Wen Wu temple
A Wen Wu temple or Wenwu temple (Chinese: 文武廟) is a temple in China venerating both the patron gods of civil and martial affairs in the same temple complex. In southern China the civil god or Wéndì (Chinese: 文帝), is Wenchang (Chinese: 文昌) and in the north it is Confucius, in both the north and the south the martial god or Wǔdì (Chinese: 武帝) is Guan Yu (Chinese: 關帝). Although temples to either the civil or martial deities alone are widespread, it is comparatively rare to have temples venerating both. Wen Wu temples were patronised by those in the Ming and Qing dynasties seeking success in the Imperial examinations, which were divided into civil and military examinations, and by those seeking advancement in those professions which can be interpreted as falling under the aegis of either god;
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Wen Wu temple
A Wen Wu temple or Wenwu temple (Chinese: 文武廟) is a temple in China venerating both the patron gods of civil and martial affairs in the same temple complex. In southern China the civil god or Wéndì (Chinese: 文帝), is Wenchang (Chinese: 文昌) and in the north it is Confucius, in both the north and the south the martial god or Wǔdì (Chinese: 武帝) is Guan Yu (Chinese: 關帝). Although temples to either the civil or martial deities alone are widespread, it is comparatively rare to have temples venerating both. Wen Wu temples were patronised by those in the Ming and Qing dynasties seeking success in the Imperial examinations, which were divided into civil and military examinations, and by those seeking advancement in those professions which can be interpreted as falling under the aegis of either god;
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A Wen Wu temple or Wenwu templ ...... policemen to the martial god.
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文武廟,是東亞文化中供奉文帝文昌帝君或孔子,和武帝關帝君的一 ...... 香港文武廟,也可按漢語拼音翻譯成Wen Wu Temple。
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A Wen Wu temple or Wenwu templ ...... nder the aegis of either god;
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文武廟,是東亞文化中供奉文帝文昌帝君或孔子,和武帝關帝君的一 ...... 香港文武廟,也可按漢語拼音翻譯成Wen Wu Temple。
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Wen Wu temple
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文武廟
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