Mount Huaguo

Mount Huaguo

Mount Huaguo (Chinese: ; pinyin: Huāguǒ Shān; Wade–Giles: Hua1kuo3 Shan1, Vietnamese: Hoa Quả Sơn, Japanese: 花果山 (Kaka-zan?)), literally meaning Mount of Flowers and Fruit, is a major area featured in the famed ancient Chinese novel Journey to the West.

This mountain, located in the country of Ao-lai (傲來) in the Eastern Continent of Superior Deity (simplified Chinese: ; traditional Chinese: ; pinyin: Dōng Shèngshenzhōu; Wade–Giles: Tung1Sheng4shen1Chou1) also known as "Pūrvavideha Continent" in Anthony C. Yu's translation, is known as the birthplace of Sun Wukong, the main character within the novel. The mountain counts many demons and monkeys in its population. Within this rather large mountain, many various areas remain hidden; one of such being the Water Curtain Cave. After the brave Sun Wukong rushed through a large waterfall and made it to this cave, every individual in the mountain acknowledged Wukong as their king.

After Wukong becomes the mountain's king, this mountain became exceedingly civilized and well trained for various future conflicts such as war. Such a trait is easily seen when Wukong left this mountain for reasons such as protecting the Tang priest Sanzang. Due to the natural and civilized ways of this mountain set by Wukong, this mountain would effectively continue to thrive even after 500 years of conflict.

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