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85-556: Lego Monkie Kid is inspired by the Monkey King and Journey to the West , which focuses on Monkie Kid and his friends, battling against a variety of demons who are trying to take over Megapolis. Lego Monkie Kid is The Lego Group's first product line based on Chinese culture. Although The Lego Group had previously released Lego Chinese New Year sets, it was the first time that the company had released an entire product line based on

170-599: A 9-fold immortal. China International Import Expo The China International Import Expo ( CIIE ) is a trade fair held in autumn annually since 2018 in Shanghai , China. It is the world's first import -themed national-level expo. It will feature exhibitions of multiple countries and businesses and the Hongqiao International Economic and Trade Forum. CIIE was personally proposed and announced by Xi Jinping , current General Secretary of

255-638: A Chinese theme. Following research in China, The Lego Group discovered that the classic Chinese story of the Monkey King and Journey to the West is widely known within Chinese culture. As a result, the story was chosen as the main inspiration for Lego Monkie Kid . Simon Lucas, senior creative director commented, "It feels like it was in the DNA of everybody there. So we thought it was a great starting point to tell

340-705: A baseplate. The set included a Golden Staff. On December 31, 2021, the set was retired. Lego Monkie Kid is an animated television series inspired by the Monkey King and Journey to the West and produced by Flying Bark Productions from seasons 1–4 and WildBrain Studios from season 5 to coincide with the release of the theme's Lego sets. The series premiered on TV3 in Malaysia on 13 September 2020, debuted on Channel 9 in Australia on 13 March 2021, on CITV on 9 May 2022 and Boomerang on 4 February 2023 in

425-425: A battle at each level, and in the end you face the big boss." In addition, a two key chains with a key chain attached to the minifigures of Monkie Kid and Red Son. On December 31, 2021, the second season sets were retired. Seven sets based on the third season were released on January 1, 2022. Theee included Monkie Kid's Staff Creations, Monkie Kid's Galactic Explorer and The City of Lanterns. The Lego Group revealed at

510-539: A brand new LEGO set titled "Megapolis City", which is based on the city originating from the LEGO Monkie Kid cartoon series. Three more sets were revealed on December 1, 2023, and these were titled "Creative Vehicles", "Monkie Kid's Mini Mech", and "Mei's Dragon Mech". All four of these sets were made for the fifth anniversary of the LEGO theme and were released on January 1, 2024. In May 2024, four sets accompanying

595-440: A large iron bridge over rushing water, across which is a cave. He persuades the other monkeys to jump in also, and they make it into their home. He then reminds them of their prior declaration, so they declare him their king. He takes the throne and calls himself Handsome Monkey King (美猴王). This happiness does not last. When one of his older monkey friends dies, the Monkey King is very upset. He decides to strike out from his island on

680-510: A mountain of rocks, sending Sun Wukong hurtling back down to earth. Before the Monkey King can lift the mountain off, the Buddha seals him there, using a paper talisman bearing the mantra , Om Mani Padme Hum , in gold letters. The Monkey King remains imprisoned in stocks for five hundred years, to ‘learn patience and humility,’ with only his head and hands protruding from the base of the mountain. The Buddha arranges two earth spirits to feed

765-512: A new ability; the Monkey King can now recognize evil with his new huǒyǎn-jīnjīng ( 火眼金睛 , lit.   ' fiery eyes and golden pupils ' ). Sun Wukong then proceeds to destroy the crucible and makes his way to Heaven’s main chamber to confront the Jade Emperor and his senior advisors. The Jade Emperor and the authorities of Heaven appeal to the Buddha , who arrives from his temple in

850-428: A new story that's rooted in Chinese culture". The Lego theme was developed over the course of two years and interpreted the story in a different way to the original. Lucas explained, "The people we spoke to have grown up with these stories, and we wanted to find out what's important to them, and how to interpret that in a new way...So, being 100% accurate to the original was not necessary, really, because we were picking up

935-537: A pillar with a phrase declaring himself the Great Sage Equal to Heaven and urinates on the middle pillar. He then leaps back and returns to Buddha’s palm to claim his victory in winning the bet. Sun Wukong is then very surprised to find that the five “pillars” he found are merely fingers of the Buddha’s hand, finding it impossible to believe. When the Monkey King tries to escape the palm, Buddha turns his hand into

