The placement of the Guan Gong statue should follow the following principles:
1. The Guan Gong statue should face the gate, and there should be walls on the left and right sides of the Guan Gong statue. The so-called green dragon on the left and the white tiger on the right. Guan Gong The front door should be seven to nine meters away from the main door, otherwise the evil wind at the door will be too strong. In addition, Guan Gong Xiangqie should not be enshrined facing the toilet, kitchen, personal bedroom, near the dining table, or in places where there are often noisies or It is backed by the wall of the toilet. The general principle is that there should be no sharp objects where the Guan Gong's gaze is, and there should be no objects blocking the gaze of the Guan Gong, so that the gaze of Guan Gong can be far away.
2 . The height of the statue of Guan Gong: the base of the statue of Guan Gong should be at the same level as your head. This is what it means to see gods three feet up.
3. The statue of Guan Gong must be leaning against the wall, just like Just like we have a backing, if a person is not leaning against a wall, he will fall with the wind, so the same is true for offerings to gods.
Guan Yu, courtesy name Yunchang, was born in Jieliang, Hedong (today's Yuncheng, Shanxi). He was a famous general in the late Eastern Han Dynasty. He followed Liu Bei to various places in his early days. He was once captured alive by Cao Cao and killed Yuan Shao's general Yan Liang on White Horse Slope. Together with Zhang Fei Known as the enemy of ten thousand people.
After the Battle of Chibi, Liu Bei helped Zhou Yu of the Eastern Wu Dynasty attack Cao Ren of Nanjun. He sent Guan Yu to the north to block Cao Cao's reinforcements. After Cao Ren retreated, Guan Yu was named the governor of Xiangyang. Liu Bei entered Yizhou, and Guan Yu stayed in Jingzhou.
In the 24th year of Jian'an, Guan Yu besieged Xiangfan. Cao Cao sent Yu Jin to reinforce him. Guan Yu captured Yu Jin and killed Pang De, which shocked China. Cao Cao once wanted to move the capital to avoid his power. Later, Cao Cao sent Xu Huang to reinforce, and Lu Meng of the Eastern Wu Dynasty made a surprise attack on Jingzhou. Guan Yu was attacked from both sides, and was defeated and killed.
After Guan Yu's death, he was gradually deified and revered as "Guan Gong" by the people, also known as the Beautiful Beard Gong. The imperial courts of the past dynasties have many commendations and titles. In the Qing Dynasty, he was regarded as the "Loyalty God, Martial Spirit, Benevolence, Braveness and Might, Guan Sage Emperor", and was revered as "Martial Sage", as famous as Confucius, "Literature Sage". "The Romance of the Three Kingdoms" respects him as the first of the "Five Tiger Generals" of the Shu Kingdom, and Mao Zonggang calls him "the most righteous" among the "three unique things in the Romance".