Du Fu， a top Tang Dynasty poet wrote a poem of which two lines say as below： Where would I find the Prime Minister’s shrine？Somewhere outside Jinguan， in a dense cypress glade。
  来源Wuhou Temple is much associated with the kingdom of Shu。 It is the place to commemorate Zhu Geliang， Prime Minister of the kingdom。 Wuhou was a top official title conferred upon Zhu Geliang after his death。 It is unfortunate that no historical documents have recorded the time of its establishment。
三国故事At the end of the Eastern Han Dynasty a great peasant revolt happened。Finally the warlords carved the Han Empire into three kingdoms of Wei， Shu and Wu。The rulers of the three independent kingdoms struggled for supremacy【霸权】. Cao Cao and his son established the kingdom of Wei at Loyang。 He was in actual control of only the North China homeland。 Two rivals soon proclaimed emperors themselves elsewhere。 The kingdom of Wu with its capital in Nanjing occupied Changjiang Valley，The kingdom of Shu was created with its capital in Chengdu。
  During the Tang and Song Dynasties Zhu Geliang and Emperor Liu Bei had their independent temples in Chengdu， At the beginning of the Ming Dynasty ，the two temples merged 【合并】into one。
地图The temple consists of five main buildings: the Front Gate, the Second Gate, Kiu Bei's Hall, Zhu Geliang's Hall and Liu Bei's Tomb.
大门 The main entrance gate hangs a board。 It says， "Han Zhaolie Temple"。 Han refers to the kingdom of Shui; zhaolie was Liu Bei‘s posthumous title。The board indicates that the whole temple was built in honor of Liu Bei。 But why do all the people call it Zhu Geliang Temple instead of Han Zhaolie Temple？ It is due to Zhu Geliang‘s invaluable historical contribution and his political and militarystrategies军事策略 to the development of the kingdom。In the view of the local people his prestige is too good to call it Zhu Geliang Temple regardless of the emperor‘s dignity and the temple‘s original name。relicGradually more and more people accepted the new name of the temple through common practice。
刘备殿To the right of the main shrine is a red faced image called Guan Yu; the left is Gener
al Zhang Fei, represented with a black face. Liu,Guan and Zhang are sworn brothers as prescribed in the novel The Romance of the Three Kingdoms.There are two galleries in the yard, which contain terracotta figures of the Qing Dynasty, 28 in all, generals on the right and minisiters on the lelt.
诸葛亮hu Geliang‘s hallis obviously lower than Liu Bei‘s。 Visitors have to walk down several steps before they can get into the second yard。The disparity in the construction height【施工高度的差异  】displays the traditional Chinese hierarchical social system【等级制度 】。Emperor is the son of Heaven。He is superior;and other people are inferior。现在我们将穿过过厅。请注意过厅两侧悬挂的匾额、对联和绘画，它们大多出自董必武、郭沫若、徐悲鸿、沙孟海、张爱萍等名人名家之手。
On the top of the entrance gate of Zhu Geliang's hall hangs a horizontal wooden board,which says,"Eternal Glory All Over the World (名垂宇宙)."Many ancient couplets hang inside the hall, but the most famous one is right in the middle of the hall.It says,“能攻心则反侧自消，从古知兵非好战；不审势即宽严皆误，后来治蜀要深思。”It means that try t
o persuade an enemy to stop his attack during a war and the war will then disappear. No soldier wants to fight since ancient times.Try not to forget to weigh the conditions and situation, ogherwise leniency and strict punishment will all fail. Those,who come to manage Sichuan,should think it over again.据说1958年莅临武侯祠时在“攻心联”前注视很久。或许是在品味其中的治国安邦的哲理吧！。
.The statue is 2m high. Zhu Geliang is dressed in a golden overcoat with a feather fan in his hand .He looks as if he was still concerned about his kingdom and his local people .On the left side of Zhu Geliang's statue is a bronze drum, a relic dated back to the 5th century.Originally ancient minority groups in souhest China often used it as a cooket.Later it became a sort of music instrument for some special occasions.It was said that during Zhu Geliang's southwest expedition his soldiers used it as a cooker during the day and struck it at night as emergency approached.
刘备墓To the west of the Zhu Geliang's hall is the site of ghe Liu Bei's tomb.It is 80m in circumference and 12m high,surrounded by a circular wall.For 1700 years the tomb has remained untouched, but what is inside is unknown.