Green Dragon Crescent Blade
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The Green Dragon Crescent Blade is a legendary weapon wielded by the Chinese general Guan Yu in the 14th-century historical novel Romance of the Three Kingdoms. It is a guandao, a type of traditional
A depiction of the Green Dragon Crescent Blade in Xiezhou Guandi Temple, Yuncheng
Purple Cloud Temple
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The Zixiao Palace or Purple Cloud Temple, standing on Zhanqi Peak, is a Taoist temple of the Wudang Mountains Taoist complex in the northwestern part of Hubei, China.
Green Dragon Crescent Blade
…have been approximately 18 kg (40 lb). A weapon weighing about 44 kg (97 lb), purported to be the Green Dragon Crescent Blade, is on display at the Purple Cloud Temple in China today. Legend says that Guan Yu invented the guandao. He had it forged after he met Liu Bei and Zhang Fei but before he made the Oath of the…
Entrance of the Purple Cloud Temple
Inside courtyard