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1020-636: A promotion and a rank among the gods will make him more manageable, the Jade Emperor invites the Monkey King to Heaven. The Monkey King believes he is receiving an honourable place as one of the gods as he is told he will be made ‘Protector of the Horses,’ a fancy term the Heavens coined for a stable boy, the lowest job in heaven. When he discovers the importance of status in Heaven, and how he has been given

1105-524: A promotional polybag respectively. On December 31, 2021, the second season sets got retired in the Lego stores at the end of 2021. Later, three sets were released on July 1, 2021. A total of three sets including The Bone Demon were released. Senior Creative Director Simon Lucas explained, "Lego designer Justin Ramsden and I really tried to make the building journey part of the play ... Like a video game, there's

1190-431: A satisfying story arc and a few laughs. Unfortunately, some of those laughs come from mild violence, name-calling, or yelling. Underlying lessons are also delivered as mixed messages. For example, MK breaks something and says "part of being a hero is owning up to your mistakes," but later fails to admit what he's done. Overall, there's not a lot of bang for your parental buck here, but your child will likely be enthralled with

1275-408: A self-made raft, in search of an Immortal to teach him how to beat death. He comes ashore and wanders around. Humans see him and flee, uncertain of his ape-like appearance. He takes some clothes that were left out to dry and continues on foot. His face hidden by a hood, he travels through towns and sees many examples of human degeneracy and vice. He continues on and into a forest. The Monkey King hears

1360-494: A series of eighty-one tribulations before accomplishing their mission and returning safely to China. During the journey, the Monkey King learns about virtues and the teachings of Buddhism. There, the Monkey King attains Buddhahood , becoming the “Victorious Fighting Buddha” ( 鬥戰勝佛 Dòu-zhànshèng-fó ), for his service and strength. The Monkey King is revealed to know about the fate of Tang Sangzang and also of his knowledge in many other things, as on three occasions he knew that

1445-483: A stone egg about the size of a ball. When the wind blows on the egg, the egg becomes the stone monkey. As his eyes move, two beams of golden light shoot toward the Jade palace and startle the Jade Emperor . When he sees the light he orders two of his officers to investigate. They report the stone monkey, and that the light is dying down as the monkey eats and drinks. The Jade Emperor believes him to be nothing special. On

1530-623: A trap but is happy when Gold Star, acting as an envoy, addresses him as the Great Sage Equal of Heaven and presents him with official papers. Gold Star tells Sun Wukong he has been granted a far more important position as ‘Guardian of the Heavenly Peach Garden,’ which peach-loving Sun Wukong accepts. Later, when seven heavenly maidens are sent by Queen Mother Xi Wangmu to pluck peaches for the Royal Banquet, Sun Wukong discovers every important god and goddess has been invited to

1615-434: A woodcutter singing an interesting song, and when questioning the woodcutter about the origin he learns it was taught to the woodcutter by an Immortal who resides in the forest. The Monkey King comes to the entrance of a temple in which a magical Taoist martial artist named Puti Zushi resides. Puti Zushi initially refuses to let him in, but the Monkey King refuses to leave and waits outside the entrance for months. Puti Zushi

1700-605: Is a four-part television special that premiered in China on 1 June 2023, and on the HappyKids app on 19 June 2023. In November 2021, a Lego Monkie Kid themed land was announced for the upcoming launch of Legoland Shanghai Resort in 2024. A quarterly Lego Monkie Kid limited edition magazine published by CoroCoro was launched from 2021 to accompany the toy line only available in Japan . A crossover fighting game named Lego Brawls

1785-492: Is complete. Understanding Sun Wukong will be difficult to control, Guanyin gives Tang Sanzang a gift from the Buddha: a magical circlet which, once the Monkey King is tricked into putting it on, can never be removed. When Tang Sanzang chants a certain sutra, the band will tighten and cause an unbearable headache. Guanyin gives the Monkey King three special hairs, only to be used in dire emergencies. Under Tang Sanzang’s supervision,

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1870-526: Is disheartened and turns into a fish to run away, then both of them keep shapeshifting to turn into more powerful things than the other, finally, Laozi throws his Diamond Jade ring at Wukong from behind while he is fighting, knocking him senseless and enabling Erlang to bind him up. After several failed attempts at execution, Sun Wukong is locked into Laozi’s eight-way trigram crucible for 49 days to be distilled into an elixir by samadhi fires; this will allow Laozi to regain his pills of longevity. The fire of

