At the beginning of Journey to the West, it is said that Dongsheng wins China, which can be regarded as the best geomantic treasure of Journey to the West, because Huaguo Mountain is here and the Monkey King was born here. You know, Huaguoshan is the ancestor of ten continents and the origin of the three islands. Xiao Yi boldly speculated that this continent should be extremely easy to cultivate immortals. It can be seen from the birth of the Monkey King that a stone can turn into a demon, which shows that the geomantic omen here is really not simple.
After seeing Dongsheng Shenzhou, let's take a look at Nanshanbu, which is the quietest place in the Journey to the West, because Taoism originated here and the Tang Dynasty in the East is also here. You know, Taoism is the most powerful sect in Journey to the West, and he is in charge of everything in the Three Realms. Monsters never dare to make trouble here. Indeed, there are few records about monsters in the southern island in The Journey to the West, and the strength of the Tang Dynasty in the East is also very strong. At this time, it coincided with the rule of Emperor Taizong's Zhenguan, the country was peaceful and the people were safe, and the military was strong. From these two points of view, Xiao Yi thinks that Nanshan Buzhou is the most peaceful place in the Journey to the West.
The above two continents were fairly peaceful in the Journey to the West, but the two continents to be discussed below were not so peaceful. First of all, I'll talk about Hezhou, Xiniu. This continent is the place with the most monsters in Journey to the West, and Lingshan and Tathagata are also here.
Why is Xiniu Hezhou the place with the most monsters in Journey to the West? Because this place is the only place for Tang Priest to learn from the West, there are many monsters along the way, some of them are very powerful, and they have their own hills, which can be described as the world of monsters.
You know, this continent is the birthplace of Buddhism, and the Tathagata is a vassal here. So many monsters will definitely affect the expansion and rule of Buddhism. In order to solve the threat of monsters in Xiniu and Hezhou, Tathagata arranged to learn from the West, lured these monsters through the immortal meat of Tang Priest, and then converted one by one, thus realizing his own rule over Xiniu and Hezhou, and also expanding Buddhism to the eastern land of Datang, killing two birds with one stone. Of course, this is just Xiao Yi's guess.
There is no doubt that Niuhezhou in Xi is the most restless place in The Journey to the West, with the most monsters. In fact, there is another place in The Journey to the West that can be compared with Niuhe Prefecture in Xi, and that is Luzhou in the north. Although there is no record of this continent in The Journey to the West, it can be reflected by one thing: this place is by no means a peaceful place.
In The Journey to the West, Emperor Zhenwu once said: "I am in charge of Zhenwu in the north of Zhenbei, and I am ordered by the Jade Emperor to cut off evil spirits on earth." It can be seen from this sentence that Zhenwu the Great is the God of the Great North. You should know that Zhenwu Emperor has been fighting evil spirits all his life, and evil spirits are the bane of monsters. The jade emperor arranged for such a great god to guard the north, which shows that the monsters in the north are not simple. The north here probably refers to Luzhou in the north, because in the journey to the west, the four continents are divided into four directions: southeast and northwest.
Generally speaking, in the Journey to the West, the southeast is a place of peace, and the northwest is a place of demons. Wu Cheng'en, the author, learned from the Western Heaven, brought peace to the world and advocated the idea of the integration of the three religions.
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