@@DATONEGAMER25 many books of the monk and the monkey written by different authors before 1592, the story exist hundreds of years before 1592. Wu Cheng'en‘s book is the most popular one
Im no Chinese but this show was also popular in Vietnam back in the 90s-2000s. Around 5-6pm when this show was aired on our TV, My family used to stop everything they were doing and just went to the living room to watch it. Good old memories.
Same although I was born in 2006, I remember before I came to US, when I was like 6 or 7 so, me and my family would sit there every night, chill off while watching this masterpiece. 😂😂😂
I am an overseas Chinese born in the 70s and for my generation, the Wukong lore was imprinted by the animated classic "Havoc in Heaven" - one of SWK's most infamous transgressions before Journey to the West. The other movies we love were Stephen Chow's "Odyssey to the West" non canon adaptations. They fully tell the story of Wukong's growth from a mischievous violent monkey to a trusted protector of Tripitaka.
I am not chinese but this movie is so nostalgic to me. It was probably the first chinese movie that i have ever watched. I have watched it so many times when i was a child.
Monkey King can be considered the superhero for every Chinese children.I love 猴哥 so much,He is filled with justice and hates evil deeply, protecting his master all the way. And he is also kind
The actor who played monkey king is still alive. He is from a performing artists family which is famous of playing Monkey King. IMHO he is the best Monkey King ever.
Of course he's still alive at only 65 years old lol. And with a background in stage opera performance (similar to Jackie Chan) he could probably still kick most average people's asses😂
Journey to the West was published in year 1592, one of the great fiction novel in China history. Dragon ball Z was polished in 1989 by Akira Toriyama who deeply influenced by Journey to the West. So the gap is around 400 years you have your answer about who is the first.
Wukong literally means to comprehend the void or to grasp something from nothing. It’s really an extraordinary name with profound meaning without using rarely used Chinese characters.
@@antwango 悟空（wukong）悟 means to understand or comprehend and 空 means empty but also stands for "四大皆空” which is to see through the meaning of life and be desireless
@@TactNightZ I dont understand Chinese but in Blach Myth wukong, the names of all of the Disciples of YellowBrown means the Wu (not) that are completely opposite to the names of all Tan Xuanzang's disciples, since Yeallowbrown is so bitter on winning Xuanzang. I find it so cool
As Chinese born in China, I'm just so grateful that people are beginning to show interest in our mythology. The actor 六小龄童 (Liu Xiao Ling Tong) wanted to get closer to the monkeys, he ended up living with one for 6 months. Later on in the story the monkey king acquires great vision like fire (I'm not sure what they translated that into), but in order to get that in his eyes, he put himself in a dark room and used his eyes to follow the burning incense. He ended up with bad vision and glasses. He really dedicated his life for the series.
Btw would love to share a little BTS story since you mentioned, This serie is THE most impactful in China, but was created under extremely difficult situation. The whole 25 episodes were made throughout 5 years. Each actor and actress plays so many roles, you probably can't tell but the Wukong's actor plays more than 10 roles in the whole serie, that's how thin the budget was. The whole serie was recorded by ONE camera and ONE cameraman, yes literally one camera. That's why this serie has so much impact in the Chinese TV industry, the process of making this serie was as difficult as the Journey to the West!
@@DATONEGAMER25 ahhh have u noticed the kongfu performing guy when Monkey King first stepped onto human's land, is the actor of Bajie. Apart from the Master Tang, the 3 disciples have all played many other characters.
@@DATONEGAMER25 The cantonese version is the goat, probably the one with best production/effects though. I think that one should be from around early 2000s
Of course this was first. Westerners don't understand Wukong novel was written in the 1600s. It literally took the western world 400 years to know of this story now. The original Dragonball was literally a parody of the Chinese novel.
I LOVE that someone is finally reacting to the 1986 series. We have a saying here, if someone who is Chinese says they don’t recognize the theme, they are not Chinese
I'm Vietnamese and I know this show so well because it was widely broadcasted on TV when I was a kid. 😭 I looked up the outro recently and could remember exactly how the song went almost 20 years later.
Dragonball Z was inspired by Journey to the West, the character Goku is the pronunciation of Wukong in Japanese. Journey to the West is a novel that was written in the 16th Century. Actually many Japanese manga were inspired by this novel, take Naruto as an example, the shadow clone no jutsu is similar to Wukong's ability which he can turn his hair in to the clone of himself, but they are much weaker than the true self
Ya at 36:52/37:03 the journey to the west novel is from the ming dynasty so nomatter if taken reference from tv shows/movies or chinese opera. It is this first 41:54 . The duplication for his many furs
This series of Journey to the West is legendary! I remember when I was a child I watched them again and again every summer. Although the technology was not good but the characters, plots, customers, music, acting... were just godly.
FYI they had almost no real money and only 1 cameraman and 1 camera. Also a lot actors/actress had to play multiple characters. They dont know anything about editing and special effects, but just like the story the crew made this timeless masterpiece despite all the difficulties.
Oh my god, childhood comes flooding back. I remember the days when I was a kid sitting in front of the old TV watching Journey to the West, it was so nostalgic. :>
你的视频在国内有几十万的播放量了，国内的大家都非常支持你了解中华文化 Your video has already had hundreds of thousands of views in China, and everyone in China strongly supports you in learning about Chinese culture.
Fact: It took the Wukong actor few years to walk and behave normally after completed shooting this series film. I heard he get used to act like a monkey and he did it as instinct in his daily life.
I watched it when I was 10yrs in China. It is out of date to me now tbh. But every time the music starts, I always can feel something melting in my heart.😢
@@jianxiongRaven true but if u like politics and war strategy, brotherhood and loyalty, etc then 3 kingdoms is easier to get into. jttw is kind of like the blueprint for how shonen mangas are structured, so youre right that its probably easier to get into for a modern audience
Well done, looking forward to the next episode. By the way, Journey to the West is a novel of the Ming Dynasty in China. It was completed about 500 years ago. All the images of Wukong come from this (including Dragon Ball).
3 years ago, I got my eight yo son hooked by Wukong via watching this show which I and his dad watched growing up. It is the most classic and famous legend story in China. There were other stories in the similar time published in Ming dynasty too. So many and very good.
