Though there are primarily two main religions in China, since it is so big, different folk stories will vary from towns, cities, and provinces with their own myths about different deities. These diverse religions embodied elements such as gods and doctrines from different provincial folk religions and cultures, such as totem worship and traditional legends. However, the roots of local religion dated back centuries. Traditionally, many people practice both religions simultaneously. The two traditional mainstream religions practiced in Fuzhou are Mahayana Buddhism and Taoism. The three were Dan Xia Da Sheng (丹霞大聖), the Red Face Monkey Sage, Tong Tian Da Sheng (通天大聖), the Black Face Monkey Sage, and Shuang Shuang San Lang (爽爽三聖), the White Face Monkey Sage. This included the three Monkey Saints of Lin Shui Palace, who were once fiends, who were subdued by the goddess Chen Jinggu, the Empress Lin Shui. He may have also been influenced by local folk religion from Fuzhou province, where monkey gods were worshipped long before the novel.
These legends gave rise to stories and art motifs during the Han dynasty, eventually contributing to the Monkey King figure. His inspiration might have also come from the White Monkey legends from the Chinese Chu kingdom (700–223 BC), which revered gibbons. Some scholars believe the character originated from the first disciple of Xuanzang, Shi Banto. The Monkey King's origin story includes the wind blowing on a stone, whereas Hanuman is the son of the God of Wind. The Monkey King was possibly influenced by the Hindu deity Hanuman, the Monkey-God, from the Ramayana, via stories passed by Buddhists who traveled to China. His inspiration comes from an amalgam of Indian and Chinese culture. The golden statues at the Rua Yai City Pillar Shrine in Suphan Buri, ThailandĪs one of the most enduring Chinese literary characters, the Monkey King has a varied background and colorful cultural history. He also shows partial weather manipulation skills and can stop people in place with fixing magic. His hair has magical properties, capable of making copies of himself or transforming into various weapons, animals and other things. He is a skilled fighter, capable of defeating the best warriors of heaven. Sun Wukong also acquires the 72 Earthly Transformations, which allow him to access 72 unique powers, including the ability to transform into sundry animals and objects. He is extremely fast, able to travel 108,000 li (54,000 km, 34,000 mi) in one somersault. He has amazing strength and is able to support the weight of two heaven mountains on his shoulders while running "with the speed of a meteor". After five hundred years, he accompanies the monk Tang Sanzang (唐三藏) and two other disciples on a journey to get back Buddhist sutras from the West ( India), where Buddha and his followers dwell. After rebelling against heaven, he is imprisoned under a mountain by the Buddha. In Journey to the West, Sun Wukong is a monkey born from a stone who acquires supernatural powers through Taoist practices. The Monkey King, known as Sun Wukong ( traditional Chinese: 孫悟空 simplified Chinese: 孙悟空) in Mandarin Chinese, is a legendary mythical figure best known as one of the main characters in the 16th-century Chinese novel Journey to the West ( traditional Chinese: 西遊記 simplified Chinese: 西游记) and many later stories and adaptations. Immortality, 72 Bian (Morphing Powers), Jin Dou Yun (Cloud Surfing), Jin Gang Bu Huai Zhi Shen (Superhuman Durability), Jin Jing Huo Yan (True Sight)
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