In the winter of the twenty-fourth year of Jian 'an in the Eastern Han Dynasty, Guan Yu lost Jingzhou and retreated to Maicheng. He was killed by Wu in the northwest of Dangyang. Worried about Liu Bei's revenge, Sun Quan presented Guan Yu's head to Cao Cao in Luoyang. Cao Cao saw through his plan of "framing others", carved Daphne as the body, and buried the feather in the south of Luoyang with the gift of princes. Sun Quan held a funeral in Dangyang. This is what people often say about Guan Gong: "His head is in Luoyang and he is in the hot sun".
Guanling lies five miles west of dangyang city. Miao Ling sits west facing east, overlooking Qushui and Jingshan. Before the Song Dynasty, Guan Yu's tomb was just a mound covered by trees. In the 15th year of Xichun in the Southern Song Dynasty (A.D. 1 188), Wang Zhu, the magistrate of Xiangyang, sealed the tomb of Guan Yu, and "built a sacrificial pavilion, surrounded by walls and trees with pines and cypresses". From the Yuan Dynasty to the 12th year of the Yuan Dynasty (AD 1275), yuquan temple presided over Hui Zhen, a monk, and sent monks to Guan Yu Cemetery to repair the gate and take care of the mausoleum. In the third year of Chenghua in the Ming Dynasty (A.D. 1467), Dangyang County ordered Huang Shu to write to the imperial court, requesting to build a temple for Guan Yu's cemetery. With the approval of Xianzong, the temple was built. The building complex was built in the 15th year of Jiajing in Ming Dynasty, and now covers an area of 98 mu.
In the early 1980s, Dangyang people made a vow to return to Guanling, and now this piece of red wall and yellow tile is even more magnificent. The entrance to the cemetery is an antique Han building. When you enter the entrance, you will face the tombstone pavilion. There is a monument in the pavilion for the Ten Years of Qing Daoguang (A.D. 183 1), with 24 words engraved on the front:
Zhongyi Wei shows the mausoleum of Han Shou, a former general of the Han Dynasty.
Opposite the pavilion, the stone archway, Sanyuan Gate, Horse Hall, Worship Hall, Main Hall, Bedroom Hall and Mausoleum are arranged along the central axis. On both sides are the Huabiao, Bell Tower, Drum Tower, Monument Gallery, Zhaitang, Icon Pavilion, Bozi Temple, Qisheng Palace, Buddhist Temple, Chunqiu Pavilion and other buildings. Due to historical reasons, Yuquan Mountain sent monks to manage Guanling in the early days, leaving many Buddhist marks, as well as the Buddhist temple, Zhaitang and other buildings in Guandi Temple today.
Guan Gong's tomb at the end of the central axis is seven meters high and 68 meters in circumference. The ancient trees at the top of the tomb are towering, and the sun is shaded by green trees. The original passage of the ancient tomb can enter the tomb. In the early 1960s, when I was a child, I followed my father to the grave. I saw that the top of the tomb covered the sun, and there were two chains hanging on the top, hanging a huge coffin room. Both sides are equipped with sacrificial vessels such as ever-burning lamps. Around the tomb, there are four huge water tanks, which may have been used to hold lamp oil. In the mid-1960s, the mausoleum was blocked. Now, people can only pay homage to the grave. Above the pavilion column in front of the tomb, there is a stone carving couplet:
The mountain holds the house of god, and the cup contains space.
Guan Di statue in Luoyang, Henan Province
There are so many Guandi temples in the world, I think we should first thank an old man in history-Cao Cao, the man of the Three Kingdoms. According to the "History of the Three Kingdoms, Emperor Wudi", "In the spring of the twenty-fifth year of Jian 'an, (Cao Cao) went to Luoyang, and the right to kill the feathers was passed. "At that time, Cao Cao was in Luoyang, 66 years old and seriously ill. When he received Guan Gong's head from Dangyang by Sun Quan, he saw through Soochow's plan of "framing others". Cao Cao, who loves talent, may feel that he is going to be in the world soon. He buried Guan Yu in the south of Luoyang with a gift from a vassal. On the 23rd day of the first month of that year, Cao Cao died. Burying Guan Yu was probably the last good thing Cao Cao did when he was alive. Imagine that if Cao Cao had not buried Guan Yu's head in Luoyang as a vassal, I'm afraid Sun Quan could not have buried Guan Yu's body in Dangyang as a vassal, and there would not even be the Guandi Temple all over the world today.
Ms. Guan Junxi, the only ranger and descendant of Guanlin No.2 Hall in Luoyang, Henan Province, once worked here.
Because Guan Yu was sealed by the royal family many times, Luoyang Guanlin was renamed many times. It was called Guanzhong in Han Dynasty, Guanwangzhong Temple in Ming Dynasty, Guandi Mausoleum Temple in Qing Shunzhi and Guanfuzi Mausoleum Temple in Kangxi. During the Daoguang period, the dust settled after the name Guan Lin came out. In the feudal society of China, people's tombs were called tombs, princes' tombs were called tombs, emperors' tombs were called tombs, and saints' tombs could only be called forests. Guan Yu, a military commander, is as famous as Confucius in Wensheng, and the place where Guan Yu's head is laid is of course called Guanlin.
In the Han dynasty, Guanlin had only a pile of sealed soil. Ming Shenzong built a square in front of Guanzhong in the 20th year of Wanli (A.D. 1592) and a temple in the 24th year of Wanli (A.D. 1596). The architectural style of Guanlin is similar to that of the Forbidden City in Beijing. The dance building, the mountain gate, the instrument gate, the memorial hall, the literature hall, the martial arts hall, the Spring and Autumn Museum, the stone workshop, the tablet pavilion and the ancient tomb of Guan Yu are arranged along the central axis.
Guan Dian, also known as the main hall, is about 20 meters high, with a glazed roof and elegant five ridges. In the Confucian Temple, the statue of Emperor Guan Yu is 6 meters high. Guandi wore twelve royal crowns, splendid robes, phoenix-eyed silkworms' eyebrows, and sat solemnly with red gold on his face. On both sides, Guan Ping, Zhou Cang, Wang Fu and Liao Hua are all generals. The statue is very tall and lifelike. The Wudian, also known as the Second Temple, is carved with the uniform statue of Guan Yu glaring at Wu Dong. Guan Yu was dressed in a green robe, with his armour exposed, wearing a black silk scarf and his eyebrows locked. He glared at Liang Wudi, Southeast China and Guandi, with Guan Ping holding a seal and Zhou Cang holding a knife. His behavior is very realistic.