Hundreds of fans queued up Tuesday to meet Chinese actor Liu Xiao Ling Tong, known for his portrayal of Sun Wukong or the Monkey King in a popular 1980s Chinese TV series “Journey to the West”.
The fans waited in long queue at the Tan Dinh Fahasa bookstore on District 1’s Hai Ba Trung Street, where the 52-year-old actor autographed his books “Liu Xiao Ling Tong – Journey to the West”, which was recently published in Vietnamese by Chibooks publishing house.
Among them is Nguyen Van The, an 82-year-old man, who crossed hundreds of kilometers to the bookstore to see the Monkey King in the flesh.
“I have to get his signature so that my neighbors and relatives believe that I have gone to HCMC and met Sun Wukong. Otherwise they just think that I come here to buy books,” he said.
He added that he liked the scene in which Sun Wu Kong disturbed the heaven.
Kieu Tat Thang, 49, had come to the bookstore early to see Liu Xiao Ling Ton: “I have read many Chinese books prior to 1975 and “Journey to the West” is my favorite. I appreciate its humane element.”
At a corner, two high school students Kim Vy and Nhat Anh were happy to obtain his signature. “We are very fascinated with the ‘Journey to the West’ film. We have seen it many times.”
According to schedule, the actor will visit the Nguyen Binh Khiem Primary School and have Q&A session at some news agencies on December 29 before returning to China one day later.
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