Zhao Benshan, the pig Bajie in the minds of contemporary Chinese

Zhu Bajie is a well-known mythological figure in China, and his popularity is not too much to describe as well-known to women and children. Pen "Fun" Pavilion www.biquge.info but in "Journey to the West", he is not as persistent as Tang Seng, less radical than Sun Wukong, and less loyal and honest than Monk Sha, and some are just a lot of shortcomings. In order to protect himself, he will often shoot Tang Seng's sycophants, and in order to vent his personal anger, he will play right and wrong between Tang Seng and Sun Wukong. He is very lustful, flirting with Chang'e in the upper realm, forcibly marrying Miss Gao in the lower realm, and constantly having scandals with female goblins on the way to learn the scriptures. For this, he lost face and showed all his appearance, but he didn't know how to repent. He is selfish and lazy, he is always lazy on the way to learn scriptures, and he is the one who often makes trouble to divide his luggage and go home. He joined the scripture study team, not out of reverence for the Buddha or the great ideal of making contributions, but just to continue to mix in the divine realm. His life goals are not high at all, and he does not have the ambition of Sun Wukong to be a Monkey King, as long as he can eat well and eat well. When Nyorai told him that he could enjoy the tribute as a messenger of the altar, he said nothing.

However, it is such a figure that has won the universal love of the Chinese. The image of Zhu Bajie even goes beyond the scope of the story of "Journey to the West". Not to mention making trouble in the Heavenly Palace, Sun Wukong will lose his color. If you don't mention learning scriptures from the west, Tang Seng has no meaning. But no matter where the image of Zhu Bajie is placed, as long as he maintains this character trait and behavioral characteristics, people will like it. Zhao Benshan has been widely loved by people because he has created a series of comedy images similar to Zhu Bajie.

These characters portrayed by Zhao Benshan do not hide their selfishness. In order to achieve his own goals, he can go to "Grandpa Bi"; in order to get a little more profit, he can go to "sell abduction"; don't look at the stupid appearance, in order to protect his own interests, he can lure the other party to quote a price of 20,000 yuan for a cooked rooster. Like Zhu Bajie, for their own interests, they are not afraid of losing face, nor are they afraid of breaking the rules, and they will even do some small bad things. But this bad thing is definitely small, these people have no ambition to dominate the world or rule all mankind, so they will never do anything harmful to all mankind. All they do is to be able to mix in or mix a little better, because they are really little people, and that's what they're aiming for in life. It is this series of small characters that make us feel familiar and loved.

However, why does our nation maintain an inseparable complex for such a small person? What kind of sympathy do we have with their words and deeds? When we look at them laughing, what kind of pain does we soothe in our hearts? This is really a question worthy of our discussion and deep thought.