Guan Yu
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Guan Yu, courtesy name Yunchang, was a military general under Liu Bei during the late Eastern Han dynasty. Together with Zhang Fei, he was among Liu Bei's earliest followers. After a brief period in C
A portrait of Guan Yu in the Sancai Tuhui
Woodblock print of Guan Yu found in Khara-Khoto. One of the earliest illustrations of Guan Yu discovered.
Liu Bei (left), Guan Yu (back), and Zhang Fei (right) in an illustration by Japanese painter Sakurai Sekkan (1715–90)
A mural of Guan Yu's "Riding Alone for Thousands of Miles" (千里走單騎) in the Summer Palace, Beijing.
Guandao
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A guandao is a type of Chinese polearm that is used in some forms of Chinese martial arts. In Chinese, it is properly called a yanyuedao, the name under which it appears in texts such as the Wujing Zo
Guan Yu
…Three Kingdoms, Guan Yu is traditionally depicted wearing a green robe over his body armour. In Romance of the Three Kingdoms, Guan Yu's weapon was a guandao named Green Dragon Crescent Blade, which resembled a glaive and was said to weigh 82 catties (about 49 kilograms (108 lb)). Guan Yu was from Xie County…
Guandao, housed in the Inner Mongolia Museum
Guandao (Inner Mongolia Museum)
Ming dynasty cavalrymen holding short guandao
Man kicking a guandao, Ming dynasty