Friar Sand Joins the Pilgrims

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The MONKEY SERIES are picture books based on the ancient Chinese fantasy novel Journey to the West, a story rich in tales about demons and monsters who try to stop the Tang Priest Xuanzang from reaching the Thunder Monastery in India to fetch Buddhist scriptures. The real hero of this novel, loved for four hundred years by Chinese readers, is the resourceful, brave and humorous Monkey.
FOREIGN LANGUAGES PRESS BEIJING CHINA
Friar Sand Joins the Pilgrims
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! t This is" the sixth in a 34-part series of books telling the story of Monkey that is found in the ancient Chinese fantasy novel Journey to the West. In the previous volume, The Coming of Pig, Monkey used his magic powers to win over an ogre who then became Pig, the Tang Priest's second disciple.
Friar Sand Joins the Pilgrims, which is illustrated with 46 coloured pictures, tells what happens when the Tang Priest Xuanzang and his two disciples Pig and Monkey reach the Flowing Sands River, which an ogre prevents them from... Tovább

Fülszöveg

The MONKEY SERIES are picture books based on the ancient Chinese fantasy novel Journey to the West, a story rich in tales about demons and monsters who try to stop the Tang Priest Xuanzang from reaching the Thunder Monastery in India to fetch Buddhist scriptures. The real hero of this novel, loved for four hundred years by Chinese readers, is the resourceful, brave and humorous Monkey.
FOREIGN LANGUAGES PRESS BEIJING CHINA
Friar Sand Joins the Pilgrims
i
! t This is" the sixth in a 34-part series of books telling the story of Monkey that is found in the ancient Chinese fantasy novel Journey to the West. In the previous volume, The Coming of Pig, Monkey used his magic powers to win over an ogre who then became Pig, the Tang Priest's second disciple.
Friar Sand Joins the Pilgrims, which is illustrated with 46 coloured pictures, tells what happens when the Tang Priest Xuanzang and his two disciples Pig and Monkey reach the Flowing Sands River, which an ogre prevents them from crossing. Pig battles with the ogre, and when he cannot cope Monkey has to turn elsewhere for help before the ogre becomes the Tang ' Priest's' tRird disciple for the journey.
The next hook in the series:
In the next volume in the series, Stealing the Magic Fruit, the Tang Priest and his disciples arrive at Five Village Temple. There Monkey steals some magic fruit that the greedy-Pig eats. In a fit of temper Monkey uproots the tree. The abbot of the temple captures the Tang Priest and demands compensation for the magic tree. Monkey needs fill his skill to get them out of this fix. Vissza