由于我们国内很多人无法去外国网站，所以他们没法来支持你，但我想说其实很多人觉得你很有趣，也很感谢你想了解中国文化的心Because many people in China can't go to foreign websites, they can't support you. But I want to say that many people think you are very interesting and thank you for wanting to understand Chinese culture
The Journey to the West is a classic work in China and the Three Kingdoms, the Seven Dragon Balls is influenced by the Journey to the West and began to create, and the Journey to the West is an ancient Chinese novel written in the Ming Dynasty, equivalent to 500 years ago...
Nice! Episodes 2 and 3 are really good. I like the scene where Son is trying to eat food with Chopsticks, and the green screen effect of him in the river where he looks really small in size compared to everything else.
Btw the monkey actor(liu-xiao-ling-tong) is the second son of a traditional wokong acting family. From Chinese opera. Whole life of practice and career. Well-known in china. Every one loves him❤
The master can be “shifu” in Chinese，as wukong call his teacher,and can be “zhangwo” in Chinese meaning “to master some skills”, as you heard from a translator app I believe, at 29’24
Bro I'm very happy to see foreigners want to understand Chinese culture that makes me so excited! Your work is wonderful! I will follow this series and ur channel❤️❤️
Me too. When I watch shows inspired and with Chinese myths and culture , and when i watch other culture like the west. Its nice someone else is doing the same on the opposite
The drama Journey to the West is like OLD FRIENDS of America. It means a lot to all Chinese people, just like OLD FRIENDS means a lot to all Americans. So it still rebroadcasted till now, the youngster still feel it interesting even though scenes of latest drama is more magnificent and have good special effects, have more money to shoot. It just contains so much memories of our childhood.
This show was a masterpiece. It had all the master actors / actresses, makeups, costumes, director and producers, etc. plus it was casted by hearts and love of the whole generation. And it is timeless!
I don't know why this video was recommended to me, but I do want to say that Sun Wukong at this moment doesn't even have a name nor is he the monkey king yet. He doesn't have any his power either, as he just born. The first few episodes is basically him discovering the world and living a carefree life. Then he realize he can't live forever, as he's mortal after all, and all mortal beings eventually die from old age. This is what made him decided to go to other places that's outside of his home, as he wants to obtain more power and do something about his limited amount of time on earth. The rest is basically him learning his power from a taoist and asked him what his name was but he didn't have any so the taoist gave him the name Sun Wukong. Then he went to the bottom of Eastern Sea to find a weapon that eventually later became known as the Monkey King Staff. The rest is him fighting heaven army and eventually got sealed under 5 Elemental Mountains for 500 years and waited for a monk called of Tang Seng from the Tang Dynasty to seek for scriptures in the west, which he is the reincarnation of Buddha's second disciple. This is what lead to Journey to the West. Rest is history with basically 100 chapters of fighting beasts, monsters, ghosts and spirits along the way while Wukong protected his master, since the reincarnation of Buddha's second disciple is just a human being that has no power to protect himself from monsters and beasts, etc.
@@DATONEGAMER25 I'm not sure where you are in the story, but Bajie used to be a god in heaven, but he was cast down to earth and ended up in a pig shed as a punishment for trying to harass Goddess of the Moon, since he liked her but she was not interested in him, which is what resulted him to look like a pig.
I was thinking of re-watching this show. It's good that you didn't edit much out so I can just watch it all again here. It helps if you create a playlist.
Really love your reaction in such a natural style. This is a household journey in China and it has influenced Asian cultures. As you've seen from the previous comments, many Chinese audiences saw your reaction from a Chinese youtube website-- bilibili. I'm also one of them that came here to send my support with VPN. Well done! bro. FYI, there is another 'Journey to the west a sequel' filmed in 1999 by the same director. It provided supplement to the journey (They have to go through 81 calamities to get the Buddhist sutras) with better graphic quality.
@@DATONEGAMER25 Yes. Actually, the TV series introduced basic stories of this journey and made it a household story. In my childhood, the deepest impression about the Journey to the West is the mighty monkey king Sun Wukong. However, the original novel of Journey to the West is much deeper and has many plots to ponder. For example, in what way the Jade Emperor would send a monkey to guard the immortal Peach garden? Why master puti, the first shifu of Wukong, taught and endowed him supernatural powers and forbade him to tell anything of him? As the audiences grows, they begin to find more details and thoughts of the whole journey. Black myth: Wukong from the Game Science also tells the stories from it's unique view.
i used to watch this when we would go to my grandmothers house when I was little, still gives me happy emotions even to this day when I hear the theme song.
Big love from China!By the way，you saw Wukong had bunch of tiny monkeys on his hand in the show，that is one of his classic tricks：he can pull out some fur on his neck，blow it with magic，and the fur will bacome his clone to help him fight，which you can also see it in the video game.😊
I wonder the same.. that's right Lol. I just got that skill in the game where he clones a few of them to help you out during battles.. awesome. This game is amazing and I am learning more on Chinese culture, big win for our Chinese brothers.. keep them coming.
Journey to the West has so many versions. Besides 1986 version, year 1996,2000,2010,2011 version is popular too. 1986 Version is the most popular one because it contained a lot of memories no matter old or young.
@@DATONEGAMER25 ya . The many actors. You think its easy but nots actually not as easy as you think. The mannerism , fighting and stunts as a human is alrdy tough . But to add in monkey manerism .. That stick weapon... 金箍棒
Dragon Ball is based on the same novel as this TV series, Jouney To The West, which is written hundreds years ago, where the concept of "nimbus" first show up
Nono, 孙sun is no relation with the sun in the sky, but a traditional China family name. Master gave the name Sun to wukong because wukong is a monkey and monkey is 猢狲 hu sun ( the ancient way while now we call monkey 猴子 hou zi)
You should look up [ace vs ace] which version of wukong do you like best? that’s where all the old cast from this show gets back together for a reunion it’s like a whole big event you got the monkey king actor spinning his stick around and everything he still gots his skills
i watched the TV series over 50 times, 'cuz it is 1 of the several TV series been broadcasted over and over in the 80s during summer and winter vacations.
funny that the crew shot the indoor studio part in a middle school stadium, and the actors usually go to the dinning hall of a hotel where my dad worked back then.
