As a major protagonist in Journey to the West, Sun Wukong has a famous magic weapon, the Ruyi Golden Cudgel. This stick weighs 13,500 kilograms and can be changed according to the will. It can be big or small. Sun Wukong relied on it to defeat hundreds of thousands of heavenly soldiers and generals. It can be said that this sea-fixing needle was originally an iron pillar left on the seabed by the Dragon Palace in the East China Sea, because there is no such thing in the Dragon Palace. No one can lift it, so the treasure has been left in the dust until the arrival of Sun Wukong, which made it bloom with unparalleled power.
There is another treasure that is called the most powerful magic weapon in Journey to the West, but it is the weapon that Sun Wukong abandoned at the beginning. Its power is far more powerful than the golden hoop. What kind of weapon is this? Let's take a look at it for what it is. In the third chapter of the original work, Sun Wukong came to his old neighbor the Dragon King of the East China Sea to ask for weapons. The Dragon King gave him several weapons. Sun Wukong said that they were not suitable for his skills and were too light, so the Dragon King asked his men to bring up a Fang Tian. The halberd weighed 7,200 kilograms. Wukong ran forward and took it in his hand. After a few tricks, he said it was still too light when he inserted it into the ground. Do you want to say that the heavier the weapon, the better? Definitely not. Take the nine-tooth nail rake as an example. It only weighs 5,048 kilograms. This Fang Tian Hua Ji weighs even more 2,000 kilograms. Who else has used Fang Tian Hua Ji? There is one person, however, and he is the three great kings of Shituoling, Dapengniao. Fang Tian Hua Ji
Sun Wukong encountered the biggest life and death crisis in his life in Shituoling. In front of the big roc, his seventy-two transformations and somersault clouds were useless. What was even more terrifying was the big roc. The power of Fang Tian's painted halberd in Pengniao's hand was astonishing. This battle lasted from dawn to dusk, and Sun Wukong was completely at a disadvantage. It can be seen that he did not get any benefits in terms of weapons. When it comes to lethality, Fang Tian's painted halberd can pick and stab, while the golden cudgel can only rely on its weight to suppress people. It can be seen that weapons do not depend on weight, but the most important thing is that they suit you. In the hands of Sun Wukong, the golden cudgel is It's a treasure, but it may be just scrap metal in the hands of others. Fang Tian's painted halberd is looked down upon by Sun Wukong, but in the hands of Dapeng, its power is even far greater than that of the golden cudgel. Sun Wukong was beaten so hard that he had no power to fight back
In the original book or in the TV series, Sun Wukong was beaten so hard that he had no power to fight back. After several rounds of fierce fighting, he did not take advantage at all, which is enough to show that this The weapons are also very powerful. In history, Lu Bu, who was in the Three Kingdoms period, once used this weapon. He was the dominant force and defeated many heroes. Han Shizhong in the Song Dynasty used this Fangtian Painted Halberd to challenge 100,000 soldiers. It can be seen that whether the weapon is powerful or not has nothing to do with its weight. It mainly depends on whether it fits your hand and whether it is suitable for your own skills. The Fang Tianji that Sun Wukong looked down upon back then was in the hands of his opponent and he was able to use it like a duck to water. Where did the weapon in Sun Wukong's hand come from?
The weapon in Sun Wukong's hand is the Ruyi Golden Cudgel. This weapon was a weapon he snatched from the East China Sea. However, I don't know if you have noticed it. Before Wukong got the Golden Cudgel, he gave up many weapons. The first weapon Wukong threw away was actually a peerless weapon. Wukong slashed the Demon King to death and returned to Huaguo Mountain. After competing with the Demon King, he discovered an extremely important thing: he needed a handy weapon. Where can I find such a magical weapon?
The monkeys around Wukong began to give him ideas. The Monkey King can take a trip to the East China Sea. There are many good things hidden in the East China Sea Dragon Palace. So, the Dragon King of the East China Sea met this unknown "neighbor". In view of the humble status of the dragon clan in Journey to the West, the Dragon King kept calling Wukong "the Immortal" and took the Dragon Palace according to the request of the "Immortal". 's private collection. How powerful is Fang Tian's painted halberd?
