The result is Monkey: Journey to the West, a show which blends acrobatics ... The Monkey King, as Sun Wukong is known in English, as well as Pigsy, Sandy and a host of other characters and ...

Xuanzang subsequently became a main character in the great Chinese epic Journey to the West. In 629 C.E., a Chinese Buddhist monk named Xuanzang wanted to go west to India to learn more about Buddhism ...