Why do Guan Gong's statues always have their eyes closed? Old Carpenter: The price of opening your eyes is too high!
Introduction: Guan Gong was a world-famous general during the Three Kingdoms period, appearing as a commoner, through the pacification of the Yellow Turban Rebellion, and then in the Tiger Prison under the world's fame, followed by helping Cao Cao win the Battle of Guandu, and then searching for a brother. In his later years, when zhen was defending Jingzhou, he not only completely annihilated Cao Cao's army, but also made Sun Quan frightened and came to make peace. He was also known as a martial saint by later generations because of his loyalty, and his Guandi Temple was also common in our time and was worshipped by countless people. But friends should find this phenomenon, the eyes on the statue of Guan Gong are always closed? Later, an old carpenter explained that this was because the cost of opening his eyes was too great! What is the reason for this?
It turned out that Guan Gong had been fighting on the battlefield for decades, and had killed countless people who would be called famous harvesters, and there were countless nameless and nameless soldiers who died at his hands. After these people died, their souls did not enter the reincarnation, but have been floating in the human world, mainly looking for revenge on Guan Gong. Because they were all killed on the battlefield, they deserved it, and there was no morality to talk about, so Guan Gong did not see the mentality of not being upset, and usually closed his eyes when he was fine. More people have seen this honor of him, and this image has been painted, and it has been passed down to this day.
The second is that Guan Gong absorbed too much resentment, and if these resentments were released, he would be in the era of the three kingdoms in turmoil, when the people did not grow old, and the children were eaten, which was a disaster for the people of the world. As a result, he could only digest these grievances on his own, and usually closing his eyes could not only recuperate, but also have enough energy to deal with them and purify these resentments. For the peace of the common people in the world, and in order to complete the things he promised the abbot and Hua Tuo, he did this all the time, and for a long time let the world remember that he had always closed his eyes.
The old carpenter also said that the third reason was that Guan Gong opened his eyes and wanted to kill people. Because the picture is described in great detail in both the Romance of the Three Kingdoms and the Romance of the Three Kingdoms, when he is ready to move, he will open his eyes and mention that he will behead the enemy general on horseback. When Huaxiong was killed, the combined forces of the princes were helpless against Huaxiong, at this time Guan Gong suddenly opened his eyes and asked for orders, and less than three rounds after receiving permission, he killed Huaxiong. The same was true of Wen Ugly, who had originally taken advantage of the rest of the army to recuperate and close, when he suddenly felt the murderous qi wafting in the distance, at this time, as soon as he opened his eyes, he saw Wen Ugly's horse rushing towards him, so he mentioned killing Wen Ugly on the spot.
In addition, in addition to the statue of Guan Gong, the tattoo pattern we often see is also always closed eyes. Because at the beginning, many people tattooed the open-eyed Guan Gong on their bodies, but later they were surprised to find that these people had accidents, and with more and more accidents, opening their eyes to Guan Gong also became a taboo for people. So when someone wants to tattoo Guan Gong, the technician will remind and warn him, and later this has become a fixed image and culture.
Conclusion: Nowadays, Guan Gong is not just a warrior for us, he also plays the role of a guardian deity in all places, people will ask him for peace; in some merchants, he plays the role of the god of wealth, talking about business, before talking about business, we must worship him. But no matter what his identity, we all respect him and worship him, and Guan Gong has always guarded this land and guarded our people.