86版《西游记》导演杨洁逝世 享年88岁

The director of the Chinese classic TV drama, Journey to the West, Yang Jie, passed away last Saturday. She was 88.

中国经典电视剧《西游记》的导演杨洁于上周六去世，享年88岁。

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.

在她的指导下，通过那个年代最通用的单摄像机，一部划时代的、影响了一代又一代中国人的电视剧得以摄制成功。

Journey to the West is a Chinese television series adapted from the classic novel of the same title.

《西游记》，这部中国电视连续剧改编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.

该剧主要讲述的是唐朝和尚唐玄奘和他的三个徒弟：孙悟空、猪八戒、沙悟净的一场朝圣之旅。

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.

师徒四人前往的目的地名为“西天”，位于现在的中亚和印度地区。师徒四人在历经千难万险之后，获得了真经并返回故土。

The series was first broadcast on CCTV in China on Oct 1, 1986.

1986年10月1日，这部连续剧在中国中央电视台首播。

The series became an instant classic in China and is still being praised as the best and most authentic interpretation of the novel.

《西游记》是中国电视连续剧的经典之作，至今仍被称为是对小说最好、最真实的翻拍之作。