Dear Graham,GraemeR wrote: These three are called Hop, Lop and Siew.
Haven't you seen 'The Way West', with the Pig, Monkey and Monk going to India to get Buddhist scriptures.
The Nine Immortals are on TV in Thailand too.
Graham
No, don't know 'The Way West'...but I read Chinese story about the arahant monk " Tang Sum Chang" with all his adventures....and also the arahant Chi-Kong traveling to heaven/hell ( a temple lady gave me the book...very interesting!!).
yawares