Longxiang Guan Yu Temple

　　Longxiang Guan Yu Temple (Sixth Batch National Heritage Site)

　　Era: Yuan to Republican Period

　　Address: Longxiang Village, Diantou Township, Xinjiang County

　　Originally built in the Song Dynasty, and subsequently renovated in various dynasties. Only the stage, offering hall, and main hall remain today, with the main hall being a Yuan Dynasty structure. The rest were built during the Qing Dynasty.

　　The temple faces south and is aligned along a north-south central axis from south to north, featuring the stage, offering hall, and main hall in sequence. The main hall is three bays wide and three bays deep, with a flush-gable roof, single-drop rafter bracket sets with single ang, and a single eave. The front eaves overhang slightly. The wooden structure is quite exquisite. The interior houses statues of Guan Yu, Guan Ping, and Zhou Cang, all dating back to the Yuan Dynasty.

　　Guan Yu (162~220)　　Guan Yu (162?–220), of Han ethnicity. Born during the Yanxi era of Emperor Huan of the Eastern Han Dynasty, his courtesy name was Yunchang, originally Changsheng. He was a native of Xiaeliang in Hedong (present-day Yuncheng City, Shanxi Province). A renowned general of the Shu Han during the Three Kingdoms period, serving as General of the Vanguard and Marquis of Hanshou, as well as a military strategist. After his death, he was widely venerated 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 referred to as the Sangharama Bodhisattva and respectfully called "Guan Gong." Later rulers revered Guan Yu as the "Martial Saint," on par with Confucius, who was honored as the "Civil Saint." Following Liu Bei Guan Yu’s original courtesy name was Changsheng, which he later changed to Yunchang. In his early years, after being involved in some trouble, he fled his hometown and went to Zhuojun in Youzhou (present-day Zhuozhou City, Hebei Province). In the first year of the Zhongping era...... Details+