The Monkey King Family Art Museum was established by the Huai 'an District People's Government of Huai 'an City and Shanghai Six-year-old Children Culture Industry Co., Ltd.. The famous actor, six-year-old children, is famous at home and abroad for starring the Monkey King in the TV series The Journey to the West. Six-year-old children's families have been honored as a family of monkey kings for generations because they are good at performing monkey shows. The Monkey King family took it as their duty to carry forward the culture of the Journey to the West and the spirit of the Monkey King, and they were full of gratitude to Wu Cheng'en. They thought that there would be no Monkey King family without Wu Cheng'en, so they donated a large number of artworks collected by several generations to Wu Cheng'en's former residence to establish the Monkey King Family Art Museum as a memorial to Wu Cheng'en.

Please look at this plaque, which was written by Mr. Qi Gong, the most famous calligrapher in contemporary China. Eight big characters are vigorous and handsome. Mr. Qi Gong and six-year-old children are friends who have forgotten the New Year. When writing the plaque, they were dying and died more than a month after writing it. Therefore, this plaque can be called Mr. Qi Gong's masterpiece.

The Monkey King Family Art Museum covers an area of 1,35 square meters, with a construction area of nearly 8 square meters. It is a Ming Dynasty-style building, and its appearance is in harmony with Wu Cheng'en's former residence. * * * There are five hall buildings, namely Family Hall, Collection Hall, Monkey Opera Hall, Tongchun Stage and Monkey King Monopoly Department. First of all, please look at the magical stone carving "Three Wangshi" in front of us. According to relevant experts' research, this stone carving belongs to the Yuan Dynasty, and was originally the treasure of a Taoist temple at the border between Xinjiang and Gansu. In the early Ming Dynasty, the Taoist temple was struck by lightning and caught fire, and the whole Taoist temple was burned to pieces. Only this stone was safe and sound, and it has been living among the people for a long time. At the end of 198s, when Mr. Six-year-old Tong was filming The Journey to the West in the northwest, he heard the local people talk about it, and after many searches, he bought it at a large sum of money. The "Three Kings" stone carving vividly depicts the king of beasts, the king of the world, the dragon and the king of the elves. The "tiger" king looked up at the "dragon" king, as if to say: What virtue do you have and how can you enjoy the wealth on earth? The Dragon King looked down at the Tiger King and seemed to say, This is destiny takes a hand. You should keep your feet on the ground, and you can't have wild thoughts. And hold the tiger leg tightly with a dragon claw. The Monkey King, on the other hand, was carefree and looked at the dragon and tiger fighting as if to say: Fight, it's important for me to fill my stomach first. Look, he still has a peach in his hand. Judging from the creativity of the whole stone carving, the most peculiar thing is that the monkey is above the dragon. In feudal society, the "dragon" was the symbol of the emperor, and it was supreme, but two monkeys actually lived on it, which in the eyes of feudal officials and ordinary scholar-officials was a manifestation of rebellion and rebellion. The reason why stone carvings can appear in the northwest and be preserved may be that they are remote and the mountains are high and the emperor is far away. I suggest you take a photo with Wang Shi, the dragon is a symbol of status and wealth, the tiger is a symbol of majesty and strength, and the monkey is a symbol of liveliness and wisdom. After taking a photo with it, you will gather wealth, strength and wisdom.

Next, let's visit the Shijia Pavilion.

[ Family Hall ]