1955-631: Is impressed by the Monkey King’s persistence and allows him to enter. He accepts the Monkey King as a student, giving him his religious name, “Sun Wukong”, and teaches him many advanced Taoist practices, including the Way of Immortality. He later advises Sun Wukong never to needlessly show off his skills, because others might ask him to teach them, and if he does teach them, they may go on to cause trouble, but if he doesn’t teach them, they will resent him for it. He then forbids Sun Wukong from ever revealing who it

2040-471: Is not considered as an important celestial deity and is thus not invited to the Queen Mother of the West ’s royal banquet. After finding out that every other important deity was invited, Wukong impersonates one of the deities that was invited and shows up early to see why the banquet is important. He immediately is distracted by the aroma of the wine and decides to steal and drink it. The heavenly wine has

2125-416: Is said to have gained immortality through nine different means and instances, which together made him one of the most immortal and invincible beings in all of creation. After feeling down about the future and death, Wukong sets out to find the immortal Taoist patriarch Puti Zushi to learn how to be immortal. There, Wukong learns spells to grasp all five elements and cultivate the way of immortality, as well as

2210-410: Is the only creature strong enough to wield the staff-like weapon and there is an instant affinity between them. The golden-banded staff can change its size, elongate, fly, and attack opponents according to its master’s will. It weighs 13,500 jīn or 7960 kg. When not wielding the weapon, the Monkey King shrinks it down to the size of a sewing needle and stores it in his ear. In addition to taking

2295-535: Is the perfect way to do that. So now we heard from the kids, 'That's definitely the Bull Demon, but I've never seen him like that before. " ' He's now half cyborg and half bull, and that's really cool." In addition, two promotional polybags, the Monkie Kid's Delivery Bike and Build Your Own Monkey King, were released. On December 31, 2021, A Hero is Born sets were retired in the Lego stores. Three sets based on

2380-697: The Buddha (如來佛), Guanyin (觀音), Ao Ji (敖吉), the Rhino King (犀牛王), the Four Heavenly Kings (四大天王), and Ao Bing (敖丙). According to BrickLink , The Lego Group has released 47 playsets and promotional packs based on the Lego Monkie Kid theme. In 2020, eight sets were released on 16 May 2020 and were based on the TV special titled A Hero is Born . A total of eight sets including

2465-399: The 2022 Australian Directors’ Guild Awards . Monkey King This is an accepted version of this page Sun Wukong ( Chinese : 孫悟空 , Mandarin pronunciation: [swə́n ûkʰʊ́ŋ] ), also known as the Monkey King , is a literary and religious figure best known as one of the main characters in the 16th-century Chinese novel Journey to the West . In

2550-500: The China International Import Expo a brand new set titled the "Monkie Kid's Galactic Explorer" where MK and his team have built a rocket to launch into space, but Macaque's shadow clones try to stop them. The Minifigures are Monkie Kid, Mei, Mr. Tang, Sandy (minifig), a Mo space robot, and two of Macaque's shadow clones named Rumble and Savage. A promotional polybag set namely Monkie Kid's Underwater Journey

2635-536: The United Kingdom . Monkie Kid: A Hero is Born is a 45-minute television special that premiered on RTM TV2 and TV3 in Malaysia on 13 June 2020, debuted on Mediacorp in Singapore on 27 June 2020, premiered on 9Go! in Australia on 13 March 2021, and premiered internationally on Amazon Kids+ on September 9, 2021. It also debuted on CITV in the United Kingdom on 9 May 2022. Revenge of

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2720-495: The West or Western Paradise , where Buddha and his followers dwell. Sun Wukong possesses many abilities. He has supernatural strength and is able to support the weight of two heavy mountains on his shoulders while running "with the speed of a meteor". He is extremely fast, able to travel 108,000 li (54,000 km, 34,000 mi) in one somersault. He has vast memorization skills and can remember every monkey ever born. As king of

2805-521: The 72 Earthly Transformations. After seven years of training with the sage, Wukong gains the secret formula to immortality. It is noted that the Court of Heaven does not approve of this method of immortality. In the middle of the night, Wukong’s soul is tied up and dragged to the World of Darkness. He is informed there that his life in the human world has come to an end. In anger, Wukong fights his way through

