Guarding the Monkey King

Author(s): Jiazhi Fengjiang

Type: Photograph

Department: Department of Anthropology

Exhibit no: 13


Jiazhi Fengjiang
An old woman guards the Monkey King temple, Huaguo Mountain in China.

Old lady Hua built this temple at the wish of the folk god Monkey King after the old one was demolished during the Cultural Revolution.

Yet, Hua was replaced by a young woman who made profits from this popular pilgrimage spot. Unwilling to leave, Hua guards this thousand-year-old tradition.