Journey khổng lồ the West is a Chinese television series adapted from the classic novel of the same title. The series was first broadcast on CCTV in china on 1 October 1986. The series became an instant classic in china and is still being praised as the best & most authentic interpretation of the novel. Unadapted portions of the original story were later covered in the second season, which was released in 1999.
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Season 1
Season 1 has 25 episodes & covers 74 chapters of the novel. The first trial episode was aired on 1 October 1986, and filming lasted until 1987. It was aired as a whole series in 1988. With the limited but relatively new special effects, the series received a viewership rate of 89.4% in 1987. The series has been rebroadcast every year since then. As of 2012, the series has been repeated on Chinese local channels more than 2,000 times.
Season 2
Season 2 has 16 episodes (covers another 25 chapters of the novel). Filming began in 1998 và finished in 1999. It was broadcast on CCTV in 2000. The internal story of the second season has the four protagonists relating to Emperor Taizong of Tang via flashbacks of their travels and adventures, (namely those episodes not depicted in the first series) upon their return to lớn China. Season 2 differs from the format of the first season, as most episodes kết thúc on a cliffhanger, with conflicts being resolved và new ones encountered in the middle of episodes in a more fluid timeline.
Cast
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Other cast
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Other cast
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The music for the series was mainly composed by Xu Jingqing (许镜清).
Wu Cheng"en and Journey khổng lồ the West
The original lead actors of Journey lớn the West (1986) — Liu Xiao Ling Tong, đưa ra Chongrui and Ma Dehua — reprised their roles in Wu Cheng"en và Journey khổng lồ the West, a 2010 television series about Wu Cheng"en & his inspiration for writing the novel Journey to the West. Sha Wujing, however, was portrayed by Liu Dagang because Yan Huaili, who played the character in 1986, died in April 2009.