"Some people know that my surname is Zhang, and they call me Teacher Zhang. Some people who don't know, just call me Teacher Liu."

When talking about the name of Liu Xiaoling Tongzhang Jinlai, people always think of the exquisite portrayal of the character "Sun Wukong" in the 1986 version of the TV series "Journey to the West". He is also happy to connect his performing arts with this legendary monkey.

86 version of "Journey to the West", Sun Wukong

Just like he joked at the preview of the documentary "One Belt, One Road Retracement of Xuanzang Road" at the Shanghai Library on January 12. He said that he once played opposite a girl who graduated from an art school, and he played a doctor and that student played a patient. He spoke halfway through the lines, but the student laughed.

The director at that time was very angry and asked the student why he laughed. The student replied, "I always feel that this doctor was changed by Sun Wukong."

It is better to go west and die one step, and never go east and live one step

However, this time in the documentary "The Belt and Road Return to Xuanzang Road", Liu Xiaolingtong did not play "Sun Wukong", but played "Tang Sanzang". In the documentary, he interprets Xuanzang's different images of youth, middle age and old age, and re-travels the path of traveling west to obtain the scriptures. At the same time, he also serves as the chief director of the documentary. From Xi'an, China to India, explore the historical sites of Xuanzang's Journey to the West, and intersperse the rich and colorful lives of the people in countries along the "Belt and Road".

Poster of "The Belt and Road Retraces Xuanzang Road"

He said: "I have admired two historical figures throughout my life. One is Mr. Wu Chengen, the author of the novel "Journey to the West", and the other is Master Xuanzang. It took 17 years for Master Xuanzang to travel west to seek the Dharma, which is the same as when we filmed "Journey to the West", which is a kind of fate."

Before the preview meeting began, Liu Xiaolingtong told reporters in an interview with The Paper: "Some netizens once summarized it well for me, from disciples to masters, from fighting Buddhas to meritorious Buddhas, from great sages to masters, Liu Xiaolingtong experienced 17 years of journey to obtain scriptures, and now he put on his master's robes and re-takes the master's path for 17 years."

Liu Xiaolingtong was interviewed by reporters

Liu Xiaolingtong said that he now wants to be the master Xuanzang in history, and he cannot be equated with legendary figures and "Tang Monk". However, let the audience think that the audience should know more about what kind of person Master Xuanzang was in history.

Regarding the Xuanzang spirit he understood, he explained: "It is a spirit of hard work, indomitable, never giving up, and optimistic. So I think whether we act or do things, we must have a spirit of persistence. Master Xuanzang's legendary experience tells everyone that it is amazing to do a good job in life and achieve something. I don't have a sutra, and my sutra is the sutra of the master." He believes that Xuanzang's spirit is of reference significance to everyone in real life.