Chengdu The Ancestral Temple of Zhuge Liang,Wuhou Ci

Situated in the southern suburbs of Chengdu, Ancestral Temple of Zhuge Liang covers an area of 3.7 hectares. It was built in memory of ZhugeLiang, prime minister of the Shuhan State during the Three Kingdoms Period in the third century (220-280). After the Han Dynasty collapsed in the early 3rd century, the state was divided into three kingdoms, Wei, Shu, and Wu. Competing to reunify the country, the three were locked in war, leaving behind many famous historical remains and tales of heroism.

The temple displays the suppleness of the Chinese garden. There are numerous historical relics, like horizontal cribbed boards, couplets, inscribed tablets, penmanship, furnaces and Chinese tripods. The SanZui (Three-Best) horizontal inscribed board, Zhuge Liang’s Lung Gun couplets, Chu Si Biao and the tomb of LiuBei are the most famous attractions. Today Wuhou Temple is Chengdu’s most famous tourist attraction. It is not only a site for people to commemorate Zhuge Liang, but also serves as a museum to the history of the Three Kingdoms Period.