2890-597: The Chinese Chu kingdom (700–223 BC), and various legends about gibbons and monkeys in Chu and its successors. These legends and religious practices, alongside doctrine from Taoist organizations that reinforced them and combined elements from all five kinds of traditional religious Taoism gave rise to stories and art motifs during the Han dynasty , eventually contributing to the Monkey King figure. According to Journey to

2975-674: The Chinese Communist Party . The expo is co-hosted by the Ministry of Commerce of China and the Shanghai Municipal Government. Its partners include World Trade Organization , United Nations Conference on Trade and Development and United Nations Industrial Development Organization . The import expo has the purpose of promoting the Chinese domestic market to foreign companies, and to boost domestic consumption. The 2018 inaugural edition

3060-487: The Court of Heaven seeks help from Buddha , who imprisons Wukong under a mountain, after having tricked him into agreeing to a wager. Wukong’s immortality and abilities ultimately come into use after Guanyin suggests he becomes a disciple of Tang Sanzang in the Journey to the West . In the story, he protects Sanzang from evil demons who wish to eat Sanzang to achieve immortality. Wukong’s own immortality protects him from

3145-515: The Demon King of Confusion is kidnapping the monkeys of the Mountain of Flowers and Fruit to use as slaves. He subsequently kills the demon and his minions, saving the kidnapped monkeys. He also brings the entire weapon storage of a nearby country for his subjects but is unable to find a weapon fit for himself. Upon hearing that Dragon Kings possess many treasures, he travels the oceans and finds

3230-519: The Dragon King feigns willingness and hospitality, ordering his underlings to bring out weapon after weapon. Sun Wukong tests each weapon, but none are robust enough for the Monkey King, who is unhappy with the situation. Sun Wukong then acquires the golden-banded staff Ruyi Jingu Bang /Ding Hai Shen Zhen (如意金箍棒/定海神针), the stabilizer of the Four Seas and a treasure of Ao Guang . The Monkey King

3315-624: The Dragon Kings, then defies Hell ’s attempt to collect his soul. He wipes his name out of the Book of Life and Death, a collection of books claimed to have every name of every mortal alive and the ability to manipulate lifespan, along with the names of all monkeys known to him. The kings of the Diyu report him to the Jade Emperor . The heavenly army uses everything, even trying to erase him from existence altogether, but ultimately fails. Hoping that

3400-880: The Heavenly Horses”, a fancy name for a stable boy. Angered by this, Wukong rebels, and the Havoc in Heaven begins. During the Havoc in Heaven, Wukong is assigned to be the “Guardian of the Heavenly Peach Garden ”. The garden includes three types of peaches, each of which grants over 3,000 years of life. The first type blooms every three thousand years. Anyone who eats it will become immortal, and their body will become both light and strong. The second type blooms every six thousand years. Anyone who eats it will be able to fly and enjoy eternal youth. The third type blooms every nine thousand years. Anyone who eats it will become “eternal as heaven and earth, as long-lived as

3485-487: The Longevity Mountain ( 萬壽山 ) every 10,000 years. While one smell can grant 360 years of life, consuming one will grant another 47,000 years of life. In addition to all of the immortality-granting wines and medicines that the Monkey King had consumed while in heaven, upon reaching the Buddha’s temple, pilgrims were provided with Buddhist equivalents of such foods, therefore making Sun Wukong even more immortal;

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3570-546: The Monkey King Warrior Mech, Demon Bull King and Monkie Kid's Team Secret HQ were released. Senior Design Director of Lego Simon Lucas, discussed the Demon Bull King set, and explained "The Demon Bull is such an iconic demon and kept coming up in our conversation. So we wanted to include him as the main demon in this season," adding that "... we wanted to reinvent him in a brand new way, because LEGO

3655-586: The Monkey King iron pellets when he is hungry, and molten copper when he is thirsty. Five hundred years later, the Bodhisattva Guanyin searches for disciples to protect a pilgrim on a journey to the West to retrieve the Buddhist sutras . In the hearing of this, the Monkey King offers to serve the pilgrim, Tang Sanzang , a monk of the Tang dynasty , in exchange for his freedom after the pilgrimage

3740-621: The Monkey King is allowed to journey to the West. Throughout the novel, the Monkey King faithfully helps Tang Sanzang on his journey to India . They are joined by “Pigsy” ( 猪八戒 Zhū Bājiè ) and “Sandy” ( 沙悟淨 Shā Wùjìng ), both of whom accompany the priest to atone for their previous crimes. Tang Sanzang’s safety is constantly under threat from demons and other supernatural beings, as well as bandits, as they believe that by eating Tang Sanzang’s flesh, one will obtain immortality and great power. The Monkey King often acts as Tang Sanzang’s bodyguard to combat these threats. The group encounters

