The Stories About Journey To The West Before The Publication Of Journey To The West

Before the publication of Journey to the West, a variety of stories about Journey to the West have existed with kinds of forms. The stories about Journey to the West not only are deeply influenced by our country ancient tales, but also they are based on the historical facts of gaining Buddhist by Tang monk. So, the stories about Journey to the West are widely communicated and they are from historical facts to myths. Firstly, the stories about Journey to the West can not break away from the influence of tales. After the combination of legends and histories, they have existed in various forms. Just the books about these stories have many types besides some painting works. With the popularity of the stories about Journey to the West, various art forms also absorbed this theme. So this kind of stories spread more widely. After the publication of Journey to the West, the ranges of communication are wider and appeared various forms of communication. In this respect, there are many research achievements. But people have not paid attention to the situation of communication before the publication of Journey to the West. Therefore, this paper only discussed the situation of communication before the publication of Journey to the West. This paper will properly combine modern communication idea to analyze the communication causes, the communication media, the communication environment, the communication characteristics, the communication effect, the disseminator and the audience. According to these results, the paper will explore how the communication of stories about Journey to the West influenced the formation of Journey to the West.