Journey to the West 1986: 3 "grains" deceived the audience for more than 35 years with secrets that were never revealed

This segment caused great controversy in public opinion when it was first aired. Accordingly, many people believe that director Duong Khiet built such a scene to better clarify the bravery and strength of Sun Wukong. However, many opinions feel that this is an extremely absurd "grain" because the Jade Emperor is the ruler of heaven and earth, must have enough courage to conquer Ton Ngo Khong.

Journey to the West is a film directed by Duong Khiet started filming in 1982 and has become a classic for more than 35 years with the participation of Luc Tieu Linh Dong, Tu Thieu Hoa, Tri Trong Thuy, and Diem Hoai. Ceremony... After its broadcast, the series created a movie trend and received very high reviews, reaching 89.4% viewership ratings, the number of replays exceeded 3,000 times and became a movie. childhood of many generations. This is also one of the most successful adaptations and received the most love from the audience. However, this movie has many absurd "grains". In which, there are 3 segments that have caused great controversy during the 35 years since Journey to the West began airing.

It is the scene of the movie about the Jade Emperor when Ton Ngo Khong raged the Heavenly Palace. It is known that Ngoc Hoang was originally the ruler of heaven and earth, with generous divine powers that made everyone bow their heads in respect. But when it was turned into a movie in 1986, director Duong Khiet let the Emperor Jade Emperor get under the table to avoid Sun Wukong.

This made the audience very surprised by the image of a Jade Emperor over ten thousand people who had to fear Sun Wukong to the point of hiding, helplessly asking for help from Buddha Tathagata. After that, Buddha Tathagata did not need to spend too much effort to stop and seal Sun Wukong at the foot of the Marble Mountains.

This segment caused great controversy in public opinion when it was first aired. Accordingly, many people believe that director Duong Khiet built such a scene to better clarify the bravery and strength of Sun Wukong. However, many opinions feel that this is an extremely absurd "grain" because the Jade Emperor is the ruler of heaven and earth, must have enough courage to conquer Ton Ngo Khong.

In fact, in the original work, the author Ngo Thua An did not describe the scene where the Jade Emperor was helpless to hide under the table when Ton Ngo Khong was in an uproar at the Heavenly Palace. Specifically, in this excerpt, Ngoc Hoang remained calm and sent someone to "transmit the Tathagata" to stop Sun Wukong. It can be seen that, in the original version, the Jade Emperor is only giving Buddha Tathagata the task, not asking for help, asking for help like in the 1986 film version.

After conquering Sun Wukong, Buddha Tathagata said: You are just a monkey, what skill do you have to compete for the throne of Thien Ton? The Jade Emperor has been cultivating since he was a child, and has suffered through ten thousand seven hundred and fifty kalpas, each life lasting about twelve thousand nine thousand six hundred years, how many years do you think he has practiced?'

Returning to the Heavenly Palace, Buddha Tathagata also paid his respects when he called the "poor monk" and called the Jade Emperor "Dai Thien Ton". This clearly shows that Buddha Tathagata is so powerful that he also bows to the Jade Emperor, this must be a very powerful character.

Therefore, in the 1986 version, the fact that director Duong Khiet let the character Ngoc Hoang go under the table when Ton Ngo Khong was in a big uproar, became an extremely absurd "grain", losing the noble image. your.

Details of luggage selection

Although throughout the journey to ask for sutras, the person carrying the luggage is always Sa Sang, but the person who chooses to carry the luggage in the end is not Sa Sang but the Eight Precepts.

The three teachers and students of Tang Tang met the monk O Sao, he said that the way to get sutras was not difficult, but they would meet many demons. Bat Gioi was accepted as the second disciple, moreover, Ngo Khong was a hot-tempered man, only good at martial arts. Therefore, the responsibility of carrying the baggage is carried out by the Eight Precepts. At that time, Sa Tang had not yet been accepted. Later, Sa Sang was a junior, taking on the burden of carrying his luggage. Actually that's not the case.

