Whom was the Wuhou Temple built for?
The Wuhou Temple (Wuhouci),located on the outskirts of Chengdu City,was built in the sixth century to commemorate Zhuge Liang (Kongming), known for his great wisdom.He 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.).
The history of Wuhou Temple
Initially built in 223AD,Chengdu's Wuhou Temple of is a historical and cultural relic which is known as a "Sacred Place of the Three Kingdoms (the three kingdoms:Wei,Shu and Wu that formed the Tripartite Confrontation in ancient China from 220AD to 280AD)".Wuhou Temple has been a famous tourist destination for more than 1780 years.
The architecture figure of Wuhou Temple
As a perfect example of Three Kingdoms' architecture,the Wuhou Temple consists of five main buildings. They are respectively the front gate,the interior gate,the Hall for Emperor Liu Bei (Emperor of Shu Kingdom), the Hall for Zhuge Liang (the predominant talented military advisor and strategist of Emperor Liu Bei),the Huiling Mausoleum (the mausoleum of Emperor Liu Bei).
What is the most precious thing in Wuhou Temple?
In the middle of the front gate there hangs a tablet carved with the words "Han Zhaolie Miao",meaning the Shrine of Emperor Liu Bei,and between the front gate and the interior gate,there are six stone tablets among which the most distinctive one is the most precious relic of the Wuhou Temple.It is called the Sanjue Tablet.On the Tablet is exquisite calligraphy and inscriptions by famous people of the Tang Dynasty (618-907).It introduces Zhuge Liang's life,and is intended to inspire later emperors,so it is called the "Tablet of Excellent".
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