Zhang Fei Temple

The Zhang Fei Temple (Chinese张飞庙, Pinyin Zhang Fei Miao, Zhang Fei Temple English ) or Temple of the Marquis of Zhang Huan (张 桓侯 庙, Zhang Huan hou miao, Zhang english Huanhou Memorial Temple ) in Yunyang County (云阳 县) of Chongqing Municipality in the People's Republic of China was erected in honor of Shu Han general Zhang Fei, a Chinese military leader of the Three Kingdoms period ( 220-280 ), one of the five Tigergeneräle of Shu Han and weapons brother of Liu Bei and Guan Yu. The temple looks back on a history of over 1,700 years.

It was originally located at the foot of the Flying Phoenix Mountain (飞凤 山, Feifeng Shan) on the south bank of the Yangtze River opposite the county seat. According to legend, the gold to finance the construction of the temple was fished out of the Yangtze River, together with the severed head of the General, who was killed by two subordinates. In the vernacular, it is said: "The body is in Langzhong, the head in Yunyang " (身 在 阆 中,头 在 云阳). The original temple was destroyed by a flood in 1870 and rebuilt in the architectural style of the late Qing period.

The original temple site is today because of the Three Gorges dam below the water level, the temple and its cultural objects, however, were saved: he was upriver rebuilt at a new, higher site 32 km, it is located since 2003 in the village Long'an (龙 安 村) of the greater community Panshi (盘石 镇) ( also Yunyang County, Chongqing). His transfer cost about 70 million yuan (8.5 million U.S. dollars ) and was the largest associated with the construction of the Three Gorges Dam building installation.

The Zhang Fei Temple ( Zhang Huan hou miao ) since 2001 has been on the list of monuments of the People's Republic of China ( 5-380 ).