Historical Information of Wuhou Temple in the Middle of Gulong

In the second year of Hongzhi in Ming Dynasty (1498), Zhu Jianshu, the king of bamboo slips, took a fancy to the geomantic omen of Longzhong Mountain, and in order to make use of the "Wolong" land, Zhuge Liang's former residence was converted into his own tomb. Since then, Jiajing in the Ming Dynasty, Wanli in the Qing Dynasty and Kangxi in the Qing Dynasty have been rebuilt many times, forming the present twelve scenes: Wuhou Temple, Sangutang, Cao Lu Monument, Ye Yun Temple (deep in Wolong), Kneeling Pavilion, Kneeling Stone, Hexagonal Well, Xiaohongqiao, Farming Field, Liangfuyan, Banyuexi, Laolong Cave and "Gulongzhong" stone archway. The "Gulongzhong" archway was built in the 16th year of Guangxu in Qing Dynasty (1890). Sitting in an arched wooden structure with four columns and three doors facing east, the middle door is 2.7 meters wide, the side door is 1.94 meters wide, the middle building is 7.5 meters high and the second floor is 5.56 meters high. There is a drum-hugging stone behind the front column, and the front and back sides of the middle square are engraved with "Gu Long" and "Three Generations of Xiaxia" respectively. Each pillar is engraved with a pair of couplets, and the front of the side door square is engraved with them respectively. Wuhou Temple is the main building of "Gulong Middle" in Xiangyang. It was built in the Jiajing period of Ming Dynasty and rebuilt in the 21st year of Qingganlong (1756). Sitting facing south, it covers an area of about 1000 square meters, with a symmetrical layout of the central axis and three courtyards. There are anteroom, middle hall and main hall, with widths of 10.9m,1/0.5m, 12. 15m and depths of 7.8m, 6.66m and 8.23m respectively. It's all a single-eave hard mountain ash hanging beam frame. There are corridors between the halls, the width of the three rooms is 12. 1 m, and the depth is 2m 4.95m.. The roof of the rolling shed passes through the barrel structure and seals the volcanic wall. The front of the front hall is a four-pillar and three-question archway, which reads "Zhuge Temple of Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty". 1996 was announced by the State Council as the fourth batch of national key cultural relics protection units.