The Journey to the West, adapted from Wu Cheng'en's literary masterpiece of the same name in Ming Dynasty. It is a 4 1 costume drama produced by China International Television Corporation. Directed by Yang Jie, written by Dai, Yang Jie and Zou Yiqing, starring six young children, Xu, Chi, Wang Yue, Ma Dehua,, and Liu Dagang. The play tells the story that the Monkey King, Pig Bajie and Friar Sand assisted Xuanzang, a monk of the Tang Dynasty, to go to the Western Heaven to learn Buddhist scriptures, and the four of them rushed to the seaside to take risks and exorcise demons. After eighty-one difficulties, they got back the true scriptures and finally got the right result.
The CCTV version of Journey to the West is loyal to the original, Tang Priest is steady and dignified, the Monkey King is witty and humorous, Pig Bajie is stupid and funny, and Friar Sand is upright and brave. By describing the Tang Priest's master and apprentice, the play praised the fighting spirit of Buddhist scriptures in overcoming difficulties. Almost all TV viewers in this country have seen the play. The whole play took 17 years to complete. Although the stunt of the play seems quite naive today, it does not affect the overall artistic success of the play. Ten years later, CCTV made up the rest of the story for 16 episodes on the grounds of "shooting a complete ancient masterpiece", and the ratings were still high.