After Guan Yu died, Cao Cao buried his head in Luoyang as a vassal, and Sun Quan buried his body in Dangyang as a vassal. It can be seen that Guan Yu's personality charm is great, and the three countries are divided. The two hostile kings bid farewell to Guan Yu with the highest courtesy. This is a great achievement.
However, Guan Yu was bitter when he died. He doesn't care what happens after he dies. He regretted not being able to help Liu Bei fulfill his long-cherished wish and not seeing the day when Shu Han unified the world. People think that Guan Yu is very angry and his soul has not returned to hell. Therefore, there is a saying in many places that "Guan Gong will kill when he opens his eyes", because he thinks Guan Gong's eyes are murderous and the atmosphere is chilling. Therefore, the statues of Guan Gong with eyes open are rare, and most of them are closed.
I think the statue of Guan Gong, which opens your eyes, is usually used to suppress evil spirits and exorcise them. It must be very effective! Therefore, there is a superstitious saying that a large number of dead souls have been thinking about revenge against Guan Yu for thousands of years. Guan Yu's soul needs to keep a strong murderous look at all times, so that those dead souls dare not approach. Therefore, when the carpenter carves the statue of Guan Gong, he will deliberately let Guan Gong close his eyes. In the words of No.2 Middle School, closing your eyes is to block Guan Gong's murderous look; And if the duke guan opened his eyes, murderous side leakage, I'm afraid there will be mass annihilation! Presumably this is also the reason why the old carpenter said that "the consequences of opening your eyes are very serious".
Statues of Guan Gong usually have different shapes, and each shape has a different meaning. It's not only the boss of the black society who can worship Guan Gong ~
First, the vertical knife is built behind closed doors: usually, the boss of the black astringent society consecrates this vertical knife, which means loyalty and loyalty to the monarch.
Second, the horizontal knife: you can not only worship, but also worship our master. Guan Gong with a horizontal knife is called Wu Caishen among the people, which means making money, keeping money and keeping peace.
Third, riding a horse to Guan Gong: it means that the horse will succeed, and it is usually given as a gift, which is also equivalent to a card.