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 might come from an amalgam of Chinese and Indian 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, also 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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