China's 5000 year culture has been forgotten in the world for a long time. Thanks for this game to let people like you know more about Chinese culture. I hope you are interested in journey to the West. This is a national treasure novel in China. It is translated with translation software. There may be some grammatical errors. Please forgive me
Yes yes before we get another comment of the hundreds saying 'Who's here bc of BMW', I am indeed here bc of BMW, if people would stop the annoying 'who's here because' CZcams will be a better place Lol. So I am on episode 2 of this show and I am having a blast, the actor who plays Wukong is hilarious and awesome.. he played it perfectly.
Karate? No it's more like kungfu with magic/supernatural power. In this episode I love the way SunWukong learned how to speak, to eat, to dress and to act like human. He is very brave and clever, way more smart then other monkeys that's why he can be the monkey king and managed his way to humans' world or even gods'. In this drama SunWukong looks good but according to the book Journey to the West he is actually a bit ugly and scary that's why people are fear of him. I think you are getting bored watching this drama haha, but it's understandable. There's cultural difference. And this drama is designated for all age, to popularize the basic content of the book(which is much more complex and difficult).
I like how often sun wukong gets new clothes. In the first 2 parts he goes from no clothes, to wearing leaves, takes the clothes someone drops when he crosses the water on the raft, steals the old man's shoes, new clothes from the mountain sage when he returns home, armor from the 4 dragon kings, and gets another outfit from being lord of the stables. 😆
You said that the Chinese master's pronunciation is particularly accurate. I haven't seen the first episode of journey to the West for a long time，and i had a good time watching your video,thanks~
The original book was written more than 300 years ago. It was not just a story about an adventure, it contains such a lot of Buddhism lessons. I didnot understand the life lesson until I re-watch it recently. After all, it make me feel a bit existential crisis myself :v :v For example, what is the meaning of being alive. Is there any difference between gods, monster, human? or actually, we are all such these three kinds ourself :v
@@tranbaolong9016For example, when a master and disciple encounter a monster without a background on their journey to obtain Buddhist scriptures, they usually kill it directly. When they encounter monsters from heaven and earth, most of them are divine mounts. When they kill them, someone will stand up and demand that Sun Wukong spare their lives. In fact, it is about the officials in the Ming Dynasty's officialdom protecting each other. Almost all ancient Chinese novels are alluding to social reality!
@@tranbaolong9016For example, the rhinoceros spirit among them is the mount of Tai Shang Lao Jun, who secretly descended to the cholera side. After Sun Wukong defeated him and prepared to kill him, Tai Shang Lao Jun intervened to stop him. 跟读
@@tranbaolong9016For example, the rhinoceros spirit among them is the mount of Tai Shang Lao Jun, who secretly descended to the cholera side. After Sun Wukong defeated him and prepared to kill him, Tai Shang Lao Jun intervened to stop him. 跟读
"Journey to the West", also known as "Journey to the West", or "Journey to the West" for short, is the first romantic chapter-by-chapter novel of gods and demons in ancient China's Ming Dynasty. The book has 585,000 words (Shidetang edition) and 100 chapters. It is one of the four great masterpieces of China and one of the four great books. It was written in the middle of the Ming Dynasty in the 16th century, and the author is Wu Chengen of the Ming Dynasty. The book tells the story of Tang Sanzang and his disciples Sun Wukong, Zhu Bajie and Sha Wujing, who went to the West to obtain Buddhist scriptures. It shows the ancient theme of punishing evil and promoting good, and is a representative work of promoting Buddhism and destroying Taoism. There is also a view that "Journey to the West" is a satirical novel that implicitly satirizes power and officialdom.
The Dragonball was inspired by the journey to the west, so you could see some similar things. Moreover, you found the right version of the journey to the west, which almost all Chinese people watched this version when they were a child. You will have a better understanding of Black myth wukong after watching this.
Fun fact: the actor who played Sun Wukong in this series is now the voice actor of Sun Wukong in Black Myth: Wukong, after all these year, he still sounds the same.
For all my Western and Non-Chinese friends watching this Wow ! 😄 You're watching the OG version. Whao ! 👏👍 2:56 All actors for the monkey king *孙悟空 (sún wù kōng)* is pretty well known. Even before the first film , from chinese opera . It's quite hard to portray and act like one , every little detail and mannerism *(you can see more of it as you watch)* I'm guessing the opera wans also does more stunts in real time for the shows *(but that's another topic for discussion again on Chinese Opera)*
For reference 108000 li is like 54000km, there was also a saying “One travels 80000li a day by siting still.”. Which sorta makes sense as the length of the equator is roughly 40000km
This version is a bit old. The 1996-1998 Hong Kong version TV series of Journey to the West is more interesting and closer to Black Myth: Wukong. The 2016 Monkey King 2 movie series is nice too. 👍
its very hard to translate "72 transformations" in English in a right way, even in Chinese, it's hard to explain it in a right way. Actually, it's not really 72 times transformations. It is actually 72 earthly fiends. To fully understand the concepts of the 36 Heavenly Spirits (Tiangang) and the72 Earthly Fiends (Disha), we must first explore the Chinese ancient people's reverence for the stars. Due to limitations in their understanding, ancient people believed that the stars in the sky were closely connected to the fate of nations, individuals, the outcome of wars, and even harvest yields. This belief led to the development of astrology and divination. Particularly within the Daoist framework, the stars held significant importance. They believed that, like the earthly realm, the heavens were governed by a set of rules, and stars played a critical role in maintaining this cosmic order. Many deities worshipped in Daoism were believed to have their origins in celestial bodies or were seen as the rulers of stars, such as the deity Taibai Jinxing (Venus) and the Twenty-Eight Mansions (lunar stations). Among all celestial bodies, the Big Dipper (Beidou Qixing) holds a particularly special meaning. Due to the tilt of the Earth’s axis, in the northern hemisphere, one can observe that all stars seem to revolve around a specific point in the northern sky, known as the North Celestial Pole. The star closest to this pole is the North Star (Polaris), and the Big Dipper is located nearby. This region of the sky was designated as the "Purple Forbidden Enclosure" (Ziwei Yuan), the most important of the three enclosures in Chinese astronomy, symbolizing the center of the celestial realm. The Big Dipper has a ladle shape and consists of seven stars: Tianshu, Tianxuan, Tianji, Tianquan, Yuheng, Kaiyang, and Yaoguang. Since the Big Dipper moves in a circular motion around the North Star, it holds profound cultural significance. Surrounding the Big Dipper are numerous smaller stars, collectively referred to as the "accompanying stars" of the Big Dipper. Among these stars are the 36 Heavenly Spirits (Tiangang) and the 72 Earthly Fiends (Disha). Daoism associates each star with a deity. The Tiangang stars correspond to gods such as the Celestial Leader Star (Tian Kui), the Celestial Warrior Star (Tian Gang), the Celestial Planner Star (Tian Ji), and the Celestial Peace Star (Tian Xian), collectively known as the Thirty-Six Heavenly Spirits. The Disha stars correspond to deities like the Earth Leader Star (Di Kui), the Earth Fiend Star (Di Sha), the Earth Brave Star (Di Yong), and the Earth Hero Star (Di Jie), collectively known as the Seventy-Two Earthly Fiends.