When the Tathagata discussed the reward award, he said: "Chu Ngo Nang, you are originally Thien Bong Nguyen, because you were drunk at the table and teased the fairies, you were brought down to the world to reincarnate, referred to as the great religion, and supported you. Tang Tang asked for sutras, had merit in carrying luggage, and promoted you to the position of an emissary of Tinh Dan. Sa worked as a monster, later supported Tang Tang, had merit in leading the horse, and promoted to become the main fruit of Kim Than Arhat".

On the way to ask for sutras, Wukong became a horseman, Sa Tang carried the luggage, and the Bat Gioi did not do anything.

The second point is that Bat Gioi and Sa Sang also wear gold bracelets

In Journey to the West, not only Wukong wears a gold necklace, but Bat Gioi and Sa Sang also wear it. That year, the Tathagata said that Guan Yin Bodhisattva established a group to ask for sutras. Quan Am immediately received 3 monsters to support Tang Tang, if all 3 did not obey, they had to wear rings.

However, only Wukong did not listen, so he was wearing a gold bracelet, while Bat Gioi and Sa Tang obeyed so they were not worn. Quan Am brought the remaining two bracelets for Hac Hung Tinh and Hong Nhi Nhi to wear. Therefore, the bracelet that Bat Gioi and Sa Sang wore in the movie did not have a clear "origin".

However, no matter how carefully a work is cared for, mistakes cannot be avoided. Not to mention if that mistake comes from the context of filmmaking - the age of technology is not high (the effects are not beautiful, the setting is sketchy), the viewers can easily sympathize. According to many actors involved in the retelling of that time, filmmaking conditions were limited, even an actor had to play many different roles. Therefore, errors in post-production and costumes cannot be avoided.

For audiences who love Chinese cinema, the 1986 version of Journey to the West is always mentioned as one of the most classic films. It has been more than 3 decades since its first broadcast, but the attraction of this cult drama has never cooled down. Just a reminder that the whole sky of memories returned, especially recently, when Journey to the West was announced to be back on television, it still made many viewers excited no matter how many times they watched it.

Born in difficult circumstances in the 80s, when the cinematography was still not much developed. Although the investment capital of 6 million yuan is a huge amount of money, it is not enough to cover the entire film, the actors also receive only a meager and symbolic remuneration. The film was made in 6 years, from 1982 to 1988, it was completed.

The staff of the film had to be extremely miserable because of the scene. In order to create a scene where the clouds are covered with clouds and the fairies fly above the clouds, the crew of 'Journey to the West' had to work very hard. At that time, modern equipment was not available, so to create a large amount of clouds in each scene, the film crew had to mobilize a lot of dry ice bottles.

Accordingly, the dry ice material is Carbon dioxide (CO2) when dissolved, it will give off white smoke. This type of smoke can float on the ground, creating a dreamy misty scene. Scenes in heaven all use this material. Director Duong Khiet said that each scene requires dozens of bottles and every two people are responsible for holding such a bottle.

Accordingly, before filming, the staff in charge of smoke clouds must "operate" so that the smoke covers the ground, creating a feeling of dense clouds in the sky. During the shooting process, it is still not allowed to stop shaking the vases that "create" clouds.

Because the sound produced by these vases is quite noisy, even the voice of the actor is drowned out by the noise from the smoke generators. Once while filming, there were a few smoke tanks that ran out of "fuel", had to stop to change another one. At this time, the actors who were acting in the scene of the fairy clouds had to stand the battle because this kind of smoke was quite cold.

Many actors have been with the entire 6 years of filming, considered to have devoted a part of their youth to this film. Until now, Journey to the West is still considered one of the most difficult films to make in Chinese cinema. Although it is taken care of quite carefully, it must be admitted that the longer the film, the more difficult it is to avoid getting stuck. Even dramas produced in cutting-edge modern settings are not immune to blunders. So with a movie born in a rudimentary technical situation like Journey to the West, this is still understandable.

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