Monkey | Teaching Setting, Symbolism and Objects

Object Descriptions

This section provides a short description of all the major objects in the book. This can be printed out as a study guide for students, used as a "key" for leading a class discussion, or you can jump to the quiz/homework section to find worksheets that incorporate these descriptions into a variety of question formats.

Objects

Mountain of the Five Elements - The mountain that the Stone Monkey was imprisoned in for five-hundred years. He was placed here by Buddha.

Mountain of Fruit and Flowers - This is where the Stone Monkey is king of the other monkeys.

Ch'ang-an - The city where Tripitaka left to begin his journey to retrieve the scriptures from India.

Holy Iron Staff - A magic weapon given to the Stone Monkey by the dragon king. Monkey is able to make it as small as a sewing needle or as large as he wants.