Who is here cuz Black myth wukong?
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@@chriswooster801 meeee lol
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Wow 2 years ago 😂
I see, this video was released 2 years ago. I have no chance to play Black Myth
I can't believe some western guy doing a reaction on this series. This bring back my childhood memories
@@hoaivinh6258 very entertaining story. Since 1592!
@@DATONEGAMER25 many books of the monk and the monkey written by different authors before 1592, the story exist hundreds of years before 1592. Wu Cheng'en‘s book is the most popular one
The nostalgia is too strong
Same here ! My childhood !
your childhood？you look this in child？
Im no Chinese but this show was also popular in Vietnam back in the 90s-2000s. Around 5-6pm when this show was aired on our TV, My family used to stop everything they were doing and just went to the living room to watch it. Good old memories.
Yeah I’m just now figuring it out lol. I was born in 1986 but I just never heard about it here in America. But I’m glad I can watch it now. 🙏
Same although I was born in 2006, I remember before I came to US, when I was like 6 or 7 so, me and my family would sit there every night, chill off while watching this masterpiece. 😂😂😂
Same here in Cambodia almost everyone here watch that show back in the day
I am an overseas Chinese born in the 70s and for my generation, the Wukong lore was imprinted by the animated classic "Havoc in Heaven" - one of SWK's most infamous transgressions before Journey to the West.
The other movies we love were Stephen Chow's "Odyssey to the West" non canon adaptations. They fully tell the story of Wukong's growth from a mischievous violent monkey to a trusted protector of Tripitaka.
The film is old, but it got breathtaking shots and the acting was so lively.
The actor playing Wukong is a Beijing Opera artist who has been performing Sun Wukong on stage since he was a child. A true artist.
1980s...
@@JimLi-g1swrong, not Beijing Opera but Shao Opera instead.
@@enishiyukishiro6751 As Chinese I didn't even realize that. Thanks for pointing out bro!
The actor is very famous in China mainland. Before the seri srart shooting, he spend months watching & learning monkey's daily activities.
I am not chinese but this movie is so nostalgic to me. It was probably the first chinese movie that i have ever watched. I have watched it so many times when i was a child.
I watched some of it as a kid at my grandparents house but never understood what was happening 😂
Monkey King can be considered the superhero for every Chinese children.I love 猴哥 so much,He is filled with justice and hates evil deeply, protecting his master all the way. And he is also kind
The actor who played monkey king is still alive. He is from a performing artists family which is famous of playing Monkey King. IMHO he is the best Monkey King ever.
I seen a recent video of him. He seems to be doing well!
@@DATONEGAMER25 love your commitment and interest to watch stuff outside of the film
He was honored recently at a Chinese drama awards show
Of course he's still alive at only 65 years old lol. And with a background in stage opera performance (similar to Jackie Chan) he could probably still kick most average people's asses😂
Journey to the West was published in year 1592, one of the great fiction novel in China history. Dragon ball Z was polished in 1989 by Akira Toriyama who deeply influenced by Journey to the West. So the gap is around 400 years you have your answer about who is the first.
Just to add to this, this TV show was even started to film in 1982.
Wukong literally means to comprehend the void or to grasp something from nothing. It’s really an extraordinary name with profound meaning without using rarely used Chinese characters.
dont the 2 characters mean or seperately mean not empty? my Chinese isnt great and im filtering it through spoken Cantonese
@@antwango 悟空（wukong）悟 means to understand or comprehend and 空 means empty but also stands for "四大皆空” which is to see through the meaning of life and be desireless
@@antwango You are thinking of wu （无）- "not" but his name uses the character wu （悟）- "understanding, comprehension"
@@TactNightZ I dont understand Chinese but in Blach Myth wukong, the names of all of the Disciples of YellowBrown means the Wu (not) that are completely opposite to the names of all Tan Xuanzang's disciples, since Yeallowbrown is so bitter on winning Xuanzang. I find it so cool
@@TactNightZ he said he's a cantonese speaker so he's probably thinking of 唔
As Chinese born in China, I'm just so grateful that people are beginning to show interest in our mythology. The actor 六小龄童 (Liu Xiao Ling Tong) wanted to get closer to the monkeys, he ended up living with one for 6 months. Later on in the story the monkey king acquires great vision like fire (I'm not sure what they translated that into), but in order to get that in his eyes, he put himself in a dark room and used his eyes to follow the burning incense. He ended up with bad vision and glasses. He really dedicated his life for the series.
@@xueyingzhu9430 he did an amazing job
This drama has been watched by almost every Chinese, no matter the old or the children. 😆I love your video and expect next one，please keep do It~
Yes very enjoyable
I am Indonesian Chinese, born and grow up in Indonesia, and I already watch Journey to the west for many many times.
It's part of my childhood.
It Vietnamese too , maybe all the Asian
The opening song is literally implanted into my brain😂
Not just Chinese, but many Asian's childhood memories.
Btw would love to share a little BTS story since you mentioned, This serie is THE most impactful in China, but was created under extremely difficult situation. The whole 25 episodes were made throughout 5 years. Each actor and actress plays so many roles, you probably can't tell but the Wukong's actor plays more than 10 roles in the whole serie, that's how thin the budget was. The whole serie was recorded by ONE camera and ONE cameraman, yes literally one camera. That's why this serie has so much impact in the Chinese TV industry, the process of making this serie was as difficult as the Journey to the West!
