{"id":20075,"date":"2020-02-01T05:11:21","date_gmt":"2020-02-01T05:11:21","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/chinesemoment.com\/chinese-culture\/wuhou-temple\/"},"modified":"2020-02-01T05:11:21","modified_gmt":"2020-02-01T05:11:21","slug":"wuhou-temple","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/chinesemoment.com\/th\/wuhou-temple\/","title":{"rendered":"Wuhou Temple"},"content":{"rendered":"

\tDo you know Wuhou? 1700 years ago, in the late Han Dynasty, China was separated into 3 kingdoms, Wei(\u9b4f wèi)<\/strong>, Shu(\u8700 sh\u01d4)and Wu(\u5434  wú) <\/strong>“Wei” kingdom located in the north part of China, ruled by Caocao(\u66f9\u64cd Cáo C\u0101o)<\/strong>, the Prime Minister of Han. “Wu” ruled by Sunquan(\u5b59\u6743 S\u016bn Quán)<\/strong>, occupying the Southern China. “Shu” was the smallest one, situated in the S. W. part of China. The 3 kingdoms coexisting and each wanted to dominate the whole.<\/p>\n

\tThe Wuhou Temple (Wuhouci), located on the outskirts of Chengdu City, was built in the sixth century to commemorate Zhuge Liang(\u8bf8\u845b\u4eae Zh\u016b\u0261\u011b Liàn\u0261 )<\/strong> (Kongming)(\u5b54\u660e K\u01d2n\u0261mín\u0261)<\/strong>, <\/strong>known for his great wisdom. <\/p>\n

\tHe was the Premier of the Shu, one of the "Three Kingdoms" in of 221-263A.D. and he was given the title "Wu Hou" (Premier). It was rebuilt on the same location by Emperor Kangxi in the early Ch'ing Dynasty (1616 ~ 1911A.D.).<\/p>\n<\/p>\n

\tThe main construction faces south with five consecutive sections, the main gate, the second gate, Liu Bei (Emperor of Shu) Palace, an atrium and Zhuge Liang Palace.<\/p>\n

\tOnce you are in, you can see a stone tablet. The epigraph on it was composed by Pei Duo, a famous prime minister in the Tang dynasty (618 ~ 907A.D.), then written by a famous calligrapher named Liu Gongquan and finally engraved on the stone by Lu Jian, a well known craftsman. So it is called "Tablet of Three Excellence".<\/p>\n

\tThe second gate brings you to Liu Bei Palace. Inside are the statues of Liu Bei (\u5218\u5907 Liú Bèi)<\/strong>(the emperor), Guan Yu(\u5173\u7fbd Gu\u0101n Y\u01d4 )<\/strong> (a general), Zhang Fei(\u5f20\u98de Zh\u0101n\u0261 F\u0113i) <\/strong>(another general), and Liu Zhan, the grandson of Emperor Liu Bei.<\/p>\n

\tInside the Zhuge Liang Palace, you can see the statues of Zhu and his descendants. There are three drums in the room, called "Zhu Ge Drums"(\u8bf8\u845b\u5e90 Zh\u016bg\u011b Lú )<\/strong>. <\/strong>Allegedly Zhu made those drums during the war.<\/p>\n

\tEmperor Liu Bei's tomb is also in the temple. There are more than 40 statues of historical characters, over 40 tablets and more than 10 bronze instruments such as bells, stoves, tripods and drums.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n

\tThe Wuhou Temple was listed as a national historical site by the government in 1961. People who are keen on the history of ancient China will find this spot interesting.<\/p>\n

\tDu Fu, "Father of Poems" in the Tang dynasty (618 ~ 907A.D.), once came here to pay his respect to Zhu. Later he wrote a poem, "The Premier of Shu", about how Liu Bei, the Emperor, visited Zhu three times to persuade him to be the Premier of Shu. Zhu was eventually moved. After Zhu became the Premier of Shu, he assisted the Emperor and his family with loyalty and dedication until he died.<\/p>\n

\tWhere is the temple of the famous Premier –
\tIn a deep pine grove near the City of Silk,
\tWith the green grass of spring coloring the steps,
\tAnd birds chirping happily under the leaves.
\t…The third summons weighted him with affairs of state
\tAnd to two generations he gave his true heart,
\tBut before he could conquer, he was dead;
\tAnd heroes have wept on their coats ever since.<\/strong><\/p>\n

  \u4e1e\u76f8\u7960\u5802\u4f55\u5904\u5bfb\uff0c \u9526\u5b98\u57ce\u5916\u67cf\u68ee\u68ee\u3002(chén\u0261xi\u0101n\u0261 cítán\u0261 héchùxún, j\u01d0n\u0261u\u0101n chén\u0261wài b\u01ceis\u0113ns\u0113n .)  \u6620\u9636\u78a7\u8349\u81ea\u6625\u8272\uff0c \u9694\u53f6\u9ec4\u9e42\u7a7a\u597d\u97f3\u3002 (yìn\u0261ji\u0113 bìc\u01ceo zìch\u016bnsè, \u0261éyè huán\u0261lí k\u014dn\u0261h\u01ceoy\u012bn .)  \u4e09\u987e\u9891\u70e6\u5929\u4e0b\u8ba1\uff0c \u4e24\u671d\u5f00\u6d4e\u8001\u81e3\u5fc3\u3002 (s\u0101n\u0261ù pínfán ti\u0101nxiàjì, li\u01cen\u0261cháo k\u0101ijì l\u01ceochénx\u012bn.)  \u51fa\u5e08\u672a\u6377\u8eab\u5148\u6b7b\uff0c \u957f\u4f7f\u82f1\u96c4\u6cea\u6ee1\u895f\u3002(ch\u016bsh\u012b wèijié sh\u0113nxi\u0101ns\u01d0, chán\u0261sh\u01d0 y\u012bn\u0261xión\u0261 lèim\u01cenj\u012b.)<\/strong><\/pre>\n
  \tThe city in this poem refers to Chengdu City today.<\/p>\n