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Halberd. I wasn't using the word "legendary" as a synonym for "awesome." The article earlier said the temple contained THE Green Dragon Halberd. This is like a church saying they have Jesus's sword (the Not-An-Olive-Branch Deathshard). I added legendary, because the weapon
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Emporer and General, is not really a Buddhist figure. Buddhists like him, if they are Chinese Buddhists. But Guan Yu mostly figures in Dao and Confusion (Three Kingdoms) thought. So I summarized it as "Chinese."
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