Why are all the statues of Guan Yu with their eyes closed? The old carpenter confessed: Who dares to open his eyes?
Introduction: During the Three Kingdoms period, there were many military generals we are familiar with, such as Changshan Zhao Zilong, who was the apprentice of the gun master Tong Yuan, and immediately repelled Wen Ugly and saved Gongsun Zhan after he left the division, thus joining the Camp of Gongsun Zhan. Later, Liu Bei's three brothers settled down with Gongsun Zhan, and Zhao Yun became acquainted with Liu Bei and recognized his ambitions, and when Gongsun Zhan was defeated, he went south to liu Bei and also began his career as a famous general. For example, Zhang Liao, who was originally Lü Bu's subordinate but was not reused, opened his era after being surrendered by Cao Cao, using 8,000 soldiers and horses to break the Wuhuan cavalry and behead the leader of Wuhuan; using 800 cavalry to break Sun Quan's 100,000 troops, so that Sun Quan did not dare to invade Cao Wei in his lifetime. There is also Guan Yu, who was called "Martial Saint" by later generations, he fought in the south and the north for decades, and was also the favorite warrior of the monarch of that era, and there were many statues of Guan Di Temple or Guan Yu in later generations, but why were his eyes closed? Until an old carpenter said no one dared to open his eyes. What the hell is going on? Let's see for sure.
Guan Yu is a nine-foot man in our hearts, not only with a large body but also with a very beautiful long beard, with the title of "Beautiful Hair". His image is also very recognizable, the jujube red face looks like drunkenness, a pair of Dan phoenix eyes are shining, holding a green dragon crescent knife to sit down on the red rabbit horse of the god, often wearing a green robe, people come to kill people, but it is also because of this and this reason that people dare not open their eyes when making statues.
The old carpenter said that Guan Yu had killed a lot of people during his southern conquest of the Northern War, and these people who died under his sword could not enter the reincarnation, but could only float in the world to do evil, otherwise they would come back to find Guan Yu for revenge. At first, Guan Yu did not see the attitude of not being upset, but after closing his eyes, he received unexpected results. Because long-term eyes closure can not only nourish the spirits, but also deter these undead, so the image of his closed eyes has been portrayed by people.
The second is the saying that Guan Yu kills people with his eyes open, because whether it is in the Romance of the Three Kingdoms or the Romance of the Three Kingdoms, Guan Yu will always have his eyes open when he is about to appear. For example, when the Eighteenth Road Princes under the Tiger Prison were helpless against Huaxiong, Guan Yu opened his eyes and asked for orders to fight, and it did not take long to take Huaxiong's head and throw it in front of the princes. For example, during the Battle of Guandu, when he used Cao Ying, he opened his eyes when he heard the news that Yan Liang had besieged the city with a large army, and then asked Cao Cao for orders to fight. After obtaining Cao Cao's approval, he raised his sword and got on the horse, killing Yan Liang in one turn. Posterity feared this phenomenon and statement, and no one dared to let him open his eyes.
The last point is that the eye is the window of the mind of all living things, and we have said since ancient times that no matter how well the dragon's head and dragon body are painted, if the eye is not painted well, it will become a failed work. Through a person's eyes, you can also see whether this person has experienced wind and frost, and a world-famous general like Guan Yu, his eyes are murderous, and many craftsmen can't carve this kind of charm. If you carve indiscriminately, it will not only desecrate Guan Yu, but also ruin his own reputation, combined with many theories that have been handed down, the craftsmen will naturally not let him open his eyes.
Conclusion: In the end, the reason is that Guan Yu's fame is too big, his current identity is not only a warrior, many people who run the rivers and lakes worship him, because he is the embodiment of loyalty. Many homes also offer statues of Emperor Guan, because you can ask for peace here. Even many merchants worshiped him because the merchants believed that Guan Yu could bring fortune. Guan Yu had also incarnated into an omnipotent guardian deity in this era, guarding this land.