Chinese PantheonMountain
Mountain of Flowers and Fruit
The mystical mountain in the Eastern Sea where Sun Wukong was born from a stone egg. Behind the Water Curtain Cave, he established his kingdom of monkeys and ruled as their king before seeking immortality.
About Mountain of Flowers and Fruit
Stone egg, water curtain
Flower-Fruit Mountain in the Eastern Sea is where a stone egg hatches Sun Wukong. He claims the Water Curtain Cave, titles himself Handsome Monkey King, and only later storms heaven. Journey to the West chapters 1–2 are the charter. Older monkey lore exists; this mountain and cave are the novel's. No cult calendar for the peak is required by the text. It is a nursery for chaos before the pilgrimage puts a band on the monkey.
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Mountain of Flowers and Fruit among other places of the Chinese Pantheon.
Sources and further reading
Source notes
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- Wu Cheng'en, Journey to the West, ch. 1
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