Guanling Temple

Guanling Temple is located in the west of Dangyang City, Hubei Province, facing east, facing the Ju River, and facing Jingshan Mountain in the distance. According to the Records of the Three Kingdoms, Guan Yu retreated to Maicheng after losing Jingzhou due to carelessness, and was killed by Wu soldiers in Dangyang. Sun Quan Complimentary Guan Yu's head to Cao Cao and buried his body in Dangyang with marquis rites. This is what people often say about Guan Gong: "The head of Guan Yu was in Luoyang, and the body was trapped in Dangyang."

Before the Song Dynasty, Guan Yu's ancient tomb was just a mound covered by trees. In the Southern Song Dynasty, Wang Zhu, the governor of Xiangyang, added soil to Guan Yu's tomb and "began to build a sacrificial pavilion, surrounded it with a wall, and planted pine and cypress trees." After that, successive dynasties renovated and expanded it, and in the Ming Dynasty it was officially built as Guanling Temple.

Guanling adopts the central axis symmetrical imperial mausoleum regulations. Entering the mountain gate is the sacred stele pavilion. After the stele pavilion, along the central axis, there are the "Han Dynasty Loyalty" stone archway, Sanyuan Gate, Horse Hall, Worship Hall, Main Hall, Sleeping Hall, and Mausoleum. On both sides are the Huabiao, Bell Tower, Drum Tower, Stele Gallery, Zhaitang, Saint Statue Pavilion, Bozi Temple, Qisheng Palace, Buddhist Hall, Spring and Autumn Pavilion and other buildings. Above the main hall gate is a golden plaque with the words "Terrifying China", which was written by Emperor Tongzhi of the Qing Dynasty.