The weapon used by Lu Bu in the Three Kingdoms was the Fang Tian Painted Halberd. Although it only weighed 24 kilograms, it was extremely lethal. If you touch the painting pole, you will feel a burst of scorching heat, and if you touch the top, you will feel a burst of fierce energy. It can be said that Fang Tian's painting halberd was born to kill. In Europe, halberds are mostly used on battlefields, mainly because of their many functions: stabbing, picking, chopping, chopping, and hooking. You can choose from many functions. It is also because of the excellence of the halberd that it has not been used until today. Abandoned on the battlefield. Let's think about it first. A weapon has been developed with so many functions. Compared with the stick in Wukong's hand that can only be waved, how much advantage will the owner of Fang Tian's painted halberd take! The Ruyi Golden Cudgel
Because the Ruyi Golden Cudgel was accidentally refined by Taishang Laojun. In ancient times, Dayu, who was flooded in ancient times, borrowed it when he was controlling floods, so it became the Dinghai Divine Needle of the Dragon Palace.
This weapon is not very powerful. If Dayu hadn't borrowed it, probably no immortal would be willing to use it. When the Dragon King of the East China Sea heard that Sun Wukong was coming to borrow weapons, he would definitely lend him the best weapons. It's just that Sun Wukong's magic power is relatively high, so he can use the Ruyi Golden Cudgel to perfection. Later, in the Havoc in Heaven, Sun Wukong took the Ruyi Golden Cudgel to fight against various gods. The gods were all defeated by Sun Wukong, so this Ruyi Golden Cudgel became famous along with Sun Wukong. The golden cudgel is not the most powerful weapon
The weapons given to Sun Wukong by Ao Guang, the Dragon King of the East China Sea, are relatively powerful. I heard Sun Wukong repeatedly shouting that it was too soft and he would not take advantage of it. Finally, the Dragon King's favorite weapon, the Fangtian Painted Halberd, was brought out. This weapon can be said to be very powerful and extremely powerful. If it weren't for the fear that Sun Wukong would make a big fuss in the Dragon Palace, Ao Guang, the Dragon King of the East China Sea, would never have taken out the Fang Tian Hua Ji. But Sun Wukong, who doesn't know how to recognize good goods, actually disliked Fang Tian's painted halberd weapon as too light. He threw away such a good weapon casually, and the Dragon King of the East China Sea had no choice but to follow Sun Wukong's wishes. So Ao Guang, the Dragon King of the East China Sea, introduced a larger weapon to Sun Wukong. It weighed 13,500 kilograms and was fired in the alchemy furnace of Taishang Laojun. When Sun Wukong saw that this baby was tall, big and heavy, he liked it very much, so he picked up the Ruyi Golden Cudgel and started playing with it. Sun Wukong used his special skill to accept the Ruyi Golden Cudgel and said: "I have a weapon." Ao Guang, the Dragon King of the East China Sea, saw that Sun Wukong liked the Ruyi Golden Cudgel very much, and did not tell Sun Wukong that this weapon was not very powerful. No matter how powerful Fang Tian's painted halberd is, it is only made of ordinary iron
Although the Golden Cudgel does not show its edge on the surface, it is actually a rare magic weapon in the Three Realms. Sun Wukong is a well-known mythological hero in our country and the childhood idol of all those born in the 1980s and 1990s. Sun Wukong once learned earth-shattering skills from the disciples of Patriarch Bodhi, and then went to the Dragon Palace to seize treasures and snatched the "Dinghai Divine Needle" Ruyi Golden Cudgel in the East China Sea. But according to the original text, there is also a magical weapon in the Dragon Palace called "Fangtian Painted Halberd" which is also very powerful and is said to be even better than the Golden Cudgel.
