Huiling Mausoleum and Zhuge Liang Memorial Temple of the Three Kingdoms (220-280)
Inside Zhuge Liang Memorial Temple in Chengdu, Sichuan Province, there are a couple of facing couplets, the one on the right reads “Recall that I went for a walk to the east of Jingting Pavilion” while, to the left, “Emperor Liu and Prime Minister Zhuge worshipped in the same temple,” excerpts from the poem Song of Old Cypress written by the Tang Dynasty poet Du Fu (712-770) in depicting the close relationship between Zhuge Liang (181-234) and Liu Bei (161-223). The closeness extended to death as their temples were built close together and nearly identical. Thus, this introduction to Liu Bei’s Huiling Mausoleum and temple also introduces the Zhuge Liang Memorial Temple.
Zhuge Liang Memorial Temple
