Chinese Famous Monkey King Actor Participates in Fire Monkey Event in New York

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Zhang Jinlai, a famed monkey king actor and a strong advocate for China's monkey culture, arrived in New York to participate in a event called Fire Monkey related to this year's Chinese Spring Festival holiday season on February 7-22, which is one of the many monkey-themed commercial events held here with the approach of the Lunar Chinese Year of the Monkey beginning on February 8.
Zhang, now 56 and better known as his stage name "Liu Xiao Ling Tong", is famous for his vivid, nuanced portrayal of a monkey character in the 30-year-old TV series "Journey to the West", which was adopted from one of the Four Great Classical Novels of Chinese literature.
Many foreigners see the novel as a simple story of a monk making a trip to "the Western regions" with his three disciples namely Monkey, Pig and Friar Sand. However, what the novel conveys is much more than that, as their adventure mirrors a person's life, Zhang said.
Everyone has a Monkey King in their heart, said the artist, who has devoted almost his entire life to promoting monkey culture at home and abroad.
Indeed, it may not be too hard for westerners to have resonance with the TV adaptations of "Journey to the West", whose plot, more or less, resembles that of "Lord of the Rings".
Since the first hit in 1986, the series have been aired on TV for more than 3,000 times and have been watched around six billion times.
Seeing Chinese lunar new year is coming, Zhang gave his best wishes to TV audience. "Hello everyone, I'm actor Liu Xiao Ling Tong. Best wishes to audience of China's Central Television. Happy Chinese new year," said Zhang.
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@lightheart5 8 жыл бұрын

Liu Xiao Ling Tong will ALWAYS be the perfect actor for Sun Wukong, no matter how old he gets

@aloe6528 3 жыл бұрын

Facts

@helwafinde 2 жыл бұрын

For real!

@markboudreau1410 2 жыл бұрын

So true!

@gpg4424 4 жыл бұрын

BEST OF THE BEST MONKEY KING ACTOR HE IS . LOVE LIU XIAO TONG from India.

@helwafinde 2 жыл бұрын

It is a pity that nothing like this happens in Russia. I am Russian and I love the Monkey King and the 1986 TV series.

@q_q123 4 жыл бұрын

The legend

@veronicacougar5687 3 жыл бұрын

I am American and I have been watching this great series for about a month. I'm happy that there are many episodes to binge-watch. Well done, China. Shame on you, PRC government, for trying to force the destruction and abandonment and suppression of the great and esteemed heritage of the Chinese people. I hope you have put that heinous chapter in history behind you. If Communism is so great, why do you have to force it on people? Why do you believe that you have to destroy all other cultures for Communism to fluorish? Don't you believe that it can stand on its own merits? Why don't you give people a choice? Maybe they will surprise you. The threat from the West is only in your minds, unless you act on it.