ZHU XINGXIN/CHINA DAILY In Chinese folklore, Guan Yu, a general from the late Eastern ... For over 40 years, Wu Lingyun, a Shanxi Opera (or jinju) performer and a renowned inheritor of the ...

Few historical personages are as venerated in the Chinese-speaking world as Guan Yu, who counts Guan Laoye (Grandpa Guan ... saint or protector god for everyone from blacksmiths and opera performers ...

Fans of classic Chinese literature will no doubt also ... of Guan Gong – the military deity also known as Guan Yu – in Cantonese opera, as seen in the rarely shown colour film General Kwan ...

Guan Yu was a Chinese military general whose martial prowess was so great that, after his death, he was deified as a god. In modern times, he is revered for his bravery and loyalty. He has also ...

The tunes from the Peking Opera version of the classic Chinese novel Journey to the West became the theme song of an online game, while the hero Guan Yu from another classic novel adaptation ...

China is renowned for building stupidly-large statues, but it’s really outdone itself with the latest monument to revered general turned war-god of the late Eastern Han Dynasty, Guan Yu.

The giant statue of ancient Chinese general Guan Yu is on display at the Guan Gong Cultural Park in Hubei province. [Photo/IC] The enormous statue of ancient Chinese general Guan Yu has been ...

The 157-foot sculpture of the ancient Chinese warrior-god Guan Yu stands on a 33-foot pedestal designed to look like a warship, holding a long halberd weapon known as the "Green Dragon Crescent ...