Guan Yu was deeply loved by posterity, many places are related to the imperial temple, in people's hearts, Guan Yu has been deified. Guan Yu was loyal and courageous all his life, and in the Romance of the Three Kingdoms, Guan Yu's image was even more deeply rooted in the hearts of the people. When Liu Bei had no food and grass for his troops, Guan Yu followed him and later joined Yuan Shao and others in a crusade against Dong Zhuo. The eighteenth road princes gathered under Yuan Shao's account, in fact, everyone had their own wishful thinking. Later, Dong Zhuo's general Hua Xiong provoked outside the barracks, and in the face of such a provocation, the other princes were indifferent, after all, Hua Xiong was very brave, and if he rushed to meet the battle, he was bound to lose some generals. Therefore, the princes all looked at each other and had no intention of going to war. At this time, Liu Bei only had Guan Yu and Zhang Fei under his hands, and there were no other people.
For Liu Bei, this battle in Huaxiong was a good opportunity to win the respect of everyone, and Guan Yu also knew this truth. So Guan Yu prepared to face Huaxiong, and it was this decisive battle with Huaxiong, Guan Yu became famous in one battle, and in a few moments he took Huaxiong's head. After Guan Yu's triumph, everyone marveled at Guan Yu's bravery. Later, Guan Yu passed the pass and eventually became a martial saint in people's minds. In the later dynasties and dynasties, the image of Guan Yu was deeply rooted in the hearts of the people, and the folk also reproduced the image of Guan Yu through a series of music and art performances.
Careful people should find that the Guan Yu that people worship is very different in dress. Guan Yu's statues are generally divided into green robes, red robes, gold robes and no robes. Although these were all Guan Yu, the people who would be enshrined by then would be different. The first is the red-robed Guan Yu, and generally the people who worship the red-robed Guan Yu are all officials, commonly known as the six doors. Why is it red, in fact, during the Han Dynasty, the dress of the army was mainly red. Liu Bei had always claimed to be from the Orthodox Han Dynasty, so he highly admired the rule of the Han Dynasty, and Guan Yu followed Liu Bei, and he often called himself the Marquis of Hanshouting. Therefore, the red robe represented the respect for orthodoxy, and later the six doors often worshiped the red robe Guan Yu to show their loyalty.
During the Ming Dynasty, there were slowly rivers and lakes, and people called the place where rangers gathered as jianghu, and at that time, many rangers were uneven for people and left a good image in people's hearts. The reason why there were no rangers in the previous dynasties was because the imperial court was relatively strict, so few chivalrous guests appeared, and the Ming Dynasty was not very strict, so there were many people in the rivers and lakes who acted heroically and righteously. And these chivalrous guests are very righteous, worship each other as brothers, in their eyes, the most righteous is Guan Yu. When Liu Guanzhang's three brothers worshiped, Guan Yu wore green robes, so people in the rivers and lakes often worshiped Guan Yu in green robes, and in their hearts, the green robe Guan Yu symbolized righteousness.
In addition to the green robe and the red robe, Guan Yu's statue also has a golden robe and a no robe. The golden robe Guan Yu is the god of martial wealth in the folk, and the general merchants like to worship the golden robe Guan Yu, and most people do not worship wrong. Why is Guan Yu also the god of wealth? In fact, when Guan Yu managed the territory of Jingzhou, here is the land of fish and rice, there is no shortage of food and drink, and Liu Bei also gave Guan Yu a lot of property before, it can be said that during this period, Guan Yu had a lot of wealth, saying that he was the richest man in Jingzhou is not exaggerated, after all, the whole of Jingzhou is his decision, so Wusheng Guan Yu slowly became the god of wealth in people's hearts.
Another important reason why merchants worship Guan Yu is that businessmen generally cherish their own money and let Guan Yu keep their money, and others dare not easily offend, so they also have the purpose of gathering wealth. In people's hearts, the martial saint Guan Yu is brave and good at war, can slay demons and exorcise demons, and keep the family home peaceful, so he likes to worship Guan Yu at home. In this way, Guan Yu can both gather wealth and ward off evil spirits. In addition to the merchants who like to worship Guan Yu in the golden robe, some people who want to get rich will also worship, after all, Guan Yu is the god of martial wealth.
And the robeless Guan Yu is also worshipped, and the robeless Guan Yu does not mean that Guan Yu does not wear any clothes, but does not wear a robe. In the land of many fireworks and willow lanes in the folk, the wind and dust women will worship Guan Yu without robes. In ancient times, brothels in Qinglou were common, and in these places people would worship Guan Yu without robes. Worshipping Guan Yu without a robe is not disrespectful, it is a folk custom. In the land of fireworks and willow lanes, people from all walks of life gathered, including jianghu warriors, merchants, and even people in the government. These people worship Guan Yu wearing different robes, and when they come here, they can't take care of everyone, so they worship Guan Yu who does not wear a robe here. The land of fireworks and willow lanes itself is mixed with fish and dragons, and many wind and dust women also hope to get Guan Yu's protection, so they will also worship Guan Yu in these places.
The color of Guan Yu's robe represents different meanings, which is also a unique cognition formed by people for thousands of years, and it is also part of traditional culture. No matter what color guan Yu wears, in people's hearts, he is a protective god and carries people's important spiritual sustenance. For this kind of culture, we should know more about it, and only after understanding it can we better pass it on.