On their journey to the West, the Buddhist monk Tang Seng together with his disciples has gone through innumerous dangers. Having defeated the Red Boy, they arrived at the Fiery Mountain. To travel through the mountain, they needed the Banana Leave Fan which belonged to Princess Iron Fan and Bull Demon King. Since they were parents of Red Boy and bore grudge against Monkey King, they were unwilling to lend him the magic fan. Monkey King used his brilliant schemes and got the fan. Finally, he accompanied Tang Seng to the West and completed his scared mission.
This play is adapted from Journey to the West, one of the four greatest novels of Chinese classical literature. It is the first stage series on the stage of Chinese drama and child play.
The stage presentation of this play integrates music, dance, kung fu and lines into a whole. Combining singing, chanting, acting, acrobatic fighting can be described as complete in every line. It is a brand-new type of myth play which creates a novel and dreamlike mood. The play is not only pleasurable for young children to watch, but also able to meet the aesthetic needs of the parents bringing their children to the theatre.
It also contains hip-pop designed in accordance to movements of a monkey and raps with strong sence of tempo. In this way, Monkey King‘s free personality, his love of freedom and his omnipotence are depicted vividly. This drama has been elected as State-level Fine Stage Arts with Government Funds, 2009-2010. It won Award of National Theatre Culture and Gold Lion for Children's Drama. (2007-2010)
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