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  Monk's Spade

 

China

The Monk's Spade is a Chinese martial arts weapon that consists of a double-headed staff, with a crescent-moon blade at one end and a spade at the other, and which is known in Chinese as yue ya chan, which literally means ‘Crescent Moon Spade’ (fig.).

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