Gail Shaw wrote:
> "Darren New" <dne### [at] sanrrcom> wrote in message
> news:48582275@news.povray.org...
>> For example, in the Jet Li / Jackie Chan movie that just came out, the
>> story is related to a major cultural story involving someone traveling
>> from China to India. I'd learned about it in school, as did my Chinese
>> wife, so we both knew the background of the characters and such, which
>> made it a more enjoyable movie.
> 
> Interesting. I didn't know that. Got a link/reference that I can look up?

I *believe* this is the monkey king of the movie:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hanuman

Altho the story they tell there is different from what I remember 
hearing, and I can't seem to easily find references to what I remember 
hearing.

This is another link to something like it:
http://www.lonelyplanet.com/travelstories/article/monkeyingaroundinchina_1206/
The start of the monkey king's journey to the west (i.e., into India) is 
where the movie itself basically ends. This describes much more like the 
story I remember, with the staff and golden headband.

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