@@yuhaoshi9067 they did a very good job and it paid off! It deserves praise and respect. I am happy to have watched the show! ❤️🙏
@@DATONEGAMER25 ahhh have u noticed the kongfu performing guy when Monkey King first stepped onto human's land, is the actor of Bajie. Apart from the Master Tang, the 3 disciples have all played many other characters.
@@DATONEGAMER25 The cantonese version is the goat, probably the one with best production/effects though. I think that one should be from around early 2000s
Of course this was first. Westerners don't understand Wukong novel was written in the 1600s. It literally took the western world 400 years to know of this story now. The original Dragonball was literally a parody of the Chinese novel.
I LOVE that someone is finally reacting to the 1986 series. We have a saying here, if someone who is Chinese says they don’t recognize the theme, they are not Chinese
It’s fun
I'm Vietnamese and I know this show so well because it was widely broadcasted on TV when I was a kid. 😭 I looked up the outro recently and could remember exactly how the song went almost 20 years later.
You found the most popular and classic Journey To The West tv series. Congratulations.
It was quite entertaining
@@DATONEGAMER25 lucky you
Dragonball Z was inspired by Journey to the West, the character Goku is the pronunciation of Wukong in Japanese. Journey to the West is a novel that was written in the 16th Century. Actually many Japanese manga were inspired by this novel, take Naruto as an example, the shadow clone no jutsu is similar to Wukong's ability which he can turn his hair in to the clone of himself, but they are much weaker than the true self
Ya at
36:52/37:03 the journey to the west novel is from the ming dynasty so nomatter if taken reference from tv shows/movies or chinese opera.
It is this first
41:54 .
The duplication for his many furs
Not Dragon Ball Z, but just Dragon Ball OG.
@@douglashtang The earliest Dragon Ball is inspired by Journey to the west. Period.
And the nine-tail fox is actually a myth from ancient Chinese book 山海经, which is a book considered written over 2500 years ago.
This series of Journey to the West is legendary! I remember when I was a child I watched them again and again every summer. Although the technology was not good but the characters, plots, customers, music, acting... were just godly.
FYI they had almost no real money and only 1 cameraman and 1 camera. Also a lot actors/actress had to play multiple characters. They dont know anything about editing and special effects, but just like the story the crew made this timeless masterpiece despite all the difficulties.
They did a good job!
Oh my god, childhood comes flooding back. I remember the days when I was a kid sitting in front of the old TV watching Journey to the West, it was so nostalgic. :>
@@thuyphuong5715 good memories ❤️🙏
你的视频在国内有几十万的播放量了，国内的大家都非常支持你了解中华文化
Your video has already had hundreds of thousands of views in China, and everyone in China strongly supports you in learning about Chinese culture.
@@乔乔森 Thank you! 🙏
@@DATONEGAMER25 直接来bilibili发布吧 。Please come to bilibili to post the video, many Chinese viewers can not climb the wall, but they love your video
Fact:
It took the Wukong actor few years to walk and behave normally after completed shooting this series film.
I heard he get used to act like a monkey and he did it as instinct in his daily life.
😂 That’s funny
I watched it when I was 10yrs in China. It is out of date to me now tbh. But every time the music starts, I always can feel something melting in my heart.😢
@@kateyanjames9040 So nostalgic
it's very rare to see western guy has interest to see old chinese series
It was recommended by a Chinese friend after I saw a Black Myth Wukong video. It’s pretty good 😊
@@DATONEGAMER25 it's cool that you like it
@@DATONEGAMER25 There's a 2010 version with better graphics.
One of the four great ancient classics of Chinese literature.
Finally someone mentioned it .
I think this one easier to start off with.
Followed by 三国演义
@@jianxiongRaven true but if u like politics and war strategy, brotherhood and loyalty, etc then 3 kingdoms is easier to get into.
jttw is kind of like the blueprint for how shonen mangas are structured, so youre right that its probably easier to get into for a modern audience
@@jamesbond3125 ya man.
Like more fancy with all the 我神仙，武器，妖魔鬼怪
You sir are a legend, so glad you’re enjoying the series. The 1986 version is GOD tier above any other spin-offs
I enjoyed it
@@DATONEGAMER25 I notice you dropped at episode 11. Is there more episode reaction in BiliBili?
As a kid who grew up in China I unironically love CCTV 4. It's got all the cool shows.
Well done, looking forward to the next episode. By the way, Journey to the West is a novel of the Ming Dynasty in China. It was completed about 500 years ago. All the images of Wukong come from this (including Dragon Ball).
Ya man.
Sadly not many ppl know 🥲
@@jianxiongRaven Now they know, because of the Black Myth Wukong.
I love that the Emperor is just like "Stone Monkey? totally normal" XD
3 years ago, I got my eight yo son hooked by Wukong via watching this show which I and his dad watched growing up. It is the most classic and famous legend story in China. There were other stories in the similar time published in Ming dynasty too. So many and very good.
@@AndreaNZ1228 very cool
由于我们国内很多人无法去外国网站，所以他们没法来支持你，但我想说其实很多人觉得你很有趣，也很感谢你想了解中国文化的心Because many people in China can't go to foreign websites, they can't support you. But I want to say that many people think you are very interesting and thank you for wanting to understand Chinese culture
My pleasure.
B站有他的视频，不知道是不是本人😂
The Journey to the West is a classic work in China and the Three Kingdoms, the Seven Dragon Balls is influenced by the Journey to the West and began to create, and the Journey to the West is an ancient Chinese novel written in the Ming Dynasty, equivalent to 500 years ago...
So cool 🙏
One of the four great novels of chinese literature / language
Including romance of the three kingdoms
1000000% agreed
Im Vietnamese. This film is a part of my childhood, I love it so much 😃
Nice! Episodes 2 and 3 are really good. I like the scene where Son is trying to eat food with Chopsticks, and the green screen effect of him in the river where he looks really small in size compared to everything else.