The father inherited the art and the son inherited it. The long history has created many artistic families with a long history, and such families are often called "aristocratic families". The real name of a six-year-old boy is Zhang Jinlai. Please look at this photo. His ancestors were Mongolians. In the Yuan Dynasty, he came to the beautiful south of the Yangtze River from Saibei in the desert sand and settled in Shaoxing. Look, here is a bronze statue of Genghis Khan, which has entrusted six-year-old children with the memory of their ancestors. After Zhu Yuanzhang established the Ming Dynasty, all Mongolians who stayed in the south were demoted as "degenerate people" and were not allowed to enter the upper class. Their means of making a living were mainly engaged in so-called low-class businesses that were despised by people at that time, such as acting, so the ancestors of six-year-old children made a living by acting. Later, with the passage of time, most Mongolians living in the south of the Yangtze River have been sinicized, and the six-year-old children we see today have no Mongolian characteristics at all. Six-year-old boy was born in Shanghai on April 12, 1959. Now he works in the TV drama production center of CCTV and is a national first-class actor. He began to practice martial arts at the age of six. After graduating from high school, he was admitted to the Zhejiang Kunqu Opera Troupe Art School, specializing in martial arts. He once starred in Kunqu Opera "the Monkey King Borrowed a Banana Fan Three Times" and "Monkey King made a scene in the Dragon Palace", which was well received by the audience. These two photos are of his childhood and adolescence respectively. The long-term acting career has made the Zhang family accumulate rich experience in acting. By the time of Zhang Yanchun, the great-grandfather of six-year-old children, he had a certain reputation for playing monkey opera, and he was called "the living monkey chapter". It is Zhang Yisheng, the grandfather of six-year-old children, who really carries forward the monkey show. Please look at this photo. At first, Zhang Yisheng was not a professional actor, but only took part in social dramas during slack seasons or holidays. The monkey played the most, and later he became a famous local actor with the name of "Living Monkey". Zhang Yisheng is very clever. He saw business opportunities from social dramas that mainly entertain himself. He sold clothes and props from big cities to local small towns, started a drama supplies business, and gradually accumulated a certain amount of funds, then opened an old gate theater in Shanghai, and expanded the Shaoxing Opera Troupe he brought to the same spring stage.

Zhang Yisheng has two sons. The eldest son is Zhang Zong Xin. He is the uncle of a six-year-old boy, and his stage name is "Seven-year-old boy". This photo is Zhang Zong Xin, a seven-year-old boy. The second son is called Zhang Zongyi, and his stage name is "Six-year-old boy", which is the father of a six-year-old boy. Seven-year-old boy is famous for being good at playing Pig's Eight Rings. At the same time, he is versatile and often combines screenwriter, director and starring. Before liberation, he was the owner of Shanghai Tongchun Stage. Zhang Zong, a seven-year-old boy, has two sons whose stage names are "seven-year-old boy" and "seven-year-old boy", who play the Monkey King and Zhu Bajie in Zhejiang Shao Opera Troupe respectively (please see this photo).

There is a character in the "Monkey King Family" that cannot be ignored. Please look at this photo. He is the second son of six-year-old children and the second brother of six-year-old children. His real name is Zhang Jinxing. He was born in 195. He grew up in a rich artistic atmosphere and performed at the age of three. Although he didn't go to school, he was able to understand the plot without a teacher. It should be said that he was a genius in the field of drama and entertainment, and he was highly valued by six-year-old children. As a successor, he personally named him "Little Six-year-old Children". The little monkey he performed was very lively and lovely. Both Chairman Mao and Premier Zhou saw his performance. Unfortunately, at the age of 17, when he had just entered the golden age of his acting career, he died of leukemia. There has been a saying about his early death. On October 1th, 1961, six-year-old children and Zhejiang Shao Troupe performed "Monkey King Thrice Defeats the Skeleton Demon" in Huairentang, Zhongnanhai. Mao Zedong, Liu Shaoqi, Deng Xiaoping and many central leaders watched the performance. Chairman Mao read from beginning to end, and was ready to go on stage to meet the actors, but later he left early because of something. In this performance, Zhang Jinxing successfully played the role of the herald monkey. When he saw the chairman leave his seat, he jumped off the stage, sat in Chairman Mao's seat and picked up three cigarette butts smoked by Chairman Mao as a souvenir. Later, a fortune teller said that it would be a crime to sit on the "Dragon Chair" before it was cold. Of course, these statements are superstitious, but people miss the six-year-old boy and regret his talent as a comfort.

Six-year-olds often say that he has special feelings for Huai 'an, because Huai 'an is the hometown of Wu Cheng'en, and because of Premier Zhou. Six-year-old boy's ancestral home is Shaoxing, and Premier Zhou's ancestral home is Shaoxing. More importantly, his father and second brother were cordially received by the Prime Minister. This precious photo is that the Prime Minister happily picked up this "little fellow villager" after watching the performance of the six-year-old boy in 1957. After nearly half a century, the six-year-old boy played Premier Zhou in a TV series. Look at this still, is the six-year-old boy after makeup very similar to Premier Zhou?

