The Journey to the West, why only the Tang Priest rides a horse? What caused it?

Tang Priest came out with a mission. In order to achieve perfection, he went to the Western Heaven to learn from the scriptures. Before the Tang Priest left, Emperor Taizong recognized Tang Priest as his royal brother and gave him a good horse to relieve the fatigue and hardship of Tang Priest's journey. Unfortunately, this horse was eaten by Little White Dragon, the third prince of the Dragon King. Guanyin punished the Dragon Prince for turning into a White Horse Dragon and giving Tang Priest a leg. After that, Tang Priest should spend most of his time on his white back except being captured by monsters.

In the lyrics, "You carry the load, I will lead the horse" sings that Friar Sand and Bajie carry the load, one leads the horse, and the other Wukong explores the road. This makes people feel very strange. It's too far to go to the western paradise. Will the Tathagata "crew" be too poor to equip three horses? Let's explore the truth!

First of all, Friar Sand, the hardest younger brother of the Gang of Four, rode a horse, led the horse and explored the road, while Friar Sand had to carry their heavy "luggage". Then why doesn't he find a horse to ride, relax himself, and don't bother to carry the burden? There is a description of Friar Sand in the original text: "The third disciple's surname is Friar Sand, and his dharma name is Friar Wujing. He was born two feet long, with wide arms, a face like indigo, a mouth like a blood basin, shining eyes and nails in his teeth. "

Let's look at "two feet long". One foot is ten feet, which is close to four meters, which means Friar Sand should be four meters high. Imagine the image of Friar Sand, and then contact his height. Where can I find such a tall and strong horse for Friar Sand to ride? So a tall and diligent sand monk is like nothing!

But Pig Bajie is taller than Friar Sand! Why do you say that? In the seventy-third episode of the original book, when I saw Pig Bajie tall, I thought he was a big apprentice, Friar Sand thought he was a second apprentice, and when I saw the monkey small, I thought he was a third apprentice. There is no doubt that the apprentice must be the Tang Priest, but the order of the disciples is based on "stature". It was said earlier that Friar Sand is four meters tall and Bajie is taller, so Friar Sand can't ride, and Bajie can't have a horse to ride!

Finally, the Monkey King, since Walker is small, how small is it? The devil incarnate shouted at the Monkey King, "You are less than four feet, but you are only thirty years old, and you have no weapon in your hand. How dare you be presumptuous? What do you want me to see? " "Less than four feet" is 1.33 meters, which is really not high. Then the Monkey King should meet the riding height standard, but why can't it ride?

The Journey to the West replied for the 14th time, "When the horse saw it, his waist was soft and his hoofs were soft, and he stood trembling. Because the monkey is originally Bi Marvin, there are some rules for raising dragons and horses in the sky, so every horse is afraid of him. " Because of the status of Bi before, all the horses were afraid to see Wukong, and no horse dared to let him ride! The Monkey King's nature, a somersault, he can value riding, riding is also afraid of being laughed at, and he has never seen any fairy riding. Wukong is still proud!