Journey to the West is a famous classical Chinese novel written more than 400years ago by Wu. Cheng'en of The novel is based on the true story of a Chinese monk Xuan zang. who travelled to India on foot to seek Buddhist scriptures. In this novel. the monk's name was Monk Tang. who experienced 81 challenges during his journey. However. Monk Tang was able to overcome the difficulties with help from his disciples - the Monkey King. Pigsy and Sandy. According to the legend. the Monkey King learned Kung Fu and magic from a Taoist master. Smart and powerful. the Monkey King was always ready to fight with demons and even the gods on occasion.