Zhang Jinlai (simplified Chinese: ç« é‡'莱; traditional Chinese: ç«
é‡'è Š; pinyin: ZhÄ ng JÄ«nlái; born 12 April 1959), better known by
his stage name Liu Xiao Ling Tong (å…å° é¾„ç«¥; 'Little Six Year Old
Child'), is a Chinese actor best known for his role as the Monkey King
(Sun Wukong) in the 1986 television series Journey to the West
(Chinese: 西游记; pinyin: Xī Yóu Jì) adapted from the classic
Chinese novel of the same name. Zhang adopted his father Zhang
Zongyi's stage name, Liu Ling Tong, and amended it to Liu Xiao Ling
Tong.His compelling performance in Journey to the West was greatly
praised by critics and helped him win the Best Actor award at the
sixth Golden Eagle Awards in 1988. On Sept 27, 2006, he was conferred
the Certificate of Mouthpiece of the 3rd International Forum of the
China Cultural Industry.In recent years, Zhang has made great efforts
promoting Sun Wukong in popular culture, which contributed to
increasing the popularity of both the classic novel and the character
around the world.Zhang was born on April 12, 1959 in Shanghai, in a
family of performing artists. His family members, who are Peking opera
actors, specialized in playing the role of the Monkey King (Sun
Wukong), the protagonist of the classical novel Journey to the West.
Zhang's great-grandfather, Zhang Tingchun (ç« å»·æ¤¿), was even
considered "better than a living Monkey King". Zhang Tingchun mostly
performed in the countryside of Zhejiang under the stage name "Huo Hou
Zhang" (æ´»çŒ´ç« ).
é‡'è Š; pinyin: ZhÄ ng JÄ«nlái; born 12 April 1959), better known by
his stage name Liu Xiao Ling Tong (å…å° é¾„ç«¥; 'Little Six Year Old
Child'), is a Chinese actor best known for his role as the Monkey King
(Sun Wukong) in the 1986 television series Journey to the West
(Chinese: 西游记; pinyin: Xī Yóu Jì) adapted from the classic
Chinese novel of the same name. Zhang adopted his father Zhang
Zongyi's stage name, Liu Ling Tong, and amended it to Liu Xiao Ling
Tong.His compelling performance in Journey to the West was greatly
praised by critics and helped him win the Best Actor award at the
sixth Golden Eagle Awards in 1988. On Sept 27, 2006, he was conferred
the Certificate of Mouthpiece of the 3rd International Forum of the
China Cultural Industry.In recent years, Zhang has made great efforts
promoting Sun Wukong in popular culture, which contributed to
increasing the popularity of both the classic novel and the character
around the world.Zhang was born on April 12, 1959 in Shanghai, in a
family of performing artists. His family members, who are Peking opera
actors, specialized in playing the role of the Monkey King (Sun
Wukong), the protagonist of the classical novel Journey to the West.
Zhang's great-grandfather, Zhang Tingchun (ç« å»·æ¤¿), was even
considered "better than a living Monkey King". Zhang Tingchun mostly
performed in the countryside of Zhejiang under the stage name "Huo Hou
Zhang" (æ´»çŒ´ç« ).
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