please look at this bronze statue. This is Mr. Liu Lingtong, a famous Chinese monkey show artist and master of Shao Opera. The six-year-old boy's real name is Zhang Zongyi, and he got this stage name because he came on stage at the age of six. Six-year-old children have successfully shaped the Monkey King's artistic image on the stage of Shao Opera, and have been honored as "Southern Monkey King" by the theatrical circles. He is famous at home and abroad for his classic Monkey King Thrice Defeats the Skeleton Demon. The play was put on the screen by Shanghai Tianma Film Studio in the early 196s. At that time, watching the film became a crowded situation, and copies of the film were distributed to 72 countries around the world. Chairman Mao specially watched the performance of six-year-old children in Huairentang, Zhongnanhai. On November 17, 1961, he wrote this famous seven-law. Look, it is the content on this screen: "As soon as the wind and thunder started from the earth, there were fine bones. Monks are fools, but they can still be trained, while demons are ghosts, which will cause disasters. The golden monkey rises with great success, and Yuyu clarifies Wan Li. Today, I am cheering Sun Dasheng, only because the demon fog is coming again. " In this poem, Chairman Mao used the story of "Monkey King Thrice Defeats the Skeleton Demon" to express his feelings about the complicated international situation at that time.

Mr. Six-year-old Tong is now 83 years old. He is spending his old age in Shanghai. At present, his greatest wish is to prepare a Wu Cheng'en TV series and play Wu Cheng'en's father and Wu Cheng'en together with six-year-old Tong.

please look at this pair of blue and white porcelain bottles. This is a special birthday present for six-year-old children by Jingdezhen Ceramic Art Company in Jiangxi Province on their 8th birthday. The porcelain bottle is 1.8 meters high, and the drama patterns of "Monkey King Thrice Defeats the Skeleton Demon" and "the Monkey King makes a scene in Heaven" are printed around it.

This bronze statue was specially made by a sculpture artist in Fujian more than ten years ago according to the model of Monkey King played by a middle-aged child in The Journey to the West. Please look at the four golden hoops on the weapon rack. From left to right are the golden hoops used by six-year-old children's great-grandfathers, fathers and himself.

The calligraphy and paintings hanging on this wall were given to six-year-old children by famous painters Liu Haisu, Zhang Daqian and Han Meilin respectively.

At the beginning of p>1982, six-year-old children played the Monkey King in the twenty-five episodes of The Journey to the West, a large-scale mythical TV series produced by CCTV, which caused great repercussions after it was broadcast at home and abroad in the spring of 1988. Six-year-old boy himself was named the best actor in the 6th Golden Eagle Award in China and ranked first in the 2nd Top Ten TV Stars in China with 1.23 million votes. Please look at this trophy, which was won by six-year-old children.

please look at this stills. It was shot in 1986, and this golden-eyed the Monkey King is the favorite image of fans. Later, six-year-old children used it as the basis for the registered trademark of Monkey King. This is a six-year-old boy's favorite photo, and this is the photo he used for his business card.

Six-year-old children have played the Monkey King for a long time, and they have formed an indissoluble bond with the monkey. Please look at these photos. How kind the monkey is to him, especially this photo of the monkey saluting. When six-year-old children filmed the sequel of The Journey to the West in Zhangjiajie in 1998, a monkey suddenly raised his hand to offer him a standard "monkey gift". The artistic achievements of six-year-old children are not only affirmed by the audience, but also praised by national leaders and foreign friends. This is a photo taken with Australian Prime Minister Hawke. Some time ago, the news media rumored that the six-year-old boy wanted to choose a successor, because the six-year-old boy only had one daughter, and this is a photo of him with his daughter and his wife. Will this clever little girl become a "female monkey king" in the future? Let's wait and see. The success of a six-year-old boy is not only influenced by his family, but also the result of his hard work. This is a photo of practicing martial arts.

Six-year-olds not only play the Monkey King, but also try to play various styles of roles. Look, this beautiful Hua Dan, if I don't introduce her, can you tell that she is a six-year-old child? This is the "Miss Gao" played by six young children in the Kunqu Opera "Gao Lao Zhuang". These are the bad guys, big bosses and construction workers with high martial arts.

Please look at the four facial masks here. This wooden facial mask was used by the first generation (living monkey chapter) Zhang Yanchun, this cloth facial mask was used by the second generation (living monkey) Zhang Yisheng, this facial mask was used by the third generation (Southern Monkey King) six-year-old boy Zhang Zongyi, and this facial mask was used by the fourth generation of six-year-old boy Monkey King. A hundred years of monkey drama, full of vicissitudes. These four "faces", which were very exaggerated and artistic at the beginning, gradually became "realistic" and very life-oriented, recording the evolution track of Zhang's "monkey play".

