I have been to Chengdu twice and visited Wuhou Temple twice. Zhuge Liang is a legendary figure in Chinese history, and after his death, people built temples and shrines for him, reflecting his great influence in history. Wuhou Ancestral Hall is located in The South Gate of Chengdu Wuhou Ancestral Street, is the only temple in China where the Emperor and the Emperor are combined, and for some reason, people call it Wuhou Ancestral Hall instead of Liu Beiling. Wuhou Ancestral Hall is the site of the Shu Han Dynasty monarchs and subjects, which are composed of the Han Zhaolie Temple commemorating Liu Bei and the Wuhou Ancestral Hall commemorating Zhuge Liang. People only call it Wuhou Ancestral Hall, and when they enter it, they know that there is a Han Zhaolie Temple and Liu Bei's tomb (Huiling).
Chengdu in April, the climate is pleasant, flowers and trees are in full bloom. Chengdu is cloudy and foggy, the sunshine is short, and the spring is drier. Compared with the northeast, Chengdu has a late dawn in the morning and a late sunset in the evening, with a time difference of about an hour.
The Wuhou Ancestral Hall is adjacent to the Han Zhaolie Temple and Liu Bei's Tomb (Huiling). The five-fold buildings of the gate, the second gate, the Han Zhaolie Temple, the hall, and the Wuhou Ancestral Hall are strictly arranged on a central axis from south to north. Liu Bei Hall is the highest, followed by Zhuge Hall, and the overall architecture is majestic and magnificent. Behind the Wuhou Ancestral Hall, there are Sanyi Temple, Jieyi Tower and other buildings.
There is a plaque of "Han Zhao Lie Temple" on the gate of the Han Zhao Lie Temple, and there is a stele gallery on each side of the door. In the east side of the stele gallery, there is the "Shu Han Xiang Zhuge WuHou Ancestral Hall Stele", which was erected in the fourth year of Tang Xianzong's reign (809 AD) and is a national first-class cultural relic. It was written by the famous Tang Dynasty minister Pei Du, written by the famous calligrapher Liu Gongqiu, and engraved by the famous craftsman Lu Jian. Pei Wen, Liu Shu, and Lu Ke, all three are excellent, and are known as the three best monuments by later generations. The inscriptions, inscriptions, and sayings of the Tang, Song, Ming, and Qing dynasties are inscribed on the side of the stele, the stele yin, and the stele.
The inscription praises Zhuge Liang's life; it praises Zhuge Liang's high style and bright festival, Wenzhi martial arts. The inscription records the historical fact that Ma Mo was beheaded by Zhuge Liang because of the loss of the street pavilion, and cried and complained about death when he was about to be executed without complaint. Li Yan and Liao Li were exiled by Zhuge Liang for committing crimes, and the two of them willingly accepted their sins, and when Zhuge Liang died of illness, they praised the historical fact of "smelling the pain, or crying or stopping", praising Zhuge Liang's thinking on the rule of law, and at the same time praising how historical figures introspected themselves. The inscription is well-written and fluent, which is tireless to read.
There is a gold statue of Liu Bei in the main hall of Liu Bei, and on the left side is the grandson Liu Chen. Liu Bei's son Liu Chan was faint and incompetent, which was extremely typical in history. Liu Chan surrendered to Wei, and Liu Bei's grandson Liu Chen, feeling ashamed of what his father had done, went to his grandfather's grave to weep and pray, killed his family, and committed suicide. At the beginning of the construction of Liu Bei Temple, there was a statue of Liu Chan, but people did not shame his behavior, and his statue was destroyed several times in the Song and Ming dynasties, and then there was no plastic sculpture, only Liu Chen accompanied Liu Zhen. Judging from this incident, the Chinese nation has hated traitorous acts since ancient times and praised those who have dared to act righteously for the country and the nation.
The east side hall of Liu Bei Temple is related to the statues of Yu Father and Son and Zhou Cang, and the west side hall has statues of Zhang Fei's three generations of grandchildren. Liu, Guan, and Zhang Taoyuan were righteous, and although they were kings and courtiers, they were actually brothers, and the deeds of the three of them living and dying together became well-known and became a good story recited by various historical dynasties. The east and west corridors of Liu Bei Temple are decorated with seated statues of Shu Han Wenchen and military generals respectively. The wenchen corridor on the east side is headed by Pang Tong, and the western side of the military general langfang is led by Zhao Yun. Pang Tongcai is as tall as Zhuge Liang, but it is a pity that Hecai is proud to die prematurely, which is the tragedy of his life. Zhao Yun fought all his life, almost undefeated, and was a prominent figure in the Three Kingdoms period.
