Real Places in China

Michael who is teaching English in China took this picture of Fruits & Flowers Mountain

Flower & Fruit Mountain (花果山)

Dec 12th

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Michael who is teaching English in China took this picture of Flower & Fruit Mountain

Michael who is teaching English in China took this picture of Flower & Fruit Mountain

The home of Sun Wukong (孙悟空) is said to be the Flower & Fruit Mountain (花果山) located in Lianyungang (连云港) which literally means “connected clouds & harbour”. It is in northeastern section of Jiangsu province whose capital city is Suzhou. Apparently, the enterprising folks have named one of the waterfalls, Water Curtain Cave (水帘洞) to complete the illusion that the Monkey King lorded over his monkeys on this very mountain.

Golden Monkeys in Sichuan

Dec 8th

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Photo by David Blank taken in Tanjiahe National Nature Reserve, Sichuan, China

Photo by David Blank taken in Tanjiahe National Nature Reserve, Sichuan, China

The inspiration for many of the drawings of Sun Wukong by Chinese artists most likely come from the Golden snub-nosed monkey (Rhinopithecus roxellana) which live in Central China’s forests. The species can be found in the Sichuan, Gansu, Hubei and Shaanxi provinces but mainly around the edges of the Sichuan Basin.

They live together as families but will band together with others in troops, forming anywhere from 20 (wintertime) to 200 (summertime) monkeys. The older the males get, the brighter their hues of orange become. Preferring to eat lichens which live off of dead plants, they like to make their homes where there are many dead trees. They can withstand very cold temperatures and spend most of their time up in the forest canopy which unfortunately is reducing every year.

Diane Wolkstein travelled to China to better channel the Monkey King in her Dramatizations of the famous story

Stone Monkey Gazing over the Sea of Clouds

Nov 3rd

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Diane Wolkstein travelled to China to better channel the Monkey King in her Dramatizations of the famous story

Photo by Diane Wolkstein

Diane Wolkstein travelled to China to better channel the Monkey King in her Dramatizations of the famous story. She took this picture when she went to Huang Shan 黄山 in Anhui Province. There are many beautiful vistas and this particular view is called: “Stone Monkey Gazing over the Sea of Clouds”