[ Collection Museum ]

This is the collection museum. The family of Monkey King is not only an artistic family, but also a collection family. In the past century, their family has collected a large number of works of art and precious books related to The Journey to the West, monkey opera and monkeys.

The whole hall is designed according to the home-style environment, which mainly includes craft sculptures, famous paintings and calligraphy, various versions of The Journey to the West books, picture books, paper-cutting and daily necessities.

This is a three-dimensional bronze sculpture of Tang Priest and his disciples. There are handicrafts related to monkeys on the antique shelves on both sides.

please come to this side. This is a chair cover. It's a piece of cloth worn on the chair of stage props in the past. It was used by Zhang Yisheng, the grandfather of six-year-old children, when he performed Shao Opera in Shanghai in the early 2th century. It has a history of one hundred years, and it is a very precious heirloom of the Monkey King family. These paintings are presented to six-year-old children by top masters in contemporary China calligraphy and painting circles. The Dongshan Walls are Quwu and Zhao Puchu respectively. There are various versions of The Journey to the West's books, the earliest version was published in the late Qing Dynasty. There is a picture book of The Journey to the West. Look at this big jar again. This is the only one made by Mr. Liu Xiaolingtong for the Monkey King Family Art Museum. The altar is 2m high, with a maximum diameter of 1.5m. The surrounding reliefs are two groups of classic fragments of Monkey King Thrice Defeats the Skeleton Demon and The Journey to the West, who made a scene in the Monkey King. These four paintings of Xishan Wall are the works of four famous masters of comics and comic books in China, namely, Wan Laiming, the artistic designer of the cartoon "Make a scene in Heaven", Guan Liang, the cartoonist of the drama character, Zhao Hongben, the comic book master of The Journey to the West, and Zhang Leping, the author of "A Wandering Story of San Mao".

[ Monkey Theatre ]

Now everyone has entered the Monkey Theatre, which mainly displays the monkey theatre supplies, props, costumes, drama advertisements, posters and so on.

The monkey show was started in the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period, and the real systematic performance in the public began with the Yuan Zaju. In the Yuan Dynasty, Wu Changling edited Tang Sanzang's Journey to the Western Heaven and other dramas in the Yuan and Ming Dynasties, such as Erlang God Locked the Monkey King, Locked the White Ape, Three Changes in Nezha, etc., there were many monkeys, gods and monsters. Since Wu Cheng'en's novel The Journey to the West came out, the drama featuring the Monkey King has been called the mainstream monkey show. As a school of drama, Monkey Opera was formed in the middle and late Qing Dynasty. For example, ten 24 copies of Shengping Bao Raft written by Zhang Zhao in Qing Dynasty were performed in the Qing Palace. Yang Yuelou, a famous actor who played the Monkey King in The Journey to the West at that time, was called "Monkey Yang". According to the notes of Qing Dynasty, "The Moon Building is good at martial arts, and its appearance is excellent. Every time I dress up as Wukong, such as Banana Fan, Flower Cave, Peach Blossom Club, Leopard and other plays are as flexible as monkeys, so they are known as monkeys. By the time of the Republic of China, Peking Opera, Kunqu Opera, Shao Opera, Henan Opera, Huai Opera and other large and small operas all had monkey dramas, which produced a large number of famous actors who were famous for playing the Monkey King, and were honored as "Monkey King" by the audience. Due to the differences in facial makeup, appearance and performance style, Beijing Opera was represented by the North and South factions, with Yang Xiaolou, Hao Zhenji, Li Wanchun and Li Shaochun as the representatives of the North School. There are Zheng Faxiang, Gai Jiaotian and Zhang Yipeng in the South School. These are the stills of Li Shaochun, Li Wanchun, Zheng Faxiang, Yang Xiaolou and Hao Zhenji. This is a set of The Journey to the West's shadow puppetry. This is a stage model of social drama, about 3 square meters, on which 166 figures with different expressions and vivid images are shaped, including actors on the stage, audiences under the stage and small business vendors doing business in the theater. At present, there is one similar model in the Palace Museum in Beijing and one in the Luxun Memorial Hall in Shaoxing. The model displayed by our Monkey King Family Art Museum is larger than the above two models.