The Journey to the West stone carvings in the Yuan Dynasty were found in the mountains. Why was there a lack of sand monks alone?

You carry the burden, I lead the horse, greet the sunrise and send away the sunset glow, tread the bumpy road, struggle hard and set off. . . . ? The familiar melody sounded, which is a wonderful memory of several generations of childhood. For the Journey to the West, we are all familiar with it, and we can't pass the exam, but in the Journey to the West, the elder and his three disciples are well aware of their appearance characteristics and personality tastes. In an ancient temple in Zijinshan, Zezhou, Shanxi Province, a cliff statue of Tang Priest was carved on the cliff behind it, but in the cliff stone carving, there were Tang Priest, Monkey, Bajie and Bai, but Friar Sand disappeared. Why is there a lack of honest sand monks? The cliff carvings in ancient temples can be traced back to the time when The Journey to the West wrote a book. It turns out that this ancient temple is located in Dayunyuan on the Zijinshan Mountain in Liushukou, Zezhou County, and was built in the Yuan Dynasty. There is a cave behind the ancient temple and a stone tablet in front. The head of the stone tablet is scattered, and the inscription is "Re-recording Division Cave". Inscription: Dayuan to Dayuan 30 years, namely 1293. In the middle of the Shuiyue Guanyin Buddha platform carved on the cliff, someone saw the inscription: the time is from Dayuan to 30 years old, which means that this is the age of cliff stone carving, which was established from Yuan Dynasty to Yuan Dynasty. What we are seeing now, whether it is a book or a TV series, is the novel The Journey to the West written by Wu Cheng'en during the Wanli period of the Ming Dynasty 1573, about 280 years ago. In the early days, the story of Sanzang Buddhist Scriptures was circulated among the people, and there were no sand monks in the stone carvings.

In these cliff carvings, the Tang Priest worships Guanyin or worships Buddha devoutly, while the Monkey holds a stick to cover the sky with one hand and looks forward, while Bajie leads the horse with one hand without a nine-toothed rake weapon, while the white people behind them either bow their heads and graze leisurely or walk hard. People who are now close to the story of Journey to the West. However, after the Tang Dynasty, the story about Tang Sanzang's pilgrimage to the West spread and many different versions were deduced. For example, in the Song and Yuan Dynasties, Monkey, Tang Priest and Dragon Horse were fixed figures, but the other two were different. For example, in the Song Dynasty, there was no Bajie. At the end of Yuan Dynasty, Yang Jingxian's version of The Journey to the West had complete characters, including Tang Priest, Wukong, Bajie, Friar Sand and Bai. But the plot is quite different from what I see now. the Monkey King actually likes beautiful women. Especially after taking part in the Buddhist scriptures, in addition to taking the scriptures for nothing, Tang Priest went back to the East to teach the Dharma, and all three disciples were killed by the Tathagata Buddha, thus achieving a positive result. In fact, Journey to the West is not just a ghost novel. Its greatness not only shapes the inspirational story of five people who have gone through hardships to achieve positive results, but also integrates the fairy tales of China for 5,000 years, involving the development of belief culture such as Confucianism, Buddhism and Taoism. The creative process here lasts for 700 to 800 years. With the mixing and gradual improvement of different factors in different periods, this great work came into being. Just like the equally great Romance of the Three Kingdoms, it has been handed down from generation to generation on the basis of the original historical events, constantly supplemented and explained, and finally became a masterpiece and a great work for all ages in Xian Yi.