Red Boy

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Red Boy
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Ringkasan

Red Boy (Hong Hai-er) adalah siluman muda dalam novel Journey to the West, putra Bull Demon King dan Princess Iron Fan. Ia menguasai api sanmei zhenhuo sebelum ditundukkan Guanyin dan dijadikan Shancai Tongzi.

Red Boy (Hong Hai-er) is a young demon in the novel Journey to the West, the son of Bull Demon King and Princess Iron Fan. He wields the sanmei zhenhuo fire before Guanyin subdues him and names him Shancai Tongzi.

Kisah dan tradisi

Red Boy adalah tokoh sastra dari novel abad ke-16 Journey to the West (Perjalanan ke Barat). Ia putra Bull Demon King dan Princess Iron Fan, yang menurut Wikipedia seorang Rakshasa. Dalam novel ia dikenal dengan gelar Shengying Dawang (聖嬰大王, Boy Sage Great King) dan tinggal di Huoyun Dong, sebuah gua di Gunung Hao. Menurut novel, ia berlatih di Flaming Mountain hingga menguasai sanmei zhenhuo, api yang tak bisa dipadamkan hujan Dragon King, dan diutus ayahnya menjaga Gunung Hao. Ia mendengar bahwa memakan daging Tang Sanzang memberi umur panjang, lalu menyamar sebagai anak yang tergantung di pohon pinus untuk memancing rombongan itu. Ia juga menyamar sebagai Guanyin untuk menjebak Zhu Bajie. Sun Wukong mengundang Guanyin, yang kemudian menaklukkannya. Sang Bodhisattva mencukur kepalanya, menyebutnya Shancai Tongzi, dan memasangkan gelang emas padanya karena ia bersikap kurang ajar. Wikipedia mencatat pula bahwa beberapa agama rakyat daerah menghormatinya sebagai dewa, dengan patung di sebuah gua di Meishan.

Red Boy is a literary character from the 16th-century novel Journey to the West. He is the son of Bull Demon King and Princess Iron Fan, who according to Wikipedia is a Rakshasa. In the novel he is known by the title Shengying Dawang (聖嬰大王, Boy Sage Great King) and lives at Huoyun Dong, a cave on Mount Hao. According to the novel, he trained on the Flaming Mountain until he mastered sanmei zhenhuo, a fire that the Dragon King's rain cannot put out, and was sent by his father to guard Mount Hao. He heard that eating the flesh of Tang Sanzang grants long life and disguised himself as a child hung in a pine tree to lure the party. He also disguised himself as Guanyin to trap Zhu Bajie. Sun Wukong invites Guanyin, who then subdues him. The Bodhisattva shaves his head, names him Shancai Tongzi, and fastens a golden band on him because he is disrespectful. Wikipedia also notes that some regional folk religions venerate him as a deity, with a statue in a cavern at Meishan.

Konteks budaya

Wikipedia mencatat bahwa beberapa agama rakyat daerah menghormati Red Boy sebagai dewa; di sebuah gua di Meishan, Provinsi Sichuan, patungnya menjadi objek pemujaan setempat.

Wikipedia notes that some regional folk religions venerate Red Boy as a deity; in a cavern at Meishan, Sichuan Province, a statue of him is an object of local worship.

Fakta utama

Budaya / Culture
Mitologi Tiongkok
Kawasan / Region
Asia Timur
Era
Character of a 16th-century novel
Klasifikasi / Classification
Demon
Habitat
Cave
Kemampuan / Abilities
Api sanmei zhenhuo, Berubah wujud

Nama lain / Alternate names

Boy Sage Great King, 聖嬰大王, Bull Boy Sage, 牛聖嬰, Shancai Tongzi

Makhluk terkait / Related beings

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