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武侯祠 Wǔhóucí, Marquis of Wu Memorial Temple, a temple in honor of Zhuge Liang 181-234 of Three Kingdom's fame, also known as 武鄉侯 Wǔ Xiānghóu, Marquis of Wu. It is also a shrine to Lu Bei 魯北, Zhuge Liang's leader and emperor of the Wu kingdom. If you have time read China's earliest novel, The Three Kingdoms, which covers in great detail the chaos following the breakup of the Han Dyansty in 219.

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