3825-455: The Monkey King roams Heaven while all the gods and goddesses are on their way to the banquet. He reaches high levels of the palace that the authorities of Heaven leave unguarded, for they can only be accessed by deities of the highest and purest spiritual power. Upon realizing that he is at the top of the 33 layers of the heavenly palace, Sun Wukong steals and consumes Laozi ’s Pills of Immortality and Xi Wangmu ’s Peaches of Immortality , takes

3910-787: The Monkey King single-handedly defeats the Army of Heaven’s 100,000 celestial warriors, all 28 constellations, Nezha , and all of the Four Heavenly Kings . Then Guanyin , the Boddhisattva of Mercy, and her disciple Muzha /Moksha arrive. Guanyin sends Muzha to inspect the situation and fight Sun Wukong. Muzha is defeated, and then Guanyin suggests the Jade Emperor’s nephew Erlang Shen fight Wukong. Wukong and Erlang are evenly matched and eventually, both turn into terrifying figures, which scares Wukong’s monkey army away. Sun Wukong

3995-508: The Spider Queen is a four-part television special that premiered on TV3 in Malaysia on 27 March 2021, premiered on 9Go! in Australia on 24 April 2021, and premiered internationally on Amazon Kids+ on October 1, 2021. It also debuted on CITV in the United Kingdom on 17 May 2022. Embrace Your Destiny is a four-part television special that premiered on CITV in the United Kingdom on 1 June 2022. MK alerts his friends about

4080-467: The West , the Monkey King is born from a strong magic stone that sits atop the Mountain of Flowers and Fruit . The stone is said to receive the nurture of heaven ( yang ), which possesses a positive nature, and earth ( yin ), which possesses a negative nature, and thus is able to produce living beings, according to Taoist philosophies. The stone develops a magic womb, which bursts open one day to produce

4165-431: The West in person. After listening to Sun Wukong, who makes a case that he should be the new Jade Emperor, the Buddha makes a bet that the Monkey King cannot escape from his palm. The Monkey King smugly accepts the bet. He leaps and flies all the way to the edge of the universe. Seeing nothing there but five towering pillars, the Monkey King believes that he has reached the end of all existence. To prove his trail, he marks

4250-407: The World of Darkness to complain to “The Ten Kings”, who are the judges of the dead. The Ten Kings try to address the complaint and calm Wukong by saying many people in the world have the same name and the fetchers of the dead may have gotten the wrong name. Wukong demands to see the register of life and death, then scribbles out his name, thus making him untouchable by the fetchers of death, along with

4335-460: The ability to turn anyone who drinks it into an immortal. While drunk from the heavenly wine, Wukong stumbles into Laozi ’s alchemy lab, where he finds Laozi’s pills of longevity , known as “The Immortals’ Greatest Treasure”. Filled with curiosity about the pills, Wukong eats a gourd of them. Those who eat the pills will become immortal. If Wukong had not been drunk from the heavenly wine, he would not have stumbled into Laozi’s alchemy lab and eaten

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4420-399: The banquet except for him. When he tells the maidens he is the Great Sage Equal of Heaven, the maidens giggle, replying that everyone in Heaven knows he is merely an immortal who tends to the peach garden. The Monkey King’s indignation then turns to open defiance. During the preparations for the Royal Banquet, Sun Wukong sneaks in to taste the fine foods and drink royal wine. In a tipsy state,

4505-421: The crucible is hot enough to burn beings of so much unspeakable power that they rival Buddha himself. When the cauldron is opened 49 days later, the Monkey King jumps out, having survived by hiding in a corner marked by the wind trigram, where there is less fire. The heat from the samadhi fires has reinforced his bodily frame, making him stronger than ever before and impervious to greater damage. The heat gives him

4590-398: The cursed scroll that he found in Monkey King's closet. Sandy finds the scroll and accidentally opens it, which leads them to be captured as well. MK and Mei are then saved by Azure Lion, one of Monkey King's sworn brothers. He explains the scroll is a prison that forces its captives to relive their memories and past misdeeds, and offers to help them save their friends. The Emperor's Wrath

