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Journey to the West gets musical treatment

The Chinese classical novel Journey to the West has been adapted into different genres over the years. Now, the China National Traditional Orchestra is making a show called Xuanzang's Pilgrimage, which tells the story with traditional Chinese instruments. However this time, the hero is not the monkey, but his mentor, the monk Xuanzang.

It is about the Tang Dynasty (618-907) monk Xuanzang's pilgrimage to the West, now Central Asia and India, to obtain Buddhist sacred texts. Xuanzang and his three protectors including the monkey suffered the so-called 81 trials during their journey and eventually returned to Chang'an, the capital of Tang.

Learn more here.

If you go:

7:30 pm, July 7 – 12. Tianqiao Performing Arts Center, 9 Tianqiao South Street, Xicheng district. 400-635-3355.

Ticket: 80 – 680 yuan