The novel is a fictionalized account of the legends around the Buddhist monk Tang Sanzhuang's pilgrimage to India during the Tang dynasty in order to obtain Buddhist scriptures.

这部小说是关于唐朝佛教和尚唐三藏去印度朝圣以取得佛教经文的虚构故事。

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At that time some Chinese Buddhists realized the shortage of Buddhist sutra, so they began pilgrimage to India to seek scriptures and to translate Buddhist sutras.

此时，一部分中国僧人深感佛经有限不能尽览，他们于是有了西行求法和翻译佛典之举。

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Guests may take part in a morning tai chi session with an instructor, go hunting for antiques in local attics, visit a tea plantation or make a Buddhist pilgrimage up Jizu mountain.

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Gotabaya Rajapaksa, the defence secretary and the economy minister's brother (a third brother is the president), is just back from a pilgrimage to Buddhist sites in India.

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Xuan Zang's pilgrimage to India for Buddhist scriptures in the 7th Century was the inspiration for the novel Journey to the West and popular television series Monkey.

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