The two warriors are the historical general Guan Yu from the late Han Dynasty and the bodhisattva Skanda, who appears in the Chinese classical novel Fengshen Bang.

Some believed it comes from the late Han era and was said to have been used by the Han general Guan Yu.

Besides, historical accounts of the Three Kingdoms era had several specific records of Guan Yu thrusting his opponents down ( probably with a spear-like polearm ) in battles, instead of cutting them down with a curved-blade.

Taoism has a presence in Shanghai in the form of several temples, including the City God Temple, at the heart of the old city, and a temple dedicated to the Three Kingdoms general Guan Yu.

* Green Dragon Crescent Blade, a guan dao wielded by General Guan Yu in the Romance of the Three Kingdoms

Burning of incense during the veneration of lord Guan Yu # Worship of Guan Yu | Guan Yu, Xingtian Temple

Liu Bei, together with his followers Zhang Fei and Guan Yu, fled to Cao Cao, who accepted him.

* Guan Yu, great general of Shu, floods the city of Fancheng in the Battle of Fancheng, while Lü Meng of Eastern Wu captures his home base.

* Guan Ping, son of Guan Yu

* Guan Yu, celebrated general of Liu Bei

* Pang De ( executed by Guan Yu )

Meantime, Lu Su and Gan Ning advanced to Yiyang ( 益陽 ) with 10, 000 men ( to block Guan Yu ) and took over command of the army at Lukou ( 陸口 ).

Liu Bei personally went to Gong ' an and Guan Yu led 30, 000 men to Yiyang.

In 219, Guan Yu advanced north, attacking Fancheng, scoring a major victory over Cao Ren.

While Fancheng did not fall at this time, Guan Yu put it under siege, and the situation was severe enough that Cao Cao considered moving the capital away from Xu.

Guan Sheng feigns defeat and retreats with Shan Tinggui following closely behind him, then he suddenly turns around and knocks Shan off his horse, capturing him.

Shan Tinggui warns Guan Sheng and Guan retreats as well.

Guan Sheng feigns defeat and retreats to lure Shan Tinggui to follow him.

Alternatively the guan dao is also known as " Chun Qiu Da Dao " or ' Spring Autumn Great Knife ', again probably related to Guan Yu's loyal image depicted in the Ming dynasty novel ' Romance of the Three Kingdoms ', but possibly a Ming author invention.

The Adaduanan cycle appears to be based on an older six-day week, still extant in some northern Guan communities such as the Nchumuru, on which is superimposed a seven-day week which may have been brought south with itinerant traders from the Savannah.

* Guan ware vase is made.

The musical selection is also varied, featuring artists such as Beethoven, Guan Pinghu, Mozart, Stravinsky, Blind Willie Johnson, Chuck Berry and Kesarbai Kerkar.

Guan Yu, who is in charge of Jing Province, leads his troops to attack Cao Ren in the Battle of Fancheng.

Sun Quan sends Lü Meng to lead his troops to seize Jing Province while Guan is away, as part of his secret agreement with Cao Cao.

Guan is caught off guard and loses Jing Province before he realizes it.

In desperation, Guan attempts to break out of the siege but fails and is captured in an ambush.

While Liu Bei is planning to avenge Guan Yu, his other sworn brother Zhang Fei is assassinated in his sleep by his subordinates, who have defected to Sun Quan.

Guanlin is a series of temples that were built in honor of Guan Yu, a hero of the Three Kingdoms period, close to the grottoes to the south of the city.

* Bird House, where guests and birds are separated by piano wire, features birds as varied as Bald Eagle, Rhinoceros Hornbill, Hyacinth Macaw, Burrowing Owl, Toco Toucan, Cape Thick-Knee, Golden Pheasant, Kookaburra, Mariana Fruit-dove, King Vulture, Horned Guan, Superb Starling, Tawny Frogmouth, and the Guam Kingfisher, which is Extinct in the Wild.

* Yao Miao ( 瑶淼 ) formerly known as Guan Yaomiao ( 关垚淼 ) – a present is CCTV movie channel director

In the 62nd chapter, " Biography of Guan and of Yan ", he writes, " I have read Guan's Mu Min ( 牧民-" Government of the People ", a chapter in the Guanzi ), Shan Gao (" The Mountains Are High "), Chengma ( chariot and horses ; a long section on war and economics ), Qingzhong ( Light and Heavy ; i. e. " what is important "), and Jiufu ( Nine Houses ), as well as the Spring and Autumn Annals of Yanzi.

