Monkey King cartoons through the years

1958

A scene from Pigsy East Watermelon. [Photo/Mtime]

Pigsy Eats Watermelon

Director: Wan Laiming, Wan Guchan

Produced at the Shanghai Animation Film Studio by Wan Laiming and Wan Guchan, the film Pigsy Eats Watermelon features the character Zhu Bajie from Journey to the West. In the film, Zhu Bajie goes off to search for food for the four and discovers some watermelons. Instead of bringing the fruits back to his hungry companions, he gets greedy and enjoys the fruit all by himself. The Monkey King discovers his lies and teaches him a lesson.

The character was used since pigs are often associated with greed in Chinese culture.