CIIC:Today's featured article/January 27, 2016
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Zhang Jinlai (章金莱), better known by his stage name Liu Xiao Ling Tong, is best known for his role as the Monkey King (Sun Wukong) in the 1986 television series "The Journey to the West."
"The Journey to the West" is a timeless classic Chinese television series based on the classic novel of the same title by Wu Cheng'en in the 16th century, one of the Four Great Classical Novels of Chinese literature. First shot in 1982 and first broadcast in 1986, the drama tells of the legend of the Tang Dynasty (618–907 AD), the Buddhist monk Xuanzang, who traveled to the place later known as India on a pilgrimage to obtain Buddhist scriptures. Protected by his three disciples, he faced many trials and tribulations on his way there and back. (More...)
