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Fun JTTW Text Reference for Artists
I've written at length about Sun Wukong's golden headband (here, here, here, and here). Anyone who has read the novel will know that it is used to rein in Monkey's unruly behavior through the application of pain. Such events have been portrayed by artists like Chen Huiguan in his Newly Illustrated and Complete Journey to the West (Chen Huiguan Xinhui Quanben Xiyouji, 陈惠冠新绘全本西游记, 2001) and Tianwaitang in his piece Tripitaka's Curse (2010).
But I've never seen someone depict the instance with the greatest potential for an everlasting visual impact. In chapter 27, Tripitaka angrily recites the tightening spell 20 times to punish Monkey for killing what he thought was an innocent woman (it wasn't). This causes our hero's head to deform like a cartoon character!
The sight so frightened the Tang Monk that he fell from his horse. Lying on the road, he did not speak another word except to recite the Tight-Fillet Spell back and forth exactly twenty times. Alas, poor Pilgrim's head was reduced to an hourglass-shaped gourd! As the pain was truly unbearable, he had to roll up to the Tang Monk and plead, "Master, please don't recite anymore. Say what you have to say" (Wu & Yu, 2012, vol. 2, p. 23)
唐僧一見，驚下馬來，睡在路傍，更無二話，只是把緊箍兒咒顛倒足足念了二十遍。可憐把個行者頭勒得似個亞腰兒葫蘆，十分疼痛難忍，滾將來哀告道：「師父莫念了，有甚話說了罷。」
The original Chinese lists the "double-waisted" calabash gourd (yayao'er hulu, 亞腰兒葫蘆). I hope this gives artists an idea of what Wukong's head would look like.
I've previously noted how the novel describes Sun Wukong as an actual monkey, and it's because of this that the headband would likely rest on his eye orbits. I imagine his head being squeezed into the shape of a calabash gourd would make his eyes comically (or grotesquely) bulge, too.
#Sun Wukong#Journey to the West#Monkey King#golden headband#tight fillet spell#band tightening spell#Tripitaka#Xuanzang#Tang Sanzang#Tang Monk#calabash#gourd#cartoon#art reference#text reference#Lego Monkie Kid#LMK#JTTW
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*Icy chokes on their tea*
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photo: David Castenson
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ok so @peanut-with-wifi-access requested i liveblog lmk (coming from a ninjago fan) so here are my thoughts so far! im currently on s1 ep5 so heres a recap of my thoughts
starting off with ep 3 coming home! now if i had a nickel for every green coloured lego character biologically related to dragons... anyway i loved this episode, love mei! cant wait to see more of her and her heritage because that is reeeallly interesting
ok ep 4 noodles or death! so this is the bitch who robbed us of spider legged harumi!!! jokes but judging off the ending and the title of the second lmk special i know she'll be making a return and im really excited! she seems like a fun villain
ep 5 calabash! can i first start off by saying THANK YOU for not pushing mei and mk to be together i really appreciate how not every girl and guy need to be automatically shipped! also love how MK puked at the thought of it for a second i thought this was going in another direction and i wanted to cry (ninjago fans ifykyk) i really do see them as the siblings ever i love their dynamic sm
also these twins are so fun hope they make a reappearance! also what does the calabash do exactly? just trap people like is there a benefit???
anyway i was told it would get a lot darker so um definitely kinda scared! but so far im enjoying the silly adventures also cant wait to meet the macaque guy seems like a fan favourite
#lego monkie kid#lmk mk#lmk#liveblogging#lmk liveblogging#s1 e3#s1 e4#s1 e5#coming home#noodles or death#calabash
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Angelina Jolie with daughters Zahara and Shiloh at the Calabash International Literary Festival in St Elizabeth (5.27.23)
#angelina jolie#actress#movie star#zahara jolie pitt#angie jolie#humanitarian#nyc#shiloh jolie pitt#Jamaica#calabash#calabash literary festival#Akala
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Glaver's Natural Acacia Wooden Bowls Hand-Carved Calabash Dip Tray Bowl S/4 Ideal for Appetizers, Dips, Sauce, Nuts, Candy, Olives, Seeds, Desserts and More. (Square)
#natural#acacia#wood#acaciawood#woodbowls#woodenbowl#woodenbowls#woodisgood#handcarved#calabash#diptray#bowl#appetizers#dips#sauce#nuts#candy#olives#seeds#desserts#founditonamazon#amazonstorefront#amazoninfluencer#amazoninfluencerprogram#amazonfinds#amazonshopping#linkinbio#linkinlinktree#Instagram
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fat-bottomed gourds :3
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I’ve been watching the show 《消失的孩子》 with friends recently (don’t worry, no spoilers). There is a puppy named 呼噜/Hulu. 呼噜 is the sound you make when you snore (and 打呼噜 means to snore). My friends don’t speak Chinese and rely on the English subtitles, so I explained to them what the puppy’s name means. One friend pointed out the similarity to the streaming service Hulu. We started wondering if there was any connection.
According to Wikipedia, the name Hulu is actually taken from 葫芦 and also kind of 互录. I feel like they chose the name Hulu first and then came up with 互录 like a backronym-type situation. Anyway, 葫芦 is a type of gourd. I most associate it with...葫芦娃/Huluwa! Aren’t these little guys cute? They are from a famous Chinese cartoon. I have not seen it myself (yet), but I’ve seen references to it.
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#mani.tattoo#uploads#tattoos#calabash#branch#flowers#green ink#black ink#yellow ink#tattoo#tattoo artist#machine tattoos#color#arm placement#arm tattoo#shoulder placement#shoulder tattoo
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#gourd#gourde#art nouveau#courge#LA PLANTE ET SES APPLICATIONS ORNEMENTALES#eugene grasset#botanical pattern#floral pattern#calabash#bottle gourd#white-flowered guord#long melon#birdhouse gourd#new guinea bean#tasmania bean#opo squash#lagenaria siceraria#cucurnita#lagenaria
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Aloha, all! 😊 Happy new year! 🙂 Here's my first Calabash comic strip for the year featured in today's Honolulu @staradvertiser newspaper! 🙂 Hope everyone has a great 2023! 😊 #jonjmurakami #calabash #honolulustaradvertiser #comic #comicstrips #sundaycomics #surfing #wave #hawaii #oldyear #newyear #happynewyear https://www.instagram.com/p/Cm4qt7nSTbn/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=
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Homme Des Sept Inspirations
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...this is a nightmare
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Beautiful white gourd flower in my garden.It’s scientific name is calabash.
#garden#flowers#flower#calabash#nature#plants#Gourd Tree#Long Melon#White-flowered Gourd#Bottle Gourd#Green Leaf#Tasmania Bean
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I love episodes where the main character is trapped in a false reality <3333
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Commissioner Major General Antony Anderson, British rapper and author Akala, Angelina Jolie, watching the segment entitled Laurels and Laureates at Calabash Literary Festival
#angelina jolie#actress#movie star#shiloh jolie pitt#Akala#Jamaica#calabash literary festival#calabash
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