What is the historical story of Guandi Temple?

Among the temples in Beijing, Guandi Temple has been built the most. Together with Guandi temples in suburban counties of Beijing, the total number of Guandi temples in Beijing has reached 200 to 300.

These statues in Guandi Temple are roughly the same, with Guan Gong sitting in the middle with Spring and Autumn Annals in his hand, and Guan Ping with white face and Zhou Cang with black face holding knives on both sides. A couplet at the gate of the temple wrote:

"Red face and pure heart, red rabbit chasing the wind, caring for each other;

Blue lanterns view history, Qinglong Yanyue, loyal to the sky for thousands of years. "

Crosscutting: One Man in Ancient Times.

Among the Guandi temples in Beijing, the Guandi Temple on the west side of Zhengyangmen Moon City has the most incense. From the Ming Dynasty, every May 13, the emperor would send officials from Taichang Hall to salute. In addition, whenever there is a major disaster in the country, emperors or officials will go to Guandi Temple to burn incense and offer sacrifices.

This Guandi Temple is favored by the imperial court and is said to be related to Judy, the Yongle Emperor of the Ming Dynasty.

It is said that after the Ming Dynasty made Beijing its capital, the four parties surrendered and the world was at peace. One year, mobei aliens suddenly invaded and became ancestors. The two armies fought fiercely and defeated the enemy. The enemy fled into the desert, and Cheng Zu led his troops to pursue him. Being unfamiliar with the terrain, he knew nothing and almost got lost.

While hesitating, I suddenly saw a thousand rays of sunshine in front of me. Under the golden light, a general wearing a master's helmet, a green satin embroidered robe and a dark green cloak embroidered with fire, with a face like a heavy jujube, a sleeping silkworm eyebrow and a phoenix eye, seven moles on his face, a long beard and a crescent moon knife in his hand, was rushing to the leucorrhea road. Chengzu doesn't care much. He ordered a large group of people to follow this in the desert and finally destroyed the enemy. After the victory of the army, Cheng Zu looked for the general to lead the way, but there was no trace. He recalled the appearance of the general who led the way and suddenly realized that Guan Gong was a saint.

Ming Chengzu returned to Beijing triumphantly and was welcomed by the people. When the brigade arrived at Zhengyangmen, it suddenly followed a white horse from the west. Seeing the emperor, the white horse burst into tears, fell to the ground on all fours, and screamed at the sky.

Chengzu watched intently. Isn't this the White Horse Dragon descended from Guan Sheng? The white horse seems to be complaining to the emperor. It took the civil and military generals to a small hotel and finally dug up a body under an old locust tree in the yard.

It turned out that this hotel was funded by Feng Chumian and his wife, and was funded by Shanxi cloth merchant Yang Shanfeng. After the hotel opened, business was booming. Yang Shanfeng came to the store to relive the old feelings. He didn't want the couple to be ungrateful, but he was malicious, deliberately murdering the benefactor and burying the body under the old locust tree in his yard.

Mr. and Mrs. Feng used to do everything for this matter, but they never thought that Yang Shanfeng's white horse escaped and prevented him from reporting them.

Cheng Zu ordered them to be executed on the spot as an example. After the execution, people are preparing to appease the white horse, but the white horse has long since disappeared. The ministers nearby said that God sent Guan Sheng to bless Daming. Destroy the enemy in the desert, get the protection of Guan Sheng friends, return to North Korea, and be influenced by A?vagho?a. It's unique that God wronged the Ming Dynasty.

Since then, the number of Guandi temples in Beijing has increased day by day. The Baima Guandi Temple in Di 'anmen is also famous for its legend.