Sudhanakumāra, mainly known as Sudhana and Shancai or Shancai Tongzi in Chinese, and translated as Child of Wealth, along with Longnü "Dragon Girl" are considered acolytes of the bodhisattva Guanyin i
Avalokiteśvara with Longnü (left) and Sudhana (right).
An altar for Guanyin worship.
A Yuan Dynasty hanging scroll depicting Shancai (walking on waves), the Filial Parrot (above), Guanyin and Longnü.
Red Boy is a character featured in the 16th-century novel Journey to the West. Red Boy was also known as the Boy Sage Great King and "Bull Boy Sage". Through this, Red Boy had developed True Samādhi F
Sudhana
…the Jade Emperor. A fictionalised account of Sudhana is detailed in the classical novel Journey to the West, where Sudhana is portrayed as a villain, Red Boy, who is eventually subdued by Guanyin and becomes the bodhisattva's attendant. Sudhana was a youth from India who was seeking bodhi (enlightenment…
Statue of Red Boy wrongly depicted with a fire wheel under each of his soles similar to Nezha
Mural in the Long Corridor, Summer Palace, Beijing, depicting a scene from Journey to the West.