White Dragon Horse
The White Dragon Horse, known as Bai Long Ma (Chinese: 白龍馬; pinyin: Bái Lóng Mǎ; lit. 'White Dragon Horse'), and Yu Long (Chinese: 玉龍; pinyin: Yù Lóng; lit. 'Jade Dragon'), in Chinese, is one of the main characters in the 16th-century Chinese novel Journey to the West.[1] He is Tang Sanzang's steed who later became Babu Tianlong Guangli Bodhisattva (八部天龙广力菩萨) at the end of novel.[2][3]
Journey to the West
In
When Tang Sanzang was captured by the Yellow Robe Demon, the White Dragon Horse transforms himself into a young man and attempts to save Tang Sanzang, but fails. He escapes to inform Zhu Bajie, who in turn brings back Sun Wukong to save Tang Sanzang.
At the end of the novel, the White Dragon Horse is ordained as the Great Strength Bodhisattva of the Eight Heavenly Sections (八部天龙广力菩萨) and Dragon Horse of the Eight Heavenly Sections (八部天龍馬). He turns into a white dragon and wraps his body around one of the pillars in the Great Leiyin Temple.[7]
Worship
Bai Longma is worshipped as a deity in
Adaptations of Journey to the West
- In episode 5 of the 1986 television series, the White Dragon Horse was getting married when his fiancée, the Wansheng Princess, was cheating on him. He got so angry that he burned the pearl given to him as a gift by the Jade Emperor and was banished to Yingchou Stream as punishment. Sometime after being punished, the White Dragon Horse ate Tang Sanzang's horse when the horse ran off. When Sun Wukong saw that the horse was missing, he fought the dragon prince demanding his master's horse back. After fighting with the prince, Wukong went to the Dragon King's palace to discuss the dragon he had fought. When Guanyin appeared, Sun Wukong told her about the dragon that ate his master's horse. Guanyin called the prince out and instructed him to be Tang Sanzang's steed for the rest of the journey.
- When in episode 18 of 1986 television series, the White Dragon Horse realized that he was poisoned, he immediately returned to his human form and went to Emerald Waves Lake to assist Sun Wukong and Zhu Bajie to retrieve the stolen Sariputra. While doing so, he was confronted by Wansheng Princess when she offered him the stolen Sariputra and reconciliation of their relationship. He then accepts and asked her for the Sariputra. When she revealed it to him, he immediately snatched it from her and left Emerald Waves Lake with Sun Wukong and Zhu Bajie who then returned the Satriputra.
- In the anime and manga Saiyuki, the character of Jeep is loosely based on the White Dragon Horse. He is a small shapeshifting dragon that transforms into the Sanzo party's mode of transportation on their journey: a Jeep (hence the name). He is Hakkai's pet and can breathe fire. In his past life, instead of being a son of the Dragon King of the West (Sea), he was the Dragon King himself, named Goujun. He was also a commanding officer of Heaven's army and Kenren Taisho's immediate superior.
- In Monkey Magic, the White Dragon Horse is a female instead and she goes by the name Runlay.
See also
References
- ^ "蔡詩萍/花甲美魔男之「爸話西遊」之十一". Yahoo! News (in Chinese). 2 December 2019.
- ^ 西遊記: Journey to the West (in Chinese). Google Publishing. 2014.
- ISBN 978-1-59654-251-8.
- ISBN 978-1-4758-4369-9.
- ISBN 978-981-13-1439-1.
- ISBN 9781300402657.
- ^ 历史的记录 (22 December 2017). "小白龙被封为八部天龙广力菩萨, 这是多大的官? 负责什么工作". Sina (in Chinese). Archived from the original on 28 December 2019.