Yeah haha huge looking river
Wukong*
im happy that finally people are showing interest in journey to the west and wukong. doesn't matter if a game inspired them or something else.
so far the best of the best. nothing beats this version of monkey
support you. That's my favorite story and monkey King or Wu Kong is my favorite character;-)
Btw the monkey actor(liu-xiao-ling-tong) is the second son of a traditional wokong acting family. From Chinese opera. Whole life of practice and career. Well-known in china. Every one loves him❤
He seems like a great man! 🙏❤️
The master can be “shifu” in Chinese，as wukong call his teacher,and can be “zhangwo” in Chinese meaning “to master some skills”, as you heard from a translator app I believe, at 29’24
Fav series in my childhood! Thank you for the reaction!
You’re welcome
演技一流，功夫了得，配音很美妙
This was my grandma’s favorite show
Bro I'm very happy to see foreigners want to understand Chinese culture that makes me so excited! Your work is wonderful! I will follow this series and ur channel❤️❤️
Yay! 🙏❤️
Me too.
When I watch shows inspired and with Chinese myths and culture , and when i watch other culture like the west.
Its nice someone else is doing the same on the opposite
The drama Journey to the West is like OLD FRIENDS of America. It means a lot to all Chinese people, just like OLD FRIENDS means a lot to all Americans. So it still rebroadcasted till now, the youngster still feel it interesting even though scenes of latest drama is more magnificent and have good special effects, have more money to shoot. It just contains so much memories of our childhood.
Love it
@@DATONEGAMER25 there's a 2012 version . Or somewhere there.
The effects are much better obviously.
Can give that version a go too
This show was a masterpiece. It had all the master actors / actresses, makeups, costumes, director and producers, etc. plus it was casted by hearts and love of the whole generation. And it is timeless!
@@simonjzhang it’s so cool
I don't know why this video was recommended to me, but I do want to say that Sun Wukong at this moment doesn't even have a name nor is he the monkey king yet. He doesn't have any his power either, as he just born. The first few episodes is basically him discovering the world and living a carefree life. Then he realize he can't live forever, as he's mortal after all, and all mortal beings eventually die from old age. This is what made him decided to go to other places that's outside of his home, as he wants to obtain more power and do something about his limited amount of time on earth. The rest is basically him learning his power from a taoist and asked him what his name was but he didn't have any so the taoist gave him the name Sun Wukong. Then he went to the bottom of Eastern Sea to find a weapon that eventually later became known as the Monkey King Staff. The rest is him fighting heaven army and eventually got sealed under 5 Elemental Mountains for 500 years and waited for a monk called of Tang Seng from the Tang Dynasty to seek for scriptures in the west, which he is the reincarnation of Buddha's second disciple. This is what lead to Journey to the West. Rest is history with basically 100 chapters of fighting beasts, monsters, ghosts and spirits along the way while Wukong protected his master, since the reincarnation of Buddha's second disciple is just a human being that has no power to protect himself from monsters and beasts, etc.
@@duskshadow25 I love Wukong. I also love Bajie. He’s funny
@@DATONEGAMER25 I'm not sure where you are in the story, but Bajie used to be a god in heaven, but he was cast down to earth and ended up in a pig shed as a punishment for trying to harass Goddess of the Moon, since he liked her but she was not interested in him, which is what resulted him to look like a pig.
I was thinking of re-watching this show. It's good that you didn't edit much out so I can just watch it all again here. It helps if you create a playlist.
Dragonballs took inspiration from Journey to the West. Son Goku is the Japanese name for Sun Wukong!
just found this after Black Myth Wukong. Such childhood
Really love your reaction in such a natural style. This is a household journey in China and it has influenced Asian cultures.
As you've seen from the previous comments, many Chinese audiences saw your reaction from a Chinese youtube website-- bilibili. I'm also one of them that came here to send my support with VPN. Well done! bro.
FYI, there is another 'Journey to the west a sequel' filmed in 1999 by the same director. It provided supplement to the journey (They have to go through 81 calamities to get the Buddhist sutras) with better graphic quality.
Yeah I noticed it said “Episode 1 Sequel.” and the monkey king looked a bit different. Is that the same one you are talking about?
@@DATONEGAMER25 Yes.
Actually, the TV series introduced basic stories of this journey and made it a household story. In my childhood, the deepest impression about the Journey to the West is the mighty monkey king Sun Wukong.
However, the original novel of Journey to the West is much deeper and has many plots to ponder. For example, in what way the Jade Emperor would send a monkey to guard the immortal Peach garden? Why master puti, the first shifu of Wukong, taught and endowed him supernatural powers and forbade him to tell anything of him? As the audiences grows, they begin to find more details and thoughts of the whole journey. Black myth: Wukong from the Game Science also tells the stories from it's unique view.
This is the 1986 version of Journey to the West, which was a huge sensation when it premiered in China.
i used to watch this when we would go to my grandmothers house when I was little, still gives me happy emotions even to this day when I hear the theme song.
I enjoyed watching! I bet those are fun memories 🙏
Big love from China!By the way，you saw Wukong had bunch of tiny monkeys on his hand in the show，that is one of his classic tricks：he can pull out some fur on his neck，blow it with magic，and the fur will bacome his clone to help him fight，which you can also see it in the video game.😊
Oh cool! Thanks. I am excited to play the game
I wonder the same.. that's right Lol. I just got that skill in the game where he clones a few of them to help you out during battles.. awesome. This game is amazing and I am learning more on Chinese culture, big win for our Chinese brothers.. keep them coming.
This is the show I watched growing up. Oh man oh man the nostalgia.
"it's like nimbus from dbz"
more like nimbus is like wukong's cloud. reject modernity, embrace tradition
@@Derplight2 Wukong was first! 🙏
That scene there with Wukong on the beach is literally me every time I go to one
Journey to the West has so many versions. Besides 1986 version, year 1996,2000,2010,2011 version is popular too. 1986 Version is the most popular one because it contained a lot of memories no matter old or young.
The actor plays Sun Wukong very well and he’s funny
@@DATONEGAMER25
ya . The many actors.
You think its easy but nots actually not as easy as you think.
The mannerism , fighting and stunts as a human is alrdy tough .
But to add in monkey manerism ..