Behind Liu Bei's hall is the Wuhou Ancestral Hall commemorating Zhuge Liang, and a plaque hangs on the door. Zhuge Liang was given the title of "Wuxiang Hou" (武乡候) before his death, and after his death, he was given the title of "Zhongwu", and the ancestral hall commemorating him was called wuhou ancestral hall. On the hall of Zhuge Liang hangs four big characters of "Famous Universe", flanked by a long link written by Zhao Fan of the Qing Dynasty: "If you can attack the heart, you will disappear on the opposite side, and since ancient times, you know that the soldiers are not belligerent; if you do not judge the situation, you are lenient and strict, and later you have to think deeply about Shu." This couplet is an extremely concise analysis and summary of the successes and failures of the Zhuge Liang, Shu Han regime, and Liu Zhang's regime, reminding future generations that when governing Shu and the country, they should learn from the lessons and lessons of their predecessors and pay attention to "attacking the heart" and "judging the situation." Historical experience has also proved that the combat effect of attacking the heart is sometimes greater than that of directly using the means of war, and judging the hour and sizing up the situation is an important principle for the correct implementation of policies.
The main hall of Zhuge Liang enshrines statues of three generations of Zhuge Liang's grandchildren. In the middle of the hall is a gold-pasted statue of Zhuge Liang wearing a scarf on his head and holding a lupine fan, and the three-sided copper drum in front of the statue is said to be the "Zhuge Drum" used by Zhuge Liang when he led his soldiers on the Southern Expedition, with exquisite patterns and patterns, which are precious historical relics. The top beam of the main hall has the words and phrases written by Zhuge Liang to his son Zhuge Zhan in the Book of Commandments, "There is no clear purpose without being a tranquil, and there is no far-reaching without tranquility". Meaning: Without looking down on worldly fame and fortune, you cannot clarify your ambitions, and you cannot achieve lofty ideals without physical and mental tranquility. Zhuge Zhan and his son Zhuge Shang were defeated and killed in Mianzhu against the Wei army, and they were loyal to Jun Mingzhi and inherited Zhuge Liang's lifelong spirit of loyalty and selflessness.
On the west side of Zhuge Liang Hall is Liu Bei's tomb, historically known as "Hui Ling". The Chronicle of the Three Kingdoms records that "in August, the Huiling Tomb was buried". This is the cemetery personally chosen by Zhuge Liang. According to the "Law of The Book of Truth", "loving the people and being good, knowing 'Hui'", liu Bei's tomb was called "Hui Ling". In the mausoleum, liu bei's two wives, Gan and Wu, are buried together. In front of Liu Bei's tomb, there is a stone stele of "Tomb of Emperor Zhaolie of Han" erected during the Qianlong period of the Qing Dynasty, and the mausoleum building is composed of a wall, a fence gate, a Shinto, and a sleeping hall. The Shinto in front of the mausoleum is not large, and was built in the Qing Dynasty. Huiling sits north and faces south, on the west side of the Han Zhaolie Temple and the Wuhou Ancestral Hall, and there is a red wall between the Wuhou Ancestral Hall.
I walked around the "Huiling" for a week, thinking to myself: Liu Bei is called "Huidi", the emperor who divides the territory, and his imperial tomb is disproportionately small compared with the tombs of the emperors of the previous generations.
There are many calligraphy and paintings and couplets in the Wuhou Ancestral Hall, and the engravings of the "Longzhong Pair" written by the modern calligrapher Shen Yinmo and the Zhuge Liang's "Table of the Master" written by Yue Fei are the most eye-catching. Some people have examined: The "Table of Teachers" was written in the name of Bai Lin's pseudo-Tuo Yue Fei in the Ming Dynasty.
Outside the door of the Wuhou Ancestral Hall, there are two stone scenes on the left and right. I glanced at the strange stone on the left and found a strange shape. Above is a golden toad looking forward and above, and below is an ape face. The whole shape is exactly like the god ape riding a golden toad to meet Wuhou Zhuge Liang.
I reckon that the special shape of this scene, which even the managers of the attractions did not find, was indeed interesting.