Shangyi Guan Di Temple

Shangyi Guan Di Temple

Shangyi Guan Di Temple is a cultural tourism attraction.

Guan Di Temple

According to the *Gazetteer of Chahar Province*, there were once four Guan Di Temples within the county. By the Republican era, they had already fallen into disrepair and no longer exist today. These were: the Uliastai Guan Di Temple (built in the 48th year of the Qianlong reign), the Hebuqing Guan Di Temple, the Luhécheng Guan Di Temple, and the Maohuqing Guan Di Temple.

Guan Yu (162?–220), of Han ethnicity, was born during the Yanxi era of Emperor Huan of the Eastern Han Dynasty. His courtesy name was Yunchang, originally Changsheng, and he was a native of Xieliang in Hedong (present-day Yuncheng City, Shanxi Province). A renowned general of the Shu Han during the Three Kingdoms period, he held the rank of General of the Vanguard, was enfeoffed as Marquis of Hanshou Ting, and was a military strategist. After his death, he was revered by the people and honored by successive imperial courts, eventually being worshipped as Guan Sheng Di Jun (Lord Guan the Holy Emperor). In Buddhism, he is known as Sangharama Bodhisattva and respectfully called “Guan Gong.” Later rulers revered Guan Yu as the “Martial Saint,” placing him on par with Confucius, the “Civil Saint.”

Following Liu Bei

Guan Yu’s original courtesy name was Changsheng, later changed to Yunchang. In his early years, he fled his hometown to Youzhou after being involved in some trouble... More details about Guan Yu ++