Abstract: "Journey to the West" as an excellent classic work, its film and television adaptation has been increasing. In the adap- tation movies of "Journey to the West", the characters are often processed and deconstructed, which become quite different from the original ones. Based on the analysis of the image of Tang Monk in the novel "Journey to the West", this paper, taking Zheng Baorui′s film series "Journey to the West"  as an example,  is focused on the analysis of the image of Tang Monk in film and television adaptation, and summarizes its contemporary enlightenment. It is not difficult to see that the adaptation of classic literature still occupies an important position in today′s film and television market.

Key words: Zheng Baorui′s film, film adaptation, Tang Monk′s image, contemporary enlightenment