![]() ![]() Still, that magic was different from what I had been absorbing in the US: spells cast by witches and wizards, who could be good or bad grimoires full of incantations and potion ingredient lists strange ponds distributing swords magic that always took a toll on the user. ![]() I had access to very little of that while I was a kid except for what my mother told me and what I gleaned from watching TV shows with my family during the summers I visited Taiwan. Sun Wukong is quite possibly the most recognized and most beloved figure in Chinese mythology. There were cartoons, movies, and music about the Monkey King. Despite being born and raised in America, I still knew, if vaguely, about Sun Wukong, the Monkey King, and his trickster deeds as he thumbed his nose at the gods and flew around on a cloud, wielding a magic staff. ![]() It feels like every Chinese and Taiwanese kid grew up with Journey to the West. ![]()
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