That stick weapon... 金箍棒
Dragon Ball is based on the same novel as this TV series, Jouney To The West, which is written hundreds years ago, where the concept of "nimbus" first show up
Oh that’s really cool! Hundreds of years ago? That’s amazing 🙏
@@DATONEGAMER25 16th century 1592, Ming Dynasty
@@uncle-z5321 wow
@@DATONEGAMER25 yup . One of the four Great Novels in Chinese History/literature
Coming from Bilibili to show my support!
Thanks! 🙏
YOu're right man, the best in Journey to the West is actually the Music, and there were a lot of them.
Thank you for taking the effort to know the back story of Journey to the West.
It’s fun to watch and Wukong is funny 😆
thank you for discover this hidden treasure it amazing
OMG a gamer watched this two years ago!
我今天跟着国内网友翻译的你的视频重温了经典，来you tube支持你一波。
Welcome! I'm really enjoying his reactions, and it's bringing in a lot of new people to his comments!
Nono, 孙sun is no relation with the sun in the sky, but a traditional China family name.
Master gave the name Sun to wukong because wukong is a monkey and monkey is 猢狲 hu sun ( the ancient way while now we call monkey 猴子 hou zi)
I really love how you saying 师父shifu🤣🤣🤣🥰 wukong and you really say in a funny way🤣🤣
Haha 😂 thank you 🙏
The actor of wukong is 6-age lil Kiddo, yeah that’s his name, 6-age lil Kiddo, a famous Chinese performance artist
This actor, he spend his life studying Monkey movements, the behaviour, character, even how it sounds like when speaking
@@DuaneTanTC He’s very good
Coming from the Bilibili channel! I'm actually watching the TV show again along with u, friend. You really have very good talent in language! 🥳🥳
@@opheliay463 Welcome! Thank you! 🙏 ❤️
Wukong Jingubang atually he get it from the Sea dragon.......................that Jingubang is actually a support pillar for the Sea
好家伙｀老哥2年前就看西游记了😁
金猴奋起千钧棒，玉宇澄清万里埃。今日欢呼孙大圣，只缘妖雾又重来😄
Congratulations your efforts are pay back 😂😂 because black myth 👏 😀
Don't make me kneel down and beg for the next issue, I can't wait，hahaha🤩🤩
😆
I hope he makes a 3rd reaction video. Sun Wukong is just beginning to get stronger!
@@trvorgaming5376 I’m gonna try and watch all of them.
You should look up [ace vs ace] which version of wukong do you like best? that’s where all the old cast from this show gets back together for a reunion it’s like a whole big event you got the monkey king actor spinning his stick around and everything he still gots his skills
dude, love the way you said shifu 🤣🤣
Haha 😂 thanks
i watched the TV series over 50 times, 'cuz it is 1 of the several TV series been broadcasted over and over in the 80s during summer and winter vacations.
funny that the crew shot the indoor studio part in a middle school stadium, and the actors usually go to the dinning hall of a hotel where my dad worked back then.
That’s cool 🙏
China's 5000 year culture has been forgotten in the world for a long time. Thanks for this game to let people like you know more about Chinese culture. I hope you are interested in journey to the West. This is a national treasure novel in China. It is translated with translation software. There may be some grammatical errors. Please forgive me
Thank you and yes I appreciate it. I love the history. 🙏
dragon ball is based on the story of the journey to the west, which was written in 1592. so yes, that includes the nimbus
@@monkeyking10192003 Very old story. Journey to the West is king!
Yes yes before we get another comment of the hundreds saying 'Who's here bc of BMW', I am indeed here bc of BMW, if people would stop the annoying 'who's here because' CZcams will be a better place Lol. So I am on episode 2 of this show and I am having a blast, the actor who plays Wukong is hilarious and awesome.. he played it perfectly.
@@camf33 It would be amazing to meet him
Lol i remember watching this show as a kid
@@almighty1727 🙏
wow, so many memories for this, i watched it many times in summer vacation when i was a kid.
@@honestymonk Good memories
Dang my childhood, my first Chinese super hero
Karate? No it's more like kungfu with magic/supernatural power.
In this episode I love the way SunWukong learned how to speak, to eat, to dress and to act like human. He is very brave and clever, way more smart then other monkeys that's why he can be the monkey king and managed his way to humans' world or even gods'.
In this drama SunWukong looks good but according to the book Journey to the West he is actually a bit ugly and scary that's why people are fear of him.
I think you are getting bored watching this drama haha, but it's understandable. There's cultural difference. And this drama is designated for all age, to popularize the basic content of the book(which is much more complex and difficult).
I like how often sun wukong gets new clothes. In the first 2 parts he goes from no clothes, to wearing leaves, takes the clothes someone drops when he crosses the water on the raft, steals the old man's shoes, new clothes from the mountain sage when he returns home, armor from the 4 dragon kings, and gets another outfit from being lord of the stables. 😆
I’m not bored lol 😂 I am entertained. I am paying attention. It’s funny
Great you're entertained! Cant wait to see ep6 😆
Yeah it feels awesome! Like, when you got new equipments when playing RPGs, I am always excited about new equitments 🤩
Ya man.
Its more like 法术.
Or you can say magic but in the chinese/eastern pov
You said that the Chinese master's pronunciation is particularly accurate. I haven't seen the first episode of journey to the West for a long time，and i had a good time watching your video,thanks~
Thanks 🙏
@@DATONEGAMER25 ya man .
When u said 师傅.
Ur tone is right omg.
Quit rarely we hear non chinese speaking pronouncing it at the right tone
The original book was written more than 300 years ago. It was not just a story about an adventure, it contains such a lot of Buddhism lessons.
I didnot understand the life lesson until I re-watch it recently. After all, it make me feel a bit existential crisis myself :v :v
For example, what is the meaning of being alive. Is there any difference between gods, monster, human? or actually, we are all such these three kinds ourself :v
As a Chinese culture enthusiast, I tell you that Journey to the West is a satire on the social reality of ancient Chinese dynasties
@@user-ec3cu6vd4k Thank you, I thought it was mostly about lessons. Can you pls give me some more detailed example of satire.
