BONUS – Legend of DaYu and the Compliant Golden Hooped Rod

by Shenanigans of a Westward Journey

Hi! Welcome to another episode Shenanigans of a Westward Journey, depicting the fantastic story of Journey to the West! After just finishing the Havoc of Heaven section in the novel (depicting the backstory of our Monkey King), I will finish everything up with a BONUS episode covering the backstory of the weapon our monkey king wields, the Golden Hooped Compliant Rod (金箍棒, jin gu bang). And this story has to revolve around an important figure in Chinese history, 大禹 (Da Yu)…

Haven’t had enough? Check out: 

APPLE PODCAST: ⁠https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/shenanigans-of-a-westward-journey/id1749839168⁠ 

WeChat: search for “英文西游趣事”

WEBSITE: ⁠https://www.awestwardjourney.com/⁠ 

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EMAIL: ⁠joanna.lin@awestwardjourney.com⁠ 

大禹, Yu the Great: ⁠https://thechinaproject.com/2020/08/24/yu-the-great-tamer-of-chinas-greatest-floods/⁠ 

The Adventure of the Little Carp: 

English Dub: ⁠https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lS2WymFD15U&list=PLWdINzLDjHmyfzZbNgQjA-UUW_q-7skIb&index=1⁠ 

Original Mandarin (I couldn’t find subtitled ones, sorryyyyyy): ⁠https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLSN0MEj6VCi4TValGQY_hOR9fiz5q8ZHb⁠ 

FUN FACT #18: ⁠https://www.britannica.com/topic/Chinese-languages⁠ 

1999 Journey to the West Cartoon: ⁠https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLzX3GuY8oecpvovFprjpoxRAK2HyxHtpU&si=2-T-AtrlEf0bx8R8⁠ 

Show hosted/edited/produced by Joanna Lin; Theme music by Joanna Lin; Website designed by Joanna Lin with WordPress; Art and logo designed by Joanna Lin

SPECIAL THANKS FOR CLAIRE AND MY MOM FOR SUPPORTING ME THROUGH THIS JOURNEY! I REALLY APPRECIATE YOU!!

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