4675-500: The design remain. Featured the concept art are Monkie Kid's Cloud Jet, Pigsy's Food Truck and the Tuk Tuk from Iron Bull Tank. With Lego Monkie Kid theme from The Lego Group was developed as an animated television series, the images showcase how the early set designs were taken and turned into animated models on screens. The Lego Monkie Kid theme was launched on 16 May 2020. As part of the marketing campaign, The Lego Group released

4760-523: The eight sets inspired by Monkey King and Journey to the West . Each set featured different giant mecha , buildings and vehicles. Minifigures including Monkie Kid, Mei, Monkey King, Mo the cat, Sandy, Mr. Tang and Pigsy were released as well. The sets were designed primarily for children 6+. This series also reference other characters from Journey to the West and the Investiture of the Gods such as

4845-506: The energy from the kids, the parents, how they could instantly recognize it because we had a lot of key iconic elements in there. And, you know, we didn't need to tell a new story. We had the old story as a foundation for us to build upon." The initial concept for the theme originated in a rough sketch created by Ned Rogers in December 2021. The sketch depicted several construction sets are transformed into animated vehicles and which parts of

4930-479: The fifth season of the series were revealed. These sets are titled "Monkie Kid's Team Power Truck", "Nine-Headed Beast", "Nezha's Ring of Fire Mech", and "Celestial Pagoda". The sets were released worldwide on June 1, 2024, with the United States and Canada receiving them on August 1, 2024. A Monkey King set was released as part of Lego BrickHeadz theme on August 1, 2020. The set consists of 175 pieces and

5015-413: The first season were released on August 1, 2020, including the Monkie Kid's Cloud Roadster. On December 31, 2021, the first season sets were retired. Six sets based on the second season, including the Monkie Kid's Team Dronecopter and The Legendary Flower Fruit Mountain, were released on March 1, 2021. In addition, Monkie Kid's RC Race and Mini Monkey King Warrior Mech were released as an exclusive set and

5100-578: The high-quality animation and likable cast of characters." In October 2021, Lego Monkie Kid was nominated for "Animated Series Production of the Year" by the 20th Screen Producers Australia Awards. It was also nominated for the Animation Ages 11–17 category in the 2022 Banff Rockie Awards . In December 2022, Lego Monkie Kid director Sarah Harper was awarded for "Best Direction in Animation" by

5185-421: The key ingredients". The product line does, however, include recognizable characters from Journey to the West. The designers behind Lego Monkie Kid revealed that researching Chinese stories and testing with children were important in the development of the theme. Lego Senior Design Manager Dennis Fong explained, "We felt that we hit something really big when we had this concept of the Monkey King ... Seeing all

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5270-470: The lowest position, the Monkey King sets the Cloud Horses free from the stable, then returns to his own kingdom and proclaims himself The Great Sage, Heaven’s Equal . The Heavens reluctantly recognize his self-proclaimed title after Gold Star advises the Jade Emperor against rushing into military action against the ‘brash, rude and impudent’ monkey, warning that failing to defeat Monkey would harm

5355-436: The magical staff, the Monkey King encourages the Dragon King to gift him attire fit for a King. The Dragon King calls upon the Dragon Kings for assistance, and they arrive and give Sun Wukong a golden chain mail shirt (鎖子黃金甲, Suǒzihuángjīnjiǎ ), a phoenix - feather cap ( 鳳翅紫金冠 Fèngchìzǐjinguān ), and cloud-walking boots ( 藕絲步雲履 Ǒusībùyúnlǚ ). Sun Wukong thanks the Dragon Kings and leaves happy. Upon his return to

5440-1010: The monk was supposed to suffer and he also cured a king who had been ill for many years, and knew properties of herbs no one knew of. Wukong also mentions being sworn brothers with Erlang Shen . Sun Wukong is known/pronounced as Syun Ng -hung in Cantonese , Son Gokū in Japanese, Sonogong in Korean , Sun Ngō͘-Khong in Minnan / Hokkien , Tôn Ngộ Không in Vietnamese , Sung Ghokong or Sung Gokhong in Javanese , Sun Ngokong in Thai , Wu Khone in Burmese , and Sun Gokong in Malay . Listed in

