Guan Gong culture of Guan Gong’s faith and customs

Guan Gong’s beliefs and customs have been gradually formed, popularized and passed down in the past two thousand years. The most important support is people’s recognition and spread of Guan Gong culture and Guan Gong spirit. Guan Gong's beliefs and customs can be regarded as part of Guan Gong's culture, and Guan Gong's culture has a great influence on the development of Guan Gong's beliefs and customs.

Guan Gong’s culture is extensive and profound and is an important part of traditional Chinese culture. The "loyalty, righteousness, benevolence, courage, righteousness, etiquette, wisdom, and trustworthiness" embodied in Guan Gong's life are the essence of Guan Gong's culture and the core of Guan Gong's spirit. It has been respected and admired by descendants of Yan and Huang at home and abroad for thousands of years. The unique Guan Gong culture formed in Guan Gong's hometown is closely related to Guan Gong's information and customs.

1. The sacred culture of Guan Gong’s hometown:

The Guandi Temple in Jiezhou, Shanxi Province is known as the “ancestor of martial arts temples in the world”. It was built in the ninth year of Emperor Kaihuang's reign in the Sui Dynasty (AD 589). It has the front dynasty and the back bedroom. It has the highest standard among tens of thousands of Guandi temples at home and abroad. Its architectural value and unique man-made value are unparalleled by any Guandi temple in the world. alternative. There are also the Changping Guan Gong Family Temple and the Guandi Ancestral Tomb, which are known as the "Three Passes" together with the Guandi Temple in Jiezhou. These precious cultural relics and historical sites form a unique sacred cultural landscape.

2. Customs and culture of Guan Gong’s hometown:

Guan Gong’s birthday on June 24th, Guan Gong’s ancient temple fair on April 8 and September 9, etc. Guan Gong’s hometown will celebrate these festivals every year Hold a grand event and make it a habit. Since 1989, the "International Guan Gong Cultural Tourism Festival" has been held for 20 consecutive years, establishing a new brand in the cultural and economic fields and having great influence among Chinese people at home and abroad.

3. Tourism culture of Guan Gong’s hometown:

In order to fully develop the tourism resources of Guan Gong’s hometown, the local government has invested nearly 100 million yuan in Jiezhou Guandi Temple, Changping Family Temple, and Ancestral Tombs. After comprehensive repairs and improvements, Guandi Cultural Plaza and Changping Guandi Film and Television City were newly built, forming a self-contained and large-scale tourist attraction.

4. Literary and Art Ceremony in Guan Gong’s Hometown

In order to promote Guan Gong’s culture, the local government and non-governmental organizations have published more than 20 books (volumes) on Guan Gong’s culture, and filmed the films “The Birth of Guan Gong” and “The Birth of Guan Gong”. Many TV series such as "Martial Saint Guan Gong", traditional dramas such as "Riding Alone for Thousands of Miles" and "The Ancient City Meeting" were restored and staged, and several modern dramas such as "Guan Gong and Diao Chan" and "Guan Gong Beheaded" were newly compiled. We launched Guan Gong gongs and drums, Guan Gong songs and other cultural programs.

5. Bronze art culture in Guan Gong’s hometown

People worship Guan Gong and believe in Guan Gong’s spirit, which has also brought huge business opportunities. Rich and colorful Guan Gong artworks have been formed in Guan Gong’s hometown. Craft market. One of the most influential and distinctive products is the bronze statue of Guan Gong in Jiezhou, Guan Gong’s hometown, which has become a cultural business card to promote Shanxi. Enterprises such as Shanxi Yuda Group and Weiwei Copper Technology Research Institute have become leaders in this field. In 2010, the bronze statue of Guan Gong "Reading the Spring and Autumn Period at Night" carefully designed and produced by Shanxi Guruite Culture and Art Co., Ltd. and Weiwei Copper Craft Research Institute represented Shanxi Province at the Shanghai World Expo, showing Guan Gong's faith and customs culture and extensive and profound bronze culture to global visitors. .

Guan Gong culture and beliefs and customs have penetrated into almost every aspect of people's thoughts and lives, including religion, sacrifice, folk customs, literature and art, etc., forming a wide range of cultural phenomena with local characteristics.

"Jiezhou Guan Gong" has been successfully registered with the State Administration for Industry and Commerce and is a famous cultural brand in Shanxi. As a unique cultural gift of Shanxi, the bronze statue of "Jiezhou Guan Gong" has a high reputation at home and abroad.