Temple of the Five Celestial Beings [Guangzhou]

Wu Xian Guan (Temple of the Five Celestial Beings) in Guangzhou can offer you an interesting insight into the local faith and history of the area. Thus when you tour Guangzhou in China, do visit Wu Xian Guan (Temple of the Five Celestial Beings). Guangzhou located on the eastern coast of Guangdong