86版《西遊記》導演楊潔逝世 享年88歲
The director of the Chinese classic TV drama, Journey to the West, Yang Jie, passed away last Saturday. She was 88.
中國經典電視劇《西遊記》的導演楊潔於上週六去世，享年88歲。Under her guidance, the single camera typically used in that era managed to film an epoch-making TV drama that influenced generations of Chinese people.
在她的指導下，通過那個年代最通用的單攝像機，一部劃時代的、影響了一代又一代中國人的電視劇得以攝製成功。Journey to the West is a Chinese television series adapted from the classic novel of the same title.
《西遊記》，這部中國電視連續劇改編自其同名的古典名著。
The drama is mainly an extended account of the legendary pilgrimage by the Tang Dynasty-era Buddhist monk Xuanzang and his three disciples, Sun Wukong, Zhu Bajie and Sha Wujing.
該劇主要講述的是唐朝和尚唐玄奘和他的三個徒弟：孫悟空、豬八戒、沙悟淨的一場朝聖之旅。They traveled to what then were called the "Western Regions", that is, Central Asia and India, to obtain Buddhist sacred texts and returned after many trials and much suffering.
師徒四人前往的目的地名爲“西天”，位於現在的中亞和印度地區。師徒四人在歷經千難萬險之後，獲得了真經並返回故土。The series was first broadcast on CCTV in China on Oct 1, 1986.
1986年10月1日，這部連續劇在中國中央電視臺首播。The series became an instant classic in China and is still being praised as the best and most authentic interpretation of the novel.
《西遊記》是中國電視連續劇的經典之作，至今仍被稱爲是對小說最好、最真實的翻拍之作。
