The turtle came to their help as
gratitude for them subduing a fish demon that lived in the river. On its
carapace are, from left to right,
Sun Wukong
the Monkey King
(fig.),
Sha Wujing
or Friar Sandy (fig.),
the monk Xuanzang or
Tripitaka (fig.),
and
Zhu Bajie
or Pigsy (fig.),
while Xuanzang's
dragon-horse (fig.)
is tucked in somewhere below, in between Monkey King and Friar Sandy.
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