Destiny of an Emperor is based on Hiroshi Motomiya's manga, Tenchi wo Kurau, which follows the story of popular Chinese historical figure Liu Bei and his sworn brothers, Zhang Fei and Guan Yu.

Guan Yu is a well-known tutelary from the Three Kingdoms period.

Eventually Monkey is released by the monk Tripitaka in 630 CE, who has been tasked by the Boddhisatva Guan Yin to undertake a pilgrimage from China to India to fetch holy scriptures.

Among the features that have contributed to its cult appeal are the theme song, the dubbed dialogue spoken in a variety of over-the-top " Oriental " accents, ( except for Sandy who inexplicably speaks with an English accent ), the reasonably good synchronization of dubbing to the actors ' original dialogue, the fact that the young priest Tripitaka was played by a woman and the fact that Guan yin, who is usually depicted in statues and paintings as a female, is portrayed by a male.

Guan is respected as an epitome of loyalty and righteousness.

Guan was deified as early as the Sui Dynasty and is still worshipped by many Chinese people today, especially in southern China, Taiwan, and Hong Kong and their descendants overseas.

He is a figure in Chinese folk religion, popular Confucianism, Taoism, and Chinese Buddhism, and small shrines to Guan are almost ubiquitous in traditional Chinese shops and restaurants.

Guan is traditionally portrayed as a red-faced warrior with a long lush beard.

When Cao Cao inquired the reason, Guan Yu replied, " Sir, I'm very grateful to you for the steed because with it, I can reach my sworn brother in a shorter period of time if I ever know where he is.

* 652 BC — Guan Zhong urges the Duke of Qi to maintain the respect of the other states by refusing the offer of the son of a recently defeated state's ruler to ally himself with Qi if Qi would help him depose his father.

Guan Yu was defeated by Yue Jin outside the city walls.

When Guan Yu surrendered to Cao Cao after Liu Bei was defeated at Xu Province, Xiahou Dun was one of those sceptical of Guan.

In the Battle of Fancheng, Guan Yu defeated the reinforcement force led by Yu Jin and accepted the surrender of several thousand men.

After Sun Quan defeated Guan Yu, he planned to invade Shu Han.

Duke of Zhou established the eastern capital at Luoyang, and later defeated a rebellion by Cheng's uncles Cai Shu, Guan Shu and Huo Shu.

After Guan Yu had surrounded Fancheng and defeated the relief force led by Yu Jin and Pang De, Cao Cao received a letter from Sun Quan that outlined his impending attack on Guan Yu and his request for a joint operation.

" Liao Hua moved to Yancheng to fight Xu Huang, but was denied the opportunity when Guan Ping was defeated by an ambush in the north.

By the time the flood subsided, Xu had already defeated Guan Yu.

He defeated the PAP's Tang Guan Seng by 10, 621 votes ( 52. 8 %) to 9, 487 ( 47. 2 %).

When the warlord Sun Quan defeated Guan Yu in the same year, he kept Yu in his territory.

Within a very short time, Liu Bei was defeated, and his aide, Guan Yu, was captured alive.

When enemy general Guan Yu was attempting to cut the connection between Jiangling and Xiangyang, he was stymied by Yue Jin, who led his army out and defeated him.

The provincial governors, led by Xiao Guan and Xiao Yi the Prince of Xiangdong, meanwhile, were beginning to put a relief force together, and Xiao Guan arrived around the new year 549, but was defeated by Hou and was unable to lift the siege.

) However, an immediate attempt to do so, commanded by the chancellor Fang Guan, was defeated by the Yan forces near Chang ' an with heavy losses.

When Guan Yu was ultimately defeated and Liu Bei heard of his death, he began to hate Liu Feng and Meng.

The legendary: Cao Cao was defeated in this battle, and escaped to Hua Rong Dao, in which he encountered Guan Yu.

Guan Sheng is defeated later and he joins Liangshan after being persuaded by Song Jiang.

In 219, after Guan Yu defeated Cao Ren and conquered the city of Fancheng, Wang warned his superior about a possible backdoor attack from Lü Meng.

Shan Tinggui is defeated and captured by Guan Sheng in a man-on-man fight later.