Journey to the West is one of the Four Great Classical Novels of Chinese literatures.It is written in 16th century Ming dynasty.It tells a story about a Buddhist monk and his three students who are animals but with human characteristic.They travel west to India to find Buddhist scriptures.
The monk,called XuanZang or Tangsheng,is an idealist,who is as weak as a kitten and just sets there helplessly for rescue when he gets into trouble.But he is really kind and great,trying to dispel the darkness and ignorance in people’s heart.The monkey named Wukong is born from a stone and he owns extraordinary powers and amazing intelligence that he uses to overcome demons and monsters.The pig is Bajie.He loves beauty and delicacy and he always makes a mess and generates a lot of humor in the process.The loach is called ShaSeng and he is very modest and diligent; he takes care of the monk and colleagues.