@@tranbaolong9016For example, when a master and disciple encounter a monster without a background on their journey to obtain Buddhist scriptures, they usually kill it directly. When they encounter monsters from heaven and earth, most of them are divine mounts. When they kill them, someone will stand up and demand that Sun Wukong spare their lives. In fact, it is about the officials in the Ming Dynasty's officialdom protecting each other. Almost all ancient Chinese novels are alluding to social reality!
@@tranbaolong9016For example, the rhinoceros spirit among them is the mount of Tai Shang Lao Jun, who secretly descended to the cholera side. After Sun Wukong defeated him and prepared to kill him, Tai Shang Lao Jun intervened to stop him.
跟读
@@tranbaolong9016For example, the rhinoceros spirit among them is the mount of Tai Shang Lao Jun, who secretly descended to the cholera side. After Sun Wukong defeated him and prepared to kill him, Tai Shang Lao Jun intervened to stop him.
跟读
Oh my childhood! Watched it since I was 5
"Journey to the West", also known as "Journey to the West", or "Journey to the West" for short, is the first romantic chapter-by-chapter novel of gods and demons in ancient China's Ming Dynasty. The book has 585,000 words (Shidetang edition) and 100 chapters. It is one of the four great masterpieces of China and one of the four great books. It was written in the middle of the Ming Dynasty in the 16th century, and the author is Wu Chengen of the Ming Dynasty. The book tells the story of Tang Sanzang and his disciples Sun Wukong, Zhu Bajie and Sha Wujing, who went to the West to obtain Buddhist scriptures. It shows the ancient theme of punishing evil and promoting good, and is a representative work of promoting Buddhism and destroying Taoism. There is also a view that "Journey to the West" is a satirical novel that implicitly satirizes power and officialdom.
Wow. Old stuff is really hard to watch, but it's also so nostalgic
才不难看！经典才更值得回味，哪怕不高清
The Dragonball was inspired by the journey to the west, so you could see some similar things. Moreover, you found the right version of the journey to the west, which almost all Chinese people watched this version when they were a child. You will have a better understanding of Black myth wukong after watching this.
I am glad to watch this before I play the game. 🙏❤️
watch the series a thousand times but i still click it everytime i see it
I am time traveler from 2 years later! Hi~
Hi! 🙏
In 1986, there were very few computers in China, so the special effects would look very rudimentary and strange😂
Fun fact: the actor who played Sun Wukong in this series is now the voice actor of Sun Wukong in Black Myth: Wukong, after all these year, he still sounds the same.
Really? Awesome
不是的，怎么可能呢，六小龄童已经65岁了，黑神话悟空的配音演员叫林强，1982年出生的，他可以模仿这部电视剧里孙悟空的声线
For all my Western and Non-Chinese friends watching this
Wow ! 😄 You're watching the OG version.
Whao ! 👏👍
2:56 All actors for the monkey king *孙悟空 (sún wù kōng)* is pretty well known.
Even before the first film , from chinese opera .
It's quite hard to portray and act like one , every little detail and mannerism *(you can see more of it as you watch)*
I'm guessing the opera wans also does more stunts in real time for the shows *(but that's another topic for discussion again on Chinese Opera)*
For reference 108000 li is like 54000km, there was also a saying “One travels 80000li a day by siting still.”. Which sorta makes sense as the length of the equator is roughly 40000km
This version is a bit old. The 1996-1998 Hong Kong version TV series of Journey to the West is more interesting and closer to Black Myth: Wukong. The 2016 Monkey King 2 movie series is nice too. 👍
its very hard to translate "72 transformations" in English in a right way, even in Chinese, it's hard to explain it in a right way. Actually, it's not really 72 times transformations. It is actually 72 earthly fiends. To fully understand the concepts of the 36 Heavenly Spirits (Tiangang) and the72 Earthly Fiends (Disha), we must first explore the Chinese ancient people's reverence for the stars. Due to limitations in their understanding, ancient people believed that the stars in the sky were closely connected to the fate of nations, individuals, the outcome of wars, and even harvest yields. This belief led to the development of astrology and divination. Particularly within the Daoist framework, the stars held significant importance. They believed that, like the earthly realm, the heavens were governed by a set of rules, and stars played a critical role in maintaining this cosmic order. Many deities worshipped in Daoism were believed to have their origins in celestial bodies or were seen as the rulers of stars, such as the deity Taibai Jinxing (Venus) and the Twenty-Eight Mansions (lunar stations).
Among all celestial bodies, the Big Dipper (Beidou Qixing) holds a particularly special meaning. Due to the tilt of the Earth’s axis, in the northern hemisphere, one can observe that all stars seem to revolve around a specific point in the northern sky, known as the North Celestial Pole. The star closest to this pole is the North Star (Polaris), and the Big Dipper is located nearby. This region of the sky was designated as the "Purple Forbidden Enclosure" (Ziwei Yuan), the most important of the three enclosures in Chinese astronomy, symbolizing the center of the celestial realm. The Big Dipper has a ladle shape and consists of seven stars: Tianshu, Tianxuan, Tianji, Tianquan, Yuheng, Kaiyang, and Yaoguang. Since the Big Dipper moves in a circular motion around the North Star, it holds profound cultural significance.
Surrounding the Big Dipper are numerous smaller stars, collectively referred to as the "accompanying stars" of the Big Dipper. Among these stars are the 36 Heavenly Spirits (Tiangang) and the 72 Earthly Fiends (Disha). Daoism associates each star with a deity. The Tiangang stars correspond to gods such as the Celestial Leader Star (Tian Kui), the Celestial Warrior Star (Tian Gang), the Celestial Planner Star (Tian Ji), and the Celestial Peace Star (Tian Xian), collectively known as the Thirty-Six Heavenly Spirits. The Disha stars correspond to deities like the Earth Leader Star (Di Kui), the Earth Fiend Star (Di Sha), the Earth Brave Star (Di Yong), and the Earth Hero Star (Di Jie), collectively known as the Seventy-Two Earthly Fiends.
The actor had to went through special training to bring out the distinct expression and look by staring into a candle flame for days
After two years, this video bring us back because.of the Black myth wukong.
This version is the most reknown series, especially the actor and his voice actings
In the original novel, the whole of EP1 was basically encapsulated within 1 page.
Black Myth Wukong has two BGM songs from this version of the TV series
Nice!