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Portrait of Nine-Ringed Staff: Token of the pilgrimage

Nine-Ringed Staff

Token of the pilgrimage
Era
Age of the Journey West
Chinese
九环锡杖
Grade
Token of the pilgrimage
Holder
Tang Sanzang
In short
The staff Guanyin gave the pilgrim; it travelled with Xuanzang from Chang’an to Vulture Peak, at once a ritual object and a proof of office.

The story

When Guanyin was looking for a pilgrim at Chang’an she gave the Nine-Ringed Staff and the brocade cassock to Xuanzang. After Emperor Taizong had seen him off, the staff went with Tang Sanzang out of the city gate as the token of his office on the road west.

Crossing Five Elements Mountain, the Flowing Sand River and the Flaming Mountains, Tang Sanzang walked or rode with the staff under his disciples’ guard. When he had reached Vulture Peak and received the true scriptures, the Nine-Ringed Staff went back with him to Chang’an.

Token of the pilgrimageTang Sanzang

Relationship map

Nine-Ringed StaffTang SanzangGuanyin
Relationship map for Nine-Ringed Staff: Connected — Tang Sanzang; Connected — Guanyin.

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