Probably influenced by the TV series "Journey to the West" and comic strips, in most people's minds, the weapon of the sand monk is a convex shovel at one end and a crescent shovel at the other end.

This is the usual weapon used by ancient monks when they traveled. The Shaolin boxing song recipe says: "Shaolin crescent shovel, open the door widely, the devil retreats, and the hero respects three points." Its shape is simple and elegant, it can retreat from the enemy in wartime, and it can also replace the flat burden in peacetime.

Judging from the function of the crescent shovel, Sha Seng was originally a monk, and he knew martial arts, and his main job was to carry the burden, and it seemed reasonable to use the sun and moon shovel as a weapon.

Perhaps because of this, the editors of TV dramas and comic strips let Sha Seng use this weapon. Actually, the sand monk did not use this kind of weapon.

Let's start with the original text of "Journey to the West". In the twenty-second episode of "Bajie vs. Quicksand River, Wooden Fork Receives Enlightenment", there is a description of the weapon in the hand of the sand monk: "Bajie raised the palladium and said: 'What kind of mourning rod are you, and you asked your ancestors to watch the staff?'' Strange said: 'You bastard don't even know it!' This scepter of mine used to have a great reputation, and it was originally from the Solo faction of the moon. Wu Gang cut down a branch, and Lu Ban made a cover. There is a golden heart inside, and there are thousands of beads outside. Name: The scepter is good at subduing demons, and Yongzhen Lingxiao can subdue monsters. Just because the official worships the general, the Jade Emperor gave me to take it with me. Whether long or short, let my heart go, to be fine or coarse, depending on the attitude. Judging from Sha Seng's own description and Zhu Bajie's analogy, Sha Seng's weapon should be wooden, like a stick, and the shape should be closer to Sun Wukong's golden hoop stick, rather than the crescent shovel (sun and moon shovel) in the TV series "Journey to the West" or comic books and cartoons.

In the forty-ninth episode of "Scattered Disaster and Sinking Water House, Guanyin Rescues the Fish Basket", the dialogue between Monk Sha and the King of Inspiration is more clearly described, and the original text reads: "The demon made the hammer pole stand and said: 'You are also a monk who became a monk halfway. The sand monk said, 'How do you recognize it?' The demon said: 'You look like a doctor from a mill. The sand monk said, 'How do you recognize me as a Dr. Mill?' The demon said: 'You are not Dr. Mo, how can you make a rolling pin?' Sha Seng scolded: 'You have never seen such a wicked obstacle, so it is difficult to know the name of the scepter. From the shadowless place of the Moon Palace, Thoreau Xianmu pondered. The outside is embedded with Baoxia and shining, and the inside is drilled with gold and rui gas condensation. The day before, he also accompanied the imperial banquet, and now he is upright and protects Tang monks. There is no knowledge on the road to the west, and there are great names in the Upper Realm Palace. Call it the true scepter of demon slaying and discipline the broken heavenly spirit. In the eyes of the monster, Monk Sha looks like one

"Dr. Mo" (Dr. Mo is a common name for a person who specializes in a certain profession in ancient times, Dr. Mo refers to a person who grinds noodles to make pasta), and the weapon in his hand is like a root

The "rolling pin" indicates that the Sand Monk's weapon should not be a crescent shovel (sun and moon shovel), but a stick made of wood.

And it is used from Zhu Bajie and the King of Inspiration

"Mourning Stick"

"Rolling pin" is a metaphor for this weapon, and this wooden stick is not long, it may be a short wooden stick. Besides, if Monk Sha's weapon is really the crescent moon shovel (sun and moon shovel), he will generally say it directly.

For example, in the sixty-third episode of "Two Monks and Monsters Haunting the Dragon Palace, the Saints Eliminate Evil and Get Treasures", when Sun Wukong and Zhu Bajie fought against the nine-headed insect, the weapon used by the nine-headed insect was the crescent shovel, which was described in the text: "Good monster, I am in a hurry, and the general weapon is called the crescent shovel." ...... It turned out that the monster had nine heads, and he turned around with his eyes, and he could see it clearly, and when he saw Bajie coming from behind, even if the shovel was holding a nail palladium, and the shovel head was against the iron rod......" This description directly pointed out that the weapon of the nine-headed insect was the crescent shovel.

In the description of the Sand Monk's weapon, it is only called it

The "Demon Scepter" repeatedly confessed that it was made of wood, like a stick. Therefore, Monk Sha's weapon is definitely not a crescent shovel or a sun and moon shovel, but a short wooden stick.