Horizontal knife worship to Cao Gong, the wind of the country through the ages. - Hao Jing
Guan Yu's name is not only Chinese, but even many foreigners are thunderous. In the long history of our country, the highest status obtained by the military general is estimated to be Guan Yu, who has slowly become an emperor posthumously from a famous general to a descendant, and finally transformed into a "martial saint" and a god that people worship.
And Guan Yu's life experience is needless to say, many people may be more proficient than the author. From Zhuo County following Liu Bei to the conquest of Jingzhou, Guan Yu wei shook Huaxia and became the first military general of the Three Kingdoms. If there is a controversy over martial arts, but on influence and loyalty, then Guan Yu is undoubtedly the first person in the Three Kingdoms.
However, such a peerless warrior still died of carelessness and arrogance, and in 219 AD, Sun Quan reneged on the covenant and joined forces with Cao to attack Liu. Lü Meng was appointed as the governor and secretly attacked Jingzhou. Guan Yu despised Lü Meng and Lu Xun, and was finally crossed by Lü Meng and captured Jingzhou. A generation of famous generals Guan Yu was captured alive and finally died of depression. His corpse was also sent by Sun Quan to Xuchang, where Cao Cao was located, with the intention of causing trouble to the east and letting Liu Bei attack Cao Cao. So where was Guan Yu's body buried in the end?
According to the Chronicle of the Three Kingdoms, "Cao Gong was buried with the head of the xiangmu with feathers, and was buried in the south of Luoyang City. Civil and military officials are enshrined as princes. After Guan Yu's death, his head was buried by Cao Cao with incense wood in the south of Luoyang, so Guan Yu's tomb was also near Luoyang. In 589 AD, Emperor Wen of Sui began to build the Guan Yu Temple, and since then, the Guan Gong Temple in various places has risen from the ground, and Luoyang also has such a Guan Gong Temple, which is said to have been built on top of the Guan Yu Cemetery.
In 1592, during the Ming Jiajing period, the Guangong Temple underwent a large-scale reconstruction and the construction of the "Guan Lin". "Forest Tomb" is one of the highest levels of ancient cemeteries in China, such as Confucius's Kong Lin of Wensheng, and the corresponding Guan Yu naturally has "Guan Lin". In the Qing Dynasty, the Kangxi Emperor gave Guan Yu the title of "Martial Saint", and since then "Guan Lin" has become more justified.
Until the 1970s, Guan Yu's bones were buried under Guan Lin in Luoyang. But is that really the way things are? After a torrential rain in 1975, a village in Yanshi, Henan Province, fell, exposing an ancient tomb. The epitaphs and cultural relics in the tomb show that this is the real cemetery of Guan Yu. What's going on here?
Later, after the investigation of historians, people finally knew the truth of the matter. In the "History of Ming", it is recorded that the Guanmiao Temple during the Jiajing period fell into disrepair, so it was reported that it needed to be revised. After receiving the approval, the local eunuch was responsible. The eunuch's surname was Hao, and his hometown was in Pan'ou Village, where Guan Yu's cemetery was located. He was afraid that Jiajing would bring hundreds of officials to worship and bring a burden to the local villagers, so he rebuilt the Guan Yu Temple to the Bao General Temple, 20 kilometers away.
That's why guan yu temple is no longer under GuanLin, but in Pan'ou Village, at the junction of Luoyang and Yanshi. After Jiajing in the Ming Dynasty, the common people actually worshiped Guan Yu in fact, but another general in the Three Kingdoms period, the Bao general Bao Zhong. If it weren't for the torrential rain more than fifty years ago, this truth might still be buried.
In addition to Guan Yu's head, there was also his body. According to the Chronicle of the Three Kingdoms, Sun Quan collected Guan Yu and sent him to Cao Wei, but buried his body separately. So do you readers know where Guan Yu's body was buried? Readers who know the answer can leave a message in the comment area to discuss.