Chengdu Wuhou Shrine Museum 成都武侯祠博物馆

Chengdu Wuhou Shrine Museum

成都武侯祠博物馆

The Chengdu Wuhou Shrine Museum is situated within Chengdu’s First Ring Road near the city’s downtown area, thus the location is highly accessible from all directions.

The Chengdu Wuhou Shrine was constructed as a temple to commemorate Liu Bei, his chancellor Zhuge Liang and other eminent Shu Han figures. Its existence originates from the first year of the Zhangwu Era under the reign of Emperor Zhaolie (Liu Bei) of Shu Han (221), when Liu Bei’s Hui Mausoleum was being built, together with the Hanzhaolie Temple.

Around 500 AD during the period of the Northern and Southern dynasties, Wuhou Shrine relocated from the “Shaocheng City” of Chengdu to a site next to Hui Mausoleum and Hanzhaolie Temple, which was a move that lasted up to the Ming dynasty. During the 23rd year of the Hongwu Era (1390) under the reign of Emperor Hongwu of Ming, when Zhu Chun, the Prince Shuxian of Ming, came to the temple to pay homage, he decided to unify Hui Mausoleum, Hanzhaolie Temple and Wuhou Shrine together for the reason that “lord and ministers are suitable to be one”. Since the magnificence of Zhuge Liang overshadows that of Liu Bei in the hearts of many common folks, in general the complex is referred to as “Wuhou Shrine”.