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One of the most memorable scenes of the original 1994 Romance of the Three Kingdoms.

During the series’ production, every actor were required to learn to ride and fight on horseback, to better deliver the epic fights of the Three Kingdoms story.

It all culminates in the iconic battle that defines Zhao Yun as one of the greatest Warrior-Generals (武将) of the Three Kingdoms.

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Zhuge Liang

Did a seven post answer on AskHistorians about Zhuge Liang

Context (to explain the tone), someone wanted a comparison between Zhuge Liang and the famed western commanders like Alexander the Great, another pointed out the problem with such comparisons and linked to someone else’s older answer on Zhuge Liang as a miliatry man.

Reposted it here

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This is gorgeous🤯🤯🤯🤯

[journeytothewestresearch]

Update: The Worship of Sun Wukong in 19th-century America

I’ve previously posted about the worship of the Monkey King in 1892 San Francisco Chinatown, California, USA. The Methodist pastor Frederic J. Masters wrote that “Tsai Tin Tai Shing” (Mandarin: Qitian dasheng, 齊天大聖, “Great Sage Equaling Heaven”) was found among 20 other deities in a temple on Spofford St. But thanks to this awesome article by Peter Romaskiewicz, I was able to pinpoint the exact location: The Guanyin Temple (Guanyin miao, 觀音廟) at No. 60 on the corner of Spofford and Washington!

https://journeytothewestresearch.com/2019/04/26/the-worship-of-sun-wukong-in-19th-century-america/

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Simply some incredible scenes

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When I say this man is the most handsome anime character I’ve ever seen, I mean it.

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Stylish 🤩

[nucleorecreation]

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The Red Cliff is literally where I began to like Mr. Zhuge Liang lol. Have to admit, I was addicted to the handsome before the history looool. (so sorry sir but I know you are genuinely a good-looking guy so my routine makes sense)

[magicwingslisten]

【古琴Guqin】《卧龙吟》Depicting Zhuge Liang’s soundtrack in the Romance of the T…

[onedayallwillbewell]

Yeah I may be failing in life, poor, ugly and not getting any younger but let's get emo over a certain historical figure and his unfulfilled ambition 😢

[jttwand3kingdoms]

Am resonating to this post😢

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Some good job when I write.

Their stories are just so touching😢. Always been a fan of Jihan.

[garlandedspirits]

poetic imagery in Romance of the Three Kingdoms I 1994

[journeytothewestresearch]

The Monkey King and Storytelling

This will be my last post of 2021. Happy New Year!!! For those who don’t know much about the Monkey King’s history, his story cycle was well-known even during the 11th and 12th-centuries, suggesting it goes back even farther. The earliest known published edition of his adventures was a 17-chapter prompt used by oral storytellers called The Story of How Tripitaka of the Great Tang Procures the Scriptures (Da Tang Sanzang qujing shihua, 大唐三藏取經詩話, c. late 13th-century). 

Such tales would have been told in storytelling (jie, 解, lit: “explanation”) stalls like this from the famed painting “Along the River During the Qingming Festival” (Qingming shanghe tu, 清明上河圖, 12-century).

Watch as the crowd gathers around the storyteller. He’s the dark-robed person on the left sitting at the desk in semi-profile. He appears to be holding a palm-leaf fan.

My thanks to Dr. Vibeke Børdahl for pointing out the painting’s storytelling stall. See her book Chinese Storytellers: Life and Art in the Yangzhou Tradition (2002).

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Journey to the West Memes Production.jpg

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Monkey Prince #1 (2022) Cover C Zao Dao Variant

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His fur.😆

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Journey to the West in memes because I love this book, Part 3

(Some spoilers ahead)

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Wtfff these are true masterpieces 🤣🤣🤣🤣

[celinekim218]

Paintings for “Higher than the Sky” aka Monkey King I did last year.

We ended up making this project more open and free since both me and Grace are getting just way to busy with our own fulltime jobs. Printing a book is a huge “maybe” now so we decided to share everything online.

Here are some bits and pieces of what I did during my spare time.

[sum1theteddy]

"I tell you truthfully, master," Pig replied, "that I've grown better−looking since I've been following you. When I lived in Gao Village I looked so awful that I often used to scare twenty or thirty people to death by making a face and waggling my ears." "Don't exaggerate, stupid," said Monkey with a smile, "and tidy that ugly mug of yours up a bit." "What nonsense you're talking, Monkey," said Sanzang. "He was born that way, so how can you expect him to tidy his face up?" SIR. I thought you weren't supposed to kill anyone!!

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Sometimes we just don't know if Tripitaka is saying bad words

he looked so polite, and literally creating an appearance-shaming tho