THE Lost Bladesman is about Guan Yu, one of the most revered swordsmen and generals in Chinese history, a fighter of such skill, bravery, loyalty and righteousness that he became a deity.

China just unveiled what might be the most epic statue of all time. The 157-foot sculpture of the ancient Chinese warrior-god Guan Yu stands on a 33-foot pedestal designed to look like a warship ...

The pedestal itself is built to look like the warship that will carry Guan Yu out to sea and subsequently kick all kinds of ass. Inside, it’s an 83,000-square-foot museum and shrine to the war ...

The relocation project of a giant bronze statue of ancient Chinese general Guan Gong (or Guan Yu) from the Han Dynasty (206BC-AD220), which had drawn criticism for its obtrusive size and ...

Guan Yu (died 219) was a general serving under the warlord Liu Bei during the late Eastern Han Dynasty of China. He played a significant role in the civil war that led to the collapse of the Han ...

A local restaurant owner who lives near Guan Gong Park told Sixth Tone the site has only appealed to relatively small groups of tourists, as it only houses the statue and a museum. “I don’t feel good ...

The god was a historical figure, a third-century general named Guan Yu, and shrines to him are common sight in shops, restaurants, police stations and gangsters’ hideouts.

The monument to Guan Yu, a military leader during the Three Kingdoms period (220-280) who was later deified, opened to the public in Guanyi Park in Jingzhou, Hubei province in 2016.

From a throne of wooden pallets, a small statue of the red-faced, bearded deity Guan Yu presides over Mong Kok, the most tense of Hong Kong’s pro-democracy protest sites.