Chengdu Wuhou Temple was constructed in memory of Zhuge Liang, who was a well-known strategist and statesman during the Three Kingdoms Period. I think it’s necessary to provide you with some historical background to help you better understand what the displays in the temple are.
China has a recorded history of some 3,600 years. It began with the Shang Dynasty(16th-11th century BC). The whole ancient history is divided into three stages. The first stage is the primitive society. The history was much associated with the presumed pre-Xia Dynasty (21th-16th century BC). The second major stage lasted from about 2,000 to 200 BC. The history dated the beginning of the slave society from the Xia Dynasty. The third stage extended all the way from 221BC to the Opium War of 1840. Historical documents name the third stage as the Feudal Imperial Society. At the end of the Eastern Han (25-22),the feudal society in China came into a period of disunity. Traditionally it is called the Three Kingdoms Period.