The Monkey King by chance breaks into the abode of fairy mother goddess and enjoys the sumptuous banquet by himself. He gives a void title “Great saint equal to heaven” to the Monkey King and holds a peach banquet to entrap him.
The Jade Emperor sends the heaven soldiers to suppress the Monkey King, but they return in failure, which forces the Emperor to adopt again the suggestion of appeasement. He causes chaos the Imperial Horse Pasture and then returns the Flower and Fruit Mountain. The Horse King finds troubles with him, which makes the Monkey King annoyed.
The Monkey King raises the imperial horses in the heaven court. The Jade Emperor gives Monkey King a title “Horse administrator”. The emperor adopts his suggestion and sends him to the Flower and Fruit Mountain to persuade the Monkey King to ascend to the heaven. Li Changgeng, the deity of star in the heaven suggests that it is preferable to appease him than to disarm him when dealing with the Monkey King with immense capabilities. For this reason, the Dragon King Ao Guang sues in the heaven court and asks the Jade Emperor to revenge him. His booty “the Magic Needle in the Ocean” gained from his disturbance in the Dragon Palace becomes his great weapon titled Powerful Golden Stick. He gathers together a large number of monkeys in a revolt against the heaven rulers in the Flower and Fruit Mountain. Sun Wukong, the Monkey King is proficient in martial arts.
Performed at Cankarjev Dom in Ljubljana, Slovenija from December 25th, 2015 to January 3rd, 2016. Performed at Théâtre Sénart and L’apostrophe in France from November 24th to December 3rd, 2016
The vivid performance and wonderful acrobats enchanted many young viewers. It has been recently performed in France and Slovenia. This program is one of the most popular Peking Opera programs and the story is familiar to western audience. China National Peking Opera Company Havoc in the Heavenly Kingdom
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