武侯祠

Wǔhóucí
proper noun

Meanings

  1. 1 Wuhou Shrine, temple to Zhuge Liang, the best known being in Chengdu

Examples

HSK 6
Wǒmen qù Wǔhóucí kàn le Sānguó shíqī de wénwù.
We went to the Wuhou Shrine to see relics from the Three Kingdoms period.
HSK 6
Dù Fǔ dāngnián láidào Chéngdū Wǔhóucí, xiěxià le 《 Shǔxiàng 》 zhè shǒu shī.
Du Fu came to the Wuhou Shrine in Chengdu and wrote the poem The Chancellor of Shu.

Tips

history
诸葛亮 was made Marquis of Wuxiang in life and named Loyal and Martial Marquis after death, so he is the 武侯, the Martial Marquis. In Chengdu his shrine has shared one compound with the temple and tomb of his lord 刘备 since the Ming. Other cities with ties to him, such as Nanyang, have a shrine of the same name.

Stroke Order

武 wǔ
侯 hóu
祠 cí