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.

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.

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.

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.

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

Sun Quan sent Guan Yu's severed head to Cao Cao, who performed the proper funeral rites and buried Guan's head with full honours.

According to Pei Songzhi's annotations in Records of Three Kingdoms, after the fall of Shu, Pang Hui ( son of Pang De ) massacred the Guan clan to avenge his father, who was put to death by Guan Yu.

# In name, Guan Yu submits to the Emperor Xian ( who was actually a puppet ruler in Cao Cao's control ) and not to Cao Cao.

Fortunately, one of the monks called Pujing, who was also from Guan Yu's hometown, hinted to Guan of the hidden danger.

During this trip of crossing five passes, Guan Yu met many men who would become his subordinates and remain loyal to him until his death, including Liao Hua, Zhou Cang, and even his adoptive son Guan Ping.

In Chapter 77, after Sun Quan's general Lü Meng captured Jing Province and killed Guan Yu, Sun threw a banquet to celebrate the victory in honour of Lü Meng, who planned the attack.

This is a misconception of his role, as, unlike the Greco-Roman deity Mars or the Norse god Týr, Guan Yu, as a god, does not necessarily bless those who go to battle but rather people who observe the code of brotherhood and righteousness.

After the Song Dynasty was annihilated by the Mongols, who established the Yuan Dynasty in China, Guan Yu was renamed " Prince of Xianling Yiyong Wu ' an Yingji " ( 顯靈義勇武安英濟王 ) by Emperor Wenzong.

Among the Cantonese people who emigrated to California during the mid-19th century, the worship of Guan Yu was an important element.

Zhang Jixian then recruited the help of Guan Yu, who battled Chi You over the lake and triumphed, whereupon the lake resumed salt production.

* Bian Xi, an eventual servant of Cao Cao who tries and fails to kill Guan Yu.

When Guan Yu was later besieged by Cao Cao's army in Xiapi, it was Zhang Liao who persuaded him to surrender.

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.

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.

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.

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.