ChengduWuhouTempleChinaexperiencedalotofdynasties.Butthereisaperiodwhichisveryfamous.ThatistheThreekingdomsPeriod.DidyoureadafamousChineseclassicnovelnamedtheRomanceoftheThreeKingdoms?AttheendofeasternHandynasty,theemperorwasveryatrocious残暴的andtreatedhiscivilians百姓verybad.Hejustknewhowtoplayandflirt调情withwomen.Hiscivilianswereveryangrywithhim.Atlast,lotsofpeasantsrebellions农民起义brokeout.However,thegenerals将军ofHandynastydidn’thelpthebademperorsuppress镇压thatinsteadoftakingthisopportunitytoestablishtheirownkingdoms.Thuslotsofwarshappenedamongthegenerals.Youcanimaginethechaotic一片混乱的societyofthattime.Afterseveralyears’fighting,onlythreekingdomssurvived.theywereWei,ShuandWu.HereIparticularlyneedtomentiontheShukingdom.ActuallyitwastheancientnameofSichuanprovince.That’swhyyoucanenjoytherichcultureofShukingdominSichuanprovince.•HanZhaolieMiaowhichmeansHanZhaolieTempleinEnglish.HanistheancientnameofShukingdom.ZhaolieisLiuBei’sposthumous死后的titlethepeoplegave.•InTangandSongdynasties,thereweretwotemplesbelongedtoLiuBeiandZhuGeliangrespectively各自的.UnfortunatelymoreandmorepeoplewenttoZhu’stempleforworship尊敬.TheythoughtZhu’scontributionwassuperior较高的toLiuBei.ThusfewerpeoplewenttoLiuBei’stemple.InMingdynasty,amemberofimperial皇家的familythoughtthatwasimproper不合适的becauseLiuBeiwastheemperor.ZhuGeliangwasonlyasubordinate部下ofhim.Hedemolished摧毁theZhu’sTempleandmovedZhuGeliang’sstatues雕像intoLiuBei’s.howeverthisbehaviorcouldnotbeacceptedbyotherpeople,especiallythosewhoworshipedZhuGeliangverymuch.Theyspontaneously自发的builtupatemplebehindthisone.andcalleditWuhouTemple.Gradually,peoplewereusedtocalllikethat.LaterWhenwegetinyouwillfindthat.•nowyouarestandingintheaxis轴线lineofthetemple.YouknowChain’sarchitecture建筑学consideredsymmetry对称美.Soyoucanfindthatthereisatablet碑oneitherside.•OnyourrightisTangTablet.Itisalsocalled“SanJue”tablet.SanmeansthreeinEnglish,Juemeansexcellence卓越.Whataretheexcellenceyoumayask?Firstoneisthearticlecomposed创作bytheprimeministerofTangdynasty.secondisthecalligraphy书法writtenbyaveryfamouscalligrapherinTangdynasty.Thirdoneisthecarving雕刻.Thatismarvelous非凡的.•OnyourleftthatisMingTablet.Strangelyyouwillfindthatthetabletisonthebackofananimal.Doyouknowwhatistheanimalcarryingthetablet?Itiscalled“BiXi”赑屃(bìxì)即霸下.Legendsaid,Dragonhas9sons,andthesixthisBiXi.ForBiXiisverystrong,peoplelethimcarrythestele.•Nowyoumayfindthatoneithersidethereisacorridor走廊withlotsofstatues雕像.that’sright.OnyourrightthatisMinisters大臣statues;onyourleftthatisGeneralsstatues.AllofthefiguresarefromShukingdom.theydidgreatcontributiontohiscountry.Let’sgoandhaveavisit.NowthebuildinginfrontyouisLiuBei’shall.Maybeyouhavenoticedthatthereisasmallroomoneithersideofthehall.Oklet’svisitthatfirstfromlefttoright.thestatueyouseeisZhangFei.youcanseehehadablackface.ActuallyblackreferstohonestyandjusticeinChinaitissaidthatheisahandsomeman.becausehehadaverybadtemperandtreatedhissubordinatesverybadasaresultofbeingkilledbyhissubordinates.GuanwasageneralofShukingdom.YoumayaskmewhyGuanYuwasdressinglikeaemperor?ThatisconnectedwithGuanYu’senseofhonor.Peopleregardedhimastheemperorofthesenseofhonor.GuanYuandZhangFeiaresworn宣过誓的,感情极深的brothersofLiuBei.ThereisahallonlytocommemoratethethreebrothersinWuhouTemple.Moredetailswillbegiventoyouwhenwegetthere.Thestatueisthebiggestoneamongtheothers.Inthenovel,Liubeiischaracterizedbyhisbigears.Itisbelievedtheonewhoownsapairofbigearsalwayshasgoodfortune.TheboardholdingintheKing’shandsiscalled“YuGui”.Itismadeofjade玉.The7dippersonitstandsforthehighestpower.Liubeidiedin62,governingthestatefor2yearsonly.Hisson“ADou”Liuchancarriedonfor40years.AttherightsideofhimstandingthestatueofhisgrandsonLiuChen,Soattheleftsideshouldbethestatueofhisson.But,whereisit?•WhenStateWeiinvading侵略Shu,LiuChentriedtopersuadehisfatherADoufighttothelast,andnottogiveup.Buthisfatherdidn’tlistentohim.ThemomentWeiarmybrokeintoChengdu.LiuChenkilledhisfamilyandthensuicide自杀.ButhisfatherADouwaslivinghappilyaftergivenin,andtotallyforgottheshame.Fromhimcomesthesaying:“toohappytorememberShu”乐不思蜀.PeoplehateADou,notwillingtomemorizehim,sothereisnostatueforhim.•Comeintothehall,wecanseeZhugeliangwavinghisfamousfeatherfan,dressedinordinaryclothes.Thiswasthetypicalcostume服装ofliterates’文人duringHanDynasty.Thetwoboysstandingbesides,oneisholdingabook,theotherholdingasward.Zhugeliangisoneofthegreatestmilitarists军事家ofChina.Thehallisdecoratedinaustere朴素的,whichrepresentshispersonality.•ZhugeliangalsonamedKongMingwasborninShangdongprovince,anofficialfamily.Helefthome,wenttothemountainsideofLongzhong,andbuiltacottage小屋tostudyalong.BeenregardedasCrouchingDragon,heknewtheoutsideworldwell,withoutstepoutofhisdoor.Heisalsorespectedasoneofthegreateststrategist战略家andstatesman政治家inChinese’history.Duringhis30yearsservingasPrimeMinisterofShu,hecontributedgreatlytothedevelopmentofSichuan.HeorganizedthemaintenanceoftheDujiangyanIrrigationSystem,improvedthegrowingofbrocadeandsaltindustry,andencouragedtheeducationofminority.Hewasdiedofillness,intheageof54,onthewayofpunitive令人受苦的expedition远征toWei.Yearspassed,Zhugelian