Word: yuanchun
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...Jade Emperor appeals for help to the Buddha, who sends 18 demons to put an end to all the monkeyshines. The Monkey King (Li Yuanchun) meets them all and, in pantomime scenes worthy of Chaplin and Keaton, sends them tumbling. He takes one demon's weapon and twirls it on one finger, like a gyroscope; he grabs another one and flicks it away with his heel. No one in heaven or earth can touch this hilarious spirit of riot and disorder, and peace comes only when he finds his way home to the Flower-Fruit Mountain. Equally funny...
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