5525-666: The monkeys, it is his duty to keep track of and protect every monkey. Sun Wukong acquires the 72 Earthly Transformations , which allow him to access 72 unique powers, including the ability to transform into animals and objects. He is a skilled fighter, capable of defeating the best warriors of heaven. His hair has magical properties, capable of making copies of himself or transforming into various weapons, animals and other things. He has partial weather manipulation skills, can freeze people in place, and can become invisible. The supernatural abilities displayed by Wukong and some other characters were widely thought of as "magic powers" by readers at

5610-859: The mountain, Wukong demonstrates the new weapon to his monkey tribe and draws the attention of other beastly powers, who seek to ally with him. He forms a fraternity , the Seven Sages (七聖), with the Bull Demon King ( 牛魔王 ), the Saurian Demon King ( 蛟魔王 ), the Roc Demon King ( 鵬魔王 ), the Lion Spirit King ( 獅狔王 ), the Macaque Spirit King ( 獼猴王 ), and the snub-nosed monkey Spirit King ( 禺狨王 ). The Monkey King, now sentenced to death for extorting

5695-418: The mountain, the monkey joins a group of other wild monkeys. After playing, the monkeys regularly bathe in a stream. One day, they decide to seek the source of the stream and climb the mountain to a waterfall. They declare that whoever goes through the waterfall, finds the stream’s source, and comes out again will become their king. The stone monkey volunteers and jumps into the waterfall. The stone monkey finds

5780-434: The names of all of the monkeys in his tribe. It is because Wukong has learned magical arts as a disciple to Puti Zushi that he can scare the Ten Kings, demanding from them the book of mortals and removing his name, thus making him even more immortal. After this incident, the Ten Kings complained to the Jade Emperor . Soon after the Ten Kings complained to the Jade Emperor, the Court of Heaven appoints Sun Wukong as “Keeper of

5865-406: The notable last execution, Wukong was placed inside Laozi’s furnace in the hope that he would be distilled into the elixir of the pills of immortality. Wukong survives 49 days of the samadhi fire in Laozi’s furnace and gains the ability to recognize evil. Meanwhile, being refined in the crucible extracts yet more of the impurities of mortality and leaves him with another immortality. In desperation,

5950-403: The novel, Sun Wukong is a monkey born from a stone who acquires supernatural powers through Taoist practices. After rebelling against heaven, he is imprisoned under a mountain by the Buddha . Five hundred years later, he accompanies the monk Tang Sanzang riding on the White Dragon Horse and two other disciples, Zhu Bajie and Sha Wujing , on a journey to obtain Buddhist sutras , known as

6035-492: The order that they were acquired: In addition to the names used in the novel, the Monkey King has other names in different languages: Apart from his powerful staff, martial arts skills, and superhuman physical prowess, the Monkey King is notable for wielding a sundry of magic powers, some featured many times throughout the novel and others only once, and most of them cultivated during his Taoist training under Puti Zushi . Said powers include, but are not limited to: Sun Wukong

6120-418: The palace of a Dragon King. At the entrance, Sun Wukong asks for an introduction, but Dragon King Ao Guang tells his guards to turn him away. Sun Wukong barges in anyway, brushing off protests from the guards, insisting the Dragon King must be confused to turn away a fellow king. Inside, he introduces himself and encourages the Dragon King to give him a weapon. Quickly realizing Sun Wukong is quite formidable,

6205-428: The pills of longevity. Following Wukong’s three cause-and-effect methods of immortality during his time in heaven, he escapes back to his home at the Mountain of Flowers and Fruit . The Court of Heaven finds out what Wukong has done and a battle to capture Wukong ensues. Due to the five levels of immortality Wukong has achieved, his body became nearly invincible and survives the multiple execution attempts by heaven. In

6290-419: The regional show with a trailer showcasing an upcoming episode based on Lego Monkie Kid. Stephanie Morgan for Common Sense Media gave the animated series a three out of five star rating and commented, "This animated Lego series is fast-moving, suspenseful, and frenetic, all things that will draw young, hero-loving viewers to it. The Lego Monkie Kid episodes are short, usually around 10 minutes, but each manages

6375-471: The remainder of the Jade Emperor’s royal wine, and then escapes back to his kingdom in preparation for his rebellion. The Jade Emperor refuses to accept Gold Star’s counsel to find another peaceful way to deal with Sun Wukong and orders his forces to mobilize. Laughing continuously and fully enjoying himself, and with a combination of martial prowess, guile, and quick-witted creative responses to many different types of powerful Heavenly weapons used against him,

