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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;manymore, post: 1980448, member: 17118&quot;]This is a Chinese medal commemorating the famous Ming Dynasty novel <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Journey_to_the_West" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Journey_to_the_West" rel="nofollow"><i>Journey to the West</i></a> (西游记).</p><p><br /></p><p>The &quot;fat man&quot; is actually <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zhu_Bajie" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zhu_Bajie" rel="nofollow">Zhu Bajie</a> (猪八戒), also known as &quot;Pigsy&quot; in English, who is one of the main characters in the novel.</p><p><br /></p><p>Another specimen of the medal may be seen at <a href="http://www.kongfz.cn/item_pic_4874528/" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.kongfz.cn/item_pic_4874528/" rel="nofollow">this Chinese website</a>.</p><p><br /></p><p>This is one medal in a set commemorating the novel.</p><p><br /></p><p>These medals are modern, plentiful and inexpensive.</p><p><br /></p><p>Gary[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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