Why did Sun Wukong give up the beautiful jade for the stubborn stone? Although Fang Tian's painted halberd is powerful, it is just an ordinary weapon. We all know that in Journey to the West, in addition to the basic attributes of being indestructible or decisive, the weapons used by the gods must also be "immortal weapons" imbued with immortality. For example, Zhu Bajie's nine-tooth rake was an immortal weapon refined by Taishang Laojun and given to the Jade Emperor to control his house; and the "Demon-Subduing Treasure Staff" used by Sha Monk was also picked and refined from the immortal vine. of. Although Fang Tian's painted halberd is powerful, according to the Dragon King, it is "made of black iron", so it is just an ordinary weapon. Sun Wukong is a Taiyi Golden Immortal with advanced cultivation, and it is impossible to use such a weapon. The golden cudgel is a rare and rare treasure
Although the golden cudgel looks ordinary, it is actually a rare and rare treasure. Many friends have read some Internet jokes or conspiracy theories and denigrated the Golden Cudgel. This is really wrong. Although the Golden Cudgel was a divine needle given to Dayu by Taishang Laojun to control floods, it was also a weapon in its own right, and it was very extraordinary. According to Sun Wukong, the Golden Cudgel even reached the point where "if you raise your head and point at the sun, all the ghosts and gods in the world will become timid." Some monsters who have not yet proven the Hunyuan were swept away by the golden hoop, and their muscles and bones were broken, and even their bodies died. The original book said that the monsters hit by the golden hoop "flesh into mortal bones and bones." ", it can be seen that this is an infinitely powerful artifact, even more powerful than Zhu Bajie's rake. The Ruyi Golden Cudgel has become Sun Wukong’s unique weapon
Sun Wukong is highly capable, ranked 72nd, and the weapon in his hand is the Ruyi Golden Cudgel, which is even more famous. This is the Dinghai needle used by Dayu to control the floods. Weighing 13,500 kilograms, it can fight against heavenly soldiers and generals, and defeat demons and ghosts. It is a rare weapon in heaven and on earth, and only monkeys can use it at will, and others can only watch it! Since then, the Ruyi Golden Cudgel has become Wukong’s unique symbol, and this iron weapon is not the monkey’s first weapon. The most precious thing from the Dragon King of the East China Sea is not the Golden Cudgel. At that time, Sun Wukong learned from the Bodhi Patriarch. After finishing the spell, I returned to Huaguo Mountain.
Why didn't Sun Wukong choose Fang Tian to paint the halberd?
According to "Journey to the West", the demon king who occupied Huaguo Mountain satirized Sun Wukong and said: "You are less than four feet tall and don't have a weapon in your hand. Why are you here?" What's the formation in front of my cave?" According to the calculation of one foot in the Ming Dynasty, which was approximately equal to 0.3 meters, then Sun Wukong's height was only 1.2 meters at best, but the Ruyi Golden Cudgel could follow Sun Wukong's orders and grow larger or smaller. It can be said that It is a very convenient portable weapon. Looking back at the Fangtian Painted Halberd, we will find that it has many shortcomings: first of all, it cannot become larger or smaller like the Golden Cudgel, making it very inconvenient to carry; secondly, the ancient Fangtian Painted Halberd is very long, which can reach approximately It is more than 3 meters long, so it is obviously unrealistic for someone as short as Sun Wukong to wield the 3-meter-long Fangtian Painted Halberd. The stick technique that Sun Wukong learned when he was studying martial arts
Sun Wukong learned martial arts from his master. At Lingtai Fangcun Mountain in Hezhou, Xiniu, at the Sanxing Cave of Xianyue, Patriarch Bodhi taught Brother Monkey the ability to evade three disasters in the seventy-two ways of the earth. , and the somersault cloud that is thousands of miles away, what kind of weapon did Brother Monkey use? The answer is - iron rod. As the incarnation of the Tongtian leader, Patriarch Bodhi has always adhered to the principles of "teaching without distinction" and "teaching students in accordance with their aptitude." So you see, the monkey king, he named the Monkey King Sun Wukong. What does the monkey like? Dance with guns and sticks, and have no time to rest all day long, jumping around. So, Patriarch Bodhi got Brother Monkey an iron rod. Brother Monkey had been playing with the stick at Patriarch Bodhi for ten years! Why is the Golden Cudgel better than other weapons
Let’s talk about weight first. The Golden Cudgel weighs 13,500 kilograms. Zhu Bajie’s nine-foot ding rake and Monk Sha’s Zen staff both weigh 5,048 kilograms. It's not half as heavy as the Golden Cudgel. All the monsters on the westward journey did not mention how heavy their weapons were. After all, those monsters' identities were there and they should not be able to obtain particularly powerful weapons. Therefore, it can basically be said that the golden cudgel should be the heaviest weapon. Wins in terms of weight. Let’s talk about the size, the golden hoop can be big or small, the big one can stand up to the sky, and the small one can be as tall as a mustard seed. Sun Wukong has turned into a small insect many times, but he has never taken out the golden hoop and thrown it aside, so it seems that the golden hoop is There is more room for change.
