Guan Yu was kind to soldiers, despised literati and was famous for his loyalty. After his death, people honored him as "Guan Gong", which was praised and sealed by the imperial courts in previous dynasties. During the Yongzheng period of the Qing Dynasty, he was honored as a "warrior sage", which was equivalent to Confucius "Wen Sheng". Guan Yu, whose real name is Guan Yunchang, was born in Xie Xian County, Hedong County (now Jiezhou Town, Yanhu District, Yuncheng City, Shanxi Province), and was a famous soldier in the late Eastern Han Dynasty.

In the novel Romance of the Three Kingdoms, he ranks first among the "five tigers and generals" and uses the dragon crescent moon blade. Mao Zonggang called it the "one unique skill" in the "three unique skills" of romance. In terms of religious culture, Confucianism respects the monarch of Wen Heng, Buddhism respects "protecting Galand Bodhisattva" to cover the ancient Buddha, and Taoism respects "Heaven Emperor" and "God of Han Xiang".

Guan Yu's artistic image

1, image of storytelling

Yuan Kuocheng's ballad Romance of the Three Kingdoms is almost the same as the novel, but it adds a description of Guan Gong's life experience.

2. Folk image

"Secret Records of Jianxuan Collection" Volume III "refers to Guan as the surname". Liang Zhangju's Notes on Returning to the Field also mentions that Guan Yu is the surname, slightly referring to the folklore that Guan Yu is not a "red-faced Guan Yu", but a surname Feng Mingxian, who is immortal and desperate to kill Xiong Hu and protect the court bully. When he fled to Tongguan, officials captured photos and people. When crossing Tongguan, "it's not easy to call Guan's name casually." The drama The Birth of Guan Gong was originally performed here. Obviously, according to the reflection, the first "Despair for Zhuo Jun" is perfunctory.

3. The image of China traditional opera.

In Chinese drama, Guan Yu belongs to the perspective of "life", and his facial makeup is also very distinctive. There are seven moles on his face, three in the middle of his eyebrows and two in his left and right nose. Seven Zhu Shazhi, a little bloody, especially imposing. The story of Peking Opera featuring Guan Yu includes the story of beheading Xiong Hu, Three Knots in Taoyuan, chopping Hua Xiong, Hulao Pass with warm wine, chopping Sim under the moon, crossing five customs and so on.

The above contents refer to Baidu Encyclopedia-Guan Yu (a famous soldier in the late Eastern Han Dynasty)