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What is the name of the Heavenly Palace? What is the incarnation of the Jade Emperor? What is the incarnation and representative of the Monkey King?

Tiangong is synonymous with human court; The Jade Emperor is the incarnation of the feudal emperor; The Monkey King is the embodiment of the people's will and the representative of democratic thought.

The Journey to the West is a long fairy tale written by Wu Cheng'en in Ming Dynasty. . Mainly write the story of the Monkey King Pig and Friar Sand protecting Tang Priest's Buddhist scriptures in the West. They encountered eighty-one difficulties along the way, turned evil spirits all the way, saved the day, and finally reached the Western Heaven and obtained the true scriptures. It mainly consists of three parts: the Monkey King made a scene in the Heavenly Palace, the birth of Tang Priest, Tang Priest and the Monkey King, and so on. They went through hardships along the way, defeated all kinds of monsters, survived the eighty-one difficulties and achieved complete success. Praised the brave and indomitable spirit of the Monkey King's mentoring.

This book shows rich social content in the form of myth, reflects the realistic social contradictions in a zigzag way, and expresses people's wishes and demands. The Monkey King embodies the strong desire of the broad masses of the people to resist autocratic oppression, overcome evil and conquer natural forces; It is deeply rooted in the soil of China people's historical life with the tradition of struggle, and it is an artistic summary of the long-term struggle life of the broad masses of people in China. It is the product of the combination of ideal and reality.