This week, Tripitaka, aka Xuanzang, and Monkey King, newly named Sun Pilgrim, meet for the first time. Wukong gets all the gear that you typically see him depicted wearing in…
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This time we open with the arrival of the Goddess of Mercy, Bodhisattva Guanyin, who is a kind of Virgin Mary figure for the East. She fills many similar roles…
The stealing of the Peaches of Immortality is another favorite theme explored by many artists throughout Chinese history. While we tend to associate monkeys with bananas, in China, monkeys are…
While Hermes/Mercury serves as the messenger of the gods in Graeco-Roman mythology, in Chinese folklore, Venus gets the job. While few people today still worship the Greek pantheon, many throughout…
This week sees the real start of the Monkey King’s rise to power. Coming home to a giant scimitar-wielding monster, Wukong realizes that his fellow monkeys must learn to defend…
What do Sun Wukong’s teacher Subodhi, Tai Chi, medicine, gunpowder, and Isaac Newton have in common? They were all once part of a field of study that is one of…