Basic introduction
Sanyi temple is located in Wuhou Temple in Chengdu, originally known as Sanyi temple. It is located in Tidu street in Chengdu. It was built by Sichuan Tidu Zheng Jiaolin in the early years of Kangxi reign of Qing Dynasty. In 1784, it was destroyed by burning incense. In 1787, it was rebuilt. In 1842, it was completely repaired. The buildings and plaques and couplets we see now are mainly the remains of the Daoguang period. The building is a mixed structure, covering an area of 569 square meters, with four buildings and five halls. In 1981, it was announced as a municipal cultural relics protection unit in Chengdu.
In 1998, due to the need of urban construction, Sanyi temple was moved to Wuhou Temple. Sanyi temple is now a courtyard, composed of worship hall, main hall and corridor rooms on both sides. The hall is five rooms wide and five meters deep. It is a beam type roof truss. It is made in the upper part of the hall, with carved eaves. The front of the hall is sealed with wooden fence instead of wall, leaving only the middle opening as the gate. There is a big bell about two meters high on the east side of the gate, which is a ritual vessel according to the practice of temples in China. The cross-section of the bell is round, with a square cloud pattern near the mouth, 20 transverse rectangular breast nail patterns at the middle and upper parts, and four longitudinal rectangular patterns. Among them, there are two long vertical squares with inscriptions of "loyalty bell of Sanyi Temple" and "mengqiu system of Gengchen year of Wuhou Temple in Chengdu".
Architectural features
There are two groups of 2.2 × 2.3-meter black marble stone carvings in the hall. The south head of the east wall is "three knot of righteousness in Taoyuan", and the south head of the west wall is "three heroes and Lv Bu". After the stone carving of marble portrait, there are four stone steles with white lines. In the East are Zhang Yide's angry whip to supervise the post, Yun Chang's Yanjin to punish Wen Chou, Guan Yunchang's righteous interpretation of Cao Cao, and Xuande's promotion to Hanzhong king; in the West are Guan Yunchang's scraping bone to cure poison, Guan Yunchang's going to the meeting alone, Xuande's wisdom to marry Mrs. sun, and Zhang Yide's righteous interpretation of Yan Yan. The main hall is five bay, 8.5 meters deep, with beam type roof truss. The ceiling is not painted, and the eaves are decorated with flower carvings. There are three shrines near the back wall in the middle of the hall, with statues: Liu Bei in the middle, 2.8 meters high; Guan Yu in the East and Zhang Fei in the west, 2.6 meters high. The three statues are created according to the description of the romance of the Three Kingdoms. They are young, vigorous, and dressed in monochrome cloth. They are the images of the pioneering period after the end of the Three Kingdoms. They are in line with the characteristics of the folk custom Temple of "Sanyi Temple".
Historical evolution
The original temple has four into five hall, now only worship hall, main hall. The main hall has five rooms and two floors. It is of wood stone structure and covered with glazed tiles. There are seven couplets carved on the stone pillars in the hall, which are of great value for appreciation. There are clay statues of Liu, Guan and Zhang in the main hall. If the original statues of Wuhou Temple refer more to history, the statues of Sanyi Temple mainly show literature and folk customs. In the middle of the main hall and in front of the statue of Liu Bei, there is a large plaque with the name of "holy Tongzhen". The first inscription is "Ai Yue Ji Dan in the Yisi year of Daoguang", and the second inscription is "Di Zi Li in the shoe shop". Liu Bei lost his father when he was young, and his family was poor. He once sold shoes. According to the biography of the first master in the annals of the Three Kingdoms, the first master was a little lonely, and he worked with his mother to weave mats. In the romance of the Three Kingdoms, Yuan Shu once denounced Liu Bei as "the weaver of weaving seats and weaving shoes", while Cao Cao denounced Liu Bei as "the peddler of selling shoes". In this regard, Zhuge Liang also specifically refuted, saying: "in the past, the emperor Gaozu stood up to be the head of the pavilion on the Si, and eventually there was the world. Why is it humiliating to weave mats and sell shoes? " Liu Bei is the earliest and influential person in ancient books about "peddling shoes". During the Ming and Qing Dynasties, folk guilds sprang up. Just as carpenters respected Lu Ban as their grandmaster, shoe-making, shoe repairing, shoe selling and other shoe related industries respected Liu Bei as their grandmaster. In the Qing Dynasty, Chengdu footwear trade association held a meeting in Wuhou Temple or Sanyi temple every year, paying homage to Liu Bei, coordinating relations, negotiating business, formulating terms, mediating disputes, etc. According to relevant information, at that time, the main stronghold of Chengdu footwear trade association was in the South Gate of Chengdu. Today, the shoe industry in Wuhou District of Chengdu is developed, and the "women's shoe capital of China" is rising,
With this tradition is not without influence.
Statues in Sanyi Temple
The statue of Zhang Fei in Sanyi Temple:
The statue of Guan Yu in Sanyi Temple:
The statue of Liu Bei in Sanyi Temple:
On the plaque of Sanyi Temple
The statue of Guan Yu
Guan Yu is the highest model of loyalty and righteousness in ancient China. During the yuan and Ming Dynasties, he was respected as the God of wealth by Chinese people at home and abroad. Almost all of the overseas Chinese shrines are dedicated to the statue of Guan Yu, while Guandi temples are all over the world. Zhang Fei was respected as the ancestor of the slaughtering industry in the Ming and Qing Dynasties.
On both sides of the hall, there are stone carvings of big four and small five links, which are carved according to the illustration of the complete story of the water margin of the Three Kingdoms by Chongzhen of the Ming Dynasty.
Address: Chengdu Wuhou Temple Museum, 231 Wuhou Temple Street, Wuhou District, Chengdu
Longitude: 104.048933
Latitude: 30.646616230314
Ticket information: no ticket required. The ticket is included in the ticket of Wuhou Temple
Chinese PinYin : San Yi Miao
