These range from armored warriors wielding the magic staff to serene buddhas on lotus thrones (consult the third paragraph after video one here for a description of Monkey’s traditional iconography). Various Thai Facebook groups post pictures of the same kinds of monkey god statues found in East and Southeast Asia. ฉีเทียนต้าเชิ่ง ( Chĕe tiian dtâa chêrng = Qitian dasheng, 齊天大聖, “ Great Sage Equaling Heaven”).ซุนหงอคง ( Sun ngŏr kong, or just “Sun Ngokong” = Sun Wukong, 孫悟空) ( see here).This should come as no surprise, though, as Xingzhe (行者) is used FAR more to refer to Monkey in Journey to the West ( 4,335 times) than Wukong (悟空) ( 512 times). This appears to be the most popular of his Thai names. Please revisit the page for future updates.

Here, I’d like to record what I’ve learned so far. Since then, I’ve noticed an explosion in social media posts (mainly on Facebook and Instagram) highlighting his veneration in the “Land of Smiles”. I first learned of Great Sage worship in Thailand when Ronni Pinsler of the BOXS project showed me a Monkey King statue on a Thai Facebook group.

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