锡杖【英】

Monk Staff

定义

又名声杖、鸣杖、智杖、德杖，佛教法器之一。实物为木质，高齐肩（一作高与眉）杖头有两股（或四股）铁卷和六环，杖尾包铁纂。僧人外出乞食化缘 ，摇振作响，以替叩门呼唤，并借之防身。

Monk Staff: also known as the sounding staff, staff of wisdom (or virtue), or tin staff (xizhang in Chinese); a Buddhist implement often made of wood. With its top reaching to a person’s shoulders (or eyebrows), the staff usually has six rings hanging on two or four iron loops at the top, and its end is coated with iron. The jingling of the staff's rings can inform the faithful that there is a monk within earshot in need of alms, and the staff is also a weapon used to defend oneself.