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 Yu retreats and is defeated at Battle of Maicheng.

* 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 Yu was captured by Sun Quan's general Lü Meng ; once captured, Sun Quan executed Guan Yu, Jing Province came under Sun's control, and the Sun-Liu alliance ended.

The naginata may have descended from the earlier hoko yari and was possibly influenced by the Chinese Guan Dao.

One-sixteenth was used to set up Koe Guan Kong Lun, the family trust, which came into existence in 1905.

Twenty-one years later on October 21, 1993, the Trust was vested, and the Trustees began the process of winding up Koe Guan Kong Lun.

A dragon, Yu Lung, who was set free by Guan Yin after being sentenced to death, eats Tripitaka's horse.

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 Yu ( Wade-Giles spelling: Kuan Yu ) ( died 219 ) was a general serving under the warlord Liu Bei during the late Eastern Han Dynasty of China.

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.

Guan Yu was born in Xie County, Hedong ( present day Yuncheng ( 运城市 ), Shanxi ).

No details of the time of his birth are found in historical records until the late Qing Dynasty, when the tomb of Guan Yu was discovered, bearing some details of his family.

It was written that Guan Yu was actually born from a family of scholars.

His grandfather's name was Guan Shen.

His father's name was Guan Yi.

Guan Yu was born in the year 160, and like his ancestors, often read the classics Book of Changes and Spring and Autumn Annals.

He married Lady Hu and his son Guan Ping was born in 178.

When Liu Bei was appointed as the governor of Pingyuan County, Guan Yu and Zhang Fei were made " Senior Major " ( 别部司马 ) under Liu.

Guan Yu and Zhang Fei followed Liu Bei most of the time wherever he went and protected him from danger regardless of how perilous the situation was.

Xiapi fell and Guan Yu was captured by Cao Cao's men.

Guan Yu was appointed by Cao Cao as a Lieutenant General.

On recommendation of Cao Cao, Guan Yu was conferred the title of " Marquis of Hanshou " ( 漢壽亭侯 ) in recognition of his effort in Boma.

After that, Guan Yu left for Hebei to rejoin Liu Bei, who was currently in Yuan Shao's camp.

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.

He was initially very deferential to Zhou Bo, Chen Ping, and Guan Ying ( 灌嬰 ), who were instrumental in his accession, and they served as successive prime ministers.

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

Liu grew very arrogant as well, even treating Xiao Guan was disrespect.

The guandao may not have been very widely-used because it was both difficult to wield, because of its heavy weight ( Guan Yu, reportedly, was able to wield it with much agility with just one hand, while most people would have trouble using it effectively even with both hands )-however, this may be due to the legend of the weight surrounding the blade-whereas in reality, it was much lighter.

Guan Suo was very popular among the girls because of his handsome appearance.