Dajing Guan Di Temple

　　Guan Yu (162~220)　　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 Xiaoliang in Hedong (present-day Yuncheng City, Shanxi Province). He was a renowned general of the Shu Han during the Three Kingdoms period, serving as General of the Vanguard and Marquis of Hanshou Ting. A distinguished military strategist, after his death, he was revered by the people and honored through successive imperial recognitions. He came to be worshipped as Guan Sheng Di Jun (Lord Guan the Holy Emperor), referred to as Sangharama Bodhisattva in Buddhism, and respectfully called “Guan Gong.” Later rulers elevated him to the status of “Military Sage,” placing him alongside Confucius, the “Cultural Sage.” Following Liu Bei Guan Yu’s original courtesy name was Changsheng, which he later changed to Yunchang. In his youth, he fled his hometown after being involved in some trouble and went to Zhuojun in Youzhou (present-day Zhuozhou City, Hebei Province). In the first year of the Zhongping era... Details+