Introduction to Guan Yunchang?

Guan Yu, whose courtesy name was Changsheng, later changed to Yunchang, was a native of Jiexian County, Hedong County (now Yuncheng, Shanxi Province). He was a famous general in the late Eastern Han Dynasty. He followed Liu Bei around the country in the early days. He was captured alive by Cao Cao and killed General Yuan Shao on Baimapo. Yan Liang, together with Zhang Fei, is known as the enemy of ten thousand people.

After the Battle of Chibi, Liu Bei helped Zhou Yu of Eastern Wu attack Cao Ren of Nanjun. He sent Guan Yu to the north to block Cao Cao's reinforcements. After Cao Ren retreated, Guan Yu was appointed as the governor of Xiangyang by Liu Bei. Liu Bei entered Yizhou, and Guan Yu stayed in Jingzhou. In the 24th year of Jian'an, Guan Yu besieged Xiangfan. Cao Cao sent Yu Jin to reinforce him. Guan Yu captured Yu Jin and killed Pang De, which shocked China. Cao Cao once wanted to move the capital to avoid his power.

Later Cao Cao sent Xu Huang to reinforce, and Lu Meng of the Eastern Wu Dynasty made a surprise attack on Jingzhou. Guan Yu was attacked from both sides, and was defeated and killed. After Guan Yu's death, he was gradually deified and revered as "Guan Gong" by the people, also known as the Beautiful Beard Gong. The imperial courts of the past dynasties have given him many commendations. In the Qing Dynasty, he was regarded as "the God of Loyalty and Righteousness, the God of Martial Arts, the Helper of Benevolence, the Courage and the Might of Guan Sage", and was revered as the "Martial Saint", as famous as Confucius, the "Literary Saint". "The Romance of the Three Kingdoms" respects him as the first of the "Five Tiger Generals" of the Shu Kingdom, and Mao Zonggang calls him "the most righteous" among the "Three Wonders of the Romance".

The artistic image of Guan Yunchang.

In the famous novel "The Romance of the Three Kingdoms", the author (Luo Guanzhong) portrays Guan Yu as a loyal, benevolent and brave general, holding the Qinglong Yanyue Sword. He is tall, powerful and has extraordinary martial arts. When he appears, he competes with Liu Bei in the Taoyuan. They became sworn brothers, forged weapons, and participated in the war to suppress the Yellow Turban Uprising. Although they traveled around with Liu Bei and were displaced, they were still able to kill the enemy and show their power.

In traditional opera, Guan Yu belongs to the "生" corner, and his facial makeup is also very distinctive. He has seven moles on his face, three in the middle of the eyebrows, two on the left and right sides of the nose; seven cinnabar moles, red like blood. , so it looks particularly majestic. Peking opera stories with Guan Yu as the main role include "Beheading the Bear and Tiger", "Three Brothers in the Taoyuan", "Beheading Hua Xiong with Warm Wine", "Hulao Pass", "Tuen Tu Mountain", "Beheading Diao Chan under the Moon", "Guo Wu" "Off" and so on.