6460-424: The reputation of Heaven. Gold Star advises the Jade Emperor to superficially appease Sun Wukong’s vanity while treating him as a pet, and invite him back to Heaven to keep him from causing trouble on earth. The Jade Emperor agrees after Gold Star laughs that, in reality, the fanciful title is a meaningless joke revealing Sun Wukong’s overconfidence and ignorance of the important workings of Heaven. Sun Wukong suspects

6545-945: The set!" Later, three sets, the Dragon of the East, Monkie Kid's Team Van and The Heavenly Realms, were released on June 1, 2022. In November 2022, The Lego Group revealed at the China International Import Expo a brand new set titled the "Monkey King Ultra Mech", which was based on fourth season. The set was released on January 1, 2023. The set consists of 1705 pieces with 6 Lego minifigures of Monkey King, Monkie Kid, Mr Tang, Golden-Winged Eagle, Azure Lion and Yellow Tusk Elephant. In addition, four new sets including Monkie Kid's Combi Mech, Mei's Dragon Jet, Yellow Tusk Elephant and Monkie Kid's Team Hideout were revealed in December and were set to release on that date as well. A promotional polybag set titled Monkey King Marketplace

6630-516: The sun and moon”. While serving as the guardian, Wukong does not hesitate to eat the peaches, thus granting him immortality and the abilities that come with the peaches. If Wukong had not been appointed as the Guardian of the Heavenly Peach Garden, he would not have eaten the Peaches of Immortality and would not have gained another level of immortality. Because of Wukong’s rebellious antics, Wukong

6715-600: The time of Journey to the West 's writing, without much differentiation between them despite the various religious traditions that inspired them and their different and varied functions, and were often translated as such in non-Chinese versions of the book. As one of the most enduring Chinese literary characters, the Monkey King has a varied and highly debated background and colorful cultural history. His inspiration might have come from an amalgam of influences, generally relating to religious concepts. One source for inspiration came from differing ways gibbons were venerated during

6800-586: The various ways the demons try to kill him, such as fighting, beheading, disembowelling, poisoning, and boiling oil. Early in the Pilgrimage , Wukong ate another Pill of Immortally, meant for the Black Wind Bear Guai. Sometime during the journey, Wukong and his companions obtain ginseng fruit ( 人參果 ; Man-fruit), a fruit even rarer and more powerful than the Peaches of Immortality, as only 30 of them will grow off one particular tree only found on

6885-498: Was also released on that date. Monkie Kid's Combi Mech and Mei's Dragon Jet can combine, and Monkie Kid's Team Hideout and The City of Lanterns can also combine into the largest set. In May 2023, four additional sets were revealed and were released on June 1, 2023. The sets included are Monkie Kid's Cloud Airship, Mei's Guardian Dragon, The Mighty Azure Lion and Dragon of the East Palace. In November 2023, The Lego Group revealed

6970-460: Was developed by RED Games. Lego Brawls was released exclusively for Apple Arcade on September 19, 2019, for iOS devices, and will be available for PC and Consoles in June 2022. It includes Monkie Kid, Mei, Pigsy, Mr. Tang, Monkey King, Princess Iron Fan, Red Son, a Bull Clone, Gold and Silver Horn Demons, and the Spider Queen as playable characters. Lego Masters China started its first season of

7055-460: Was opened by Xi Jinping in person. Drawing 400,000 registrations, the expo has been criticized as being of mostly symbolic value, with half of the deals signed not being executed according to European business representatives. The 2019 edition was also opened by Xi Jinping and notably visited by French President Emmanuel Macron . This year's edition drew 500,000 registrations, of which 6,000 foreigners. The 2020 edition could proceed despite

7140-423: Was released as well. The Lego Group designer Justin Ramsden discussed The City of Lanterns set and explained, "If you're lucky enough to get your hands on multiple copies of this set, then with a very small amount of rebuilding, you can actually combine them to make a much larger City! ... This [Lotus Hotel] is actually a candle to celebrate my seventh anniversary of working at The Lego Group. Cheers and hope you enjoy

7225-412: Was that taught him, and the loyal Monkey King promises never to reveal the identity of his Master. Later, whenever Sun Wukong is asked about his powers and skills, he honestly replies that he learned everything in his dreams. Throughout the rest of the book, however, Sun Wukong is, repeatedly, referred to as a member of the “ Monad Sect ”. After the Monkey King returns home, he learns that a demon called

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