However, Zhu Bajie’s rake can also be changed, but generally Zhu Bajie makes the rake smaller and wears it on his waist. The smallest one may be that big. As for other people’s weapons, it seems that they really don’t have the attribute of change, because when Erlang God wanted to change Sun Wukong, he had to throw away the weapon first. The weapons of Erlang God cannot be as big or small as he wants. This shows that the Golden Cudgel is here On the one hand, another victory was achieved. The golden cudgel was actually a meter used by Dayu to control floods
To solve the ins and outs of the golden cudgel, we still need to know who created the golden cudgel. It is said that during Dayu's flood control period, many people lost their lives in vain trying to measure the depth of the water. There was no way. Dayu didn't want to see such a thing, so he asked Taishang Laojun if he had any way to do it. A retractable stick is used to measure it. In this way, Taishang Laojun casually used black iron to make such a quickly retractable stick for Dayu, so that he could measure the rise of the water level while controlling the water. It was such a treasure that was placed in the Dragon Palace. Because it had been so long ago, even the Dragon King who owned it did not know its specific use. He only regarded it as a tool for measuring water levels and did not regard it as a weapon at all. After the flood was calmed down, Dayu threw this piece of iron into the sea to strengthen the mountains and rivers and prevent further floods. Later, because the Dragon King of the Dragon Palace cherished the treasure, he stored it away and built the Dragon Palace around this piece of sacred iron. And it was enshrined as the sea-fixing needle. The golden cudgel can be changed at will
Sun Wukong has very high requirements for the weight of weapons. Even the 7,200-jin Fang Tian Hua Ji is too light. But generally speaking, heavy weapons look bulky. Sun Wukong is less than 1.2 meters tall, so the experience of using large weapons is generally not good. But the Golden Cudgel just meets Sun Wukong's needs: on the one hand, it weighs 13,500 kilograms, and on the other hand, its size can be changed at will to match Sun Wukong's body shape, so he has a very good experience in using it.
At the same time, the golden hoop can also be turned into the size of an embroidery needle, which can be hidden in Sun Wukong's ears, which solves the problem of the weapon being difficult to carry. Before that, Sun Wukong learned the seventy-two changes and somersaults from Master Bodhi. These skills are characterized by flexibility, maneuverability, and fast speed. If Sun Wukong carries a Fangtian painted halberd or a large sword with him, it will definitely affect the performance of these spells. Therefore, Sun Wukong also has very high requirements for weapon portability.
Based on this, the golden cudgel that can be changed in size at will is of course more impressive to Sun Wukong. Conclusion
The Monkey King took away the Ruyi Golden Cudgel, which was a kind of relief for the Dragon Clan. It was relieved that the Dragon King of the Four Seas gave the Monkey Brother a three-piece set for free, and he was always available for any request. It was half Even if things go wrong and he returns to Huaguo Mountain, the monkey will also go to the Dragon Palace in the East China Sea to ask for a cup of tea. This shows the deep friendship. This is probably a blessing for Sun Wukong. Of course, the Golden Cudgel is also a layout and a guide of Taozu. The Golden Cudgel is destined to Brother Monkey.