
Yang Jie, director of the TV series Journey to the West, passed away on April 15, 2017, at the age of 88. Her death triggered contagious nostalgia, especially among those born in the 1970s and 1980s. Yang's series was adapted from Wu Cheng'en's novel of the same name. Written in the 16th century, the Chinese classic chronicles the legendary pilgrimage of a Buddhist monk, Tang Sanzan (or “Tang Tr...