist costumes to the crew. When filming the scene of the Tang priest entering the temple, the monks in the temple volunteered to be extras.
5. The location of the Monkey King's apprentice.
There is a mysterious figure in the Journey to the West in Qingcheng Mountain, Sichuan, which we mentioned many times in previous articles. That's the Monkey King's teacher Bodhi, but Bodhi's father predicted that the Monkey King would get into trouble, so he asked the Monkey King to keep a secret and never mention his legacy.
The 86th edition of Journey to the West Dojo "Lingtai Fangcun Mountain and Xieyue Sanxing Cave" is set in Qingcheng Mountain with the ancient Taoist culture in Sichuan as the background. Qingcheng Mountain, called Zhang Ren in ancient times, is a branch of Qionglai Mountain Range and a holy place of Quanzhen religion in the world.
Qingcheng Mountain is close to Minshan Snow Ridge and faces the western Sichuan Plain. The highest peak, Laojunge, is 1, 260 meters above sea level. Qingcheng Mountain is surrounded by undulating peaks and lush trees, enjoying the reputation of "Qingcheng Mountain is still in the world". The whole mountain forest is evergreen and surrounded by mountains, hence the name Qingcheng Mountain.
People's Network-Sichuan Channel-Journey to the West sets off collective nostalgia.