Prime Minister’s Shrine

Prime Minister’s Shrine

The Prime Minister’s Shrine is a cultural tourism attraction.

The Prime Minister’s Shrine is located beneath the General’s Platform in the southeast area of Liubei Pool Park in Yibin. Originally built during the Song Dynasty, it was initially constructed to commemorate Huang Tingjian, a poet and calligrapher of the Northern Song Dynasty, and was known as the Valley Shrine. It was later built to honor Zhuge Liang, the Prime Minister of the Shu Han during the Three Kingdoms period, who passed through Rongzhou (now Yibin) on his southern campaign to Yunnan.

In the first year of the Xianfeng era of the Qing Dynasty (1851), the shrine and the Liubei Pool area were destroyed in warfare. They were rebuilt in the sixth year of Xianfeng (1856). In October of the Year of Xin Chou in the Guangxu reign (October 1901), Wen Huan, the prefect of Xuzhou, inscribed the plaque “Prime Minister’s Shrine” and the couplet on the gate: “Though aware the virtue of the realm had faded, he heeded the three visits of the Emperor and came to steady a crumbling state; though destined to be immortalized in fame, he cherished the benevolence of two rivers and came to this desolate shrine.” The original inscriptions still remain on the main gate of the shrine. Inside the hall, statues of Guan Yu, Guan Ping, and Zhou Cang are enshrined. Outside the hall, an ancient stone incense burner emits wisps of smoke, while ancient stone drums, stone lions, and stone ornamental columns stand majestically.