"Journey to the West" is the first romantic novel about gods and demons in the history of Chinese literature. It mainly tells the story of Sun Wukong, Zhu Bajie and Sha Seng protecting Monk Tang on his journey to the west to obtain Buddhist scriptures. The masters and apprentices traveled thousands of miles, experienced ninety-nine and eighty-one difficulties, and defeated demons along the way, and finally reached the Western Heaven and obtained the true scripture. The author uses a positive romantic writing technique to reflect realist thoughts and feelings, and skillfully combines good-natured ridicule, bitter satire and serious criticism, opening up a new category of long chapter novels about gods and demons. The book uses unique and bold imagination to depict a colorful, magical and magnificent fantasy world, and creates a series of twists and turns and interesting mythological stories. It reflects the human condition and worldly feelings in the fantasy world, expresses vivid human wisdom, and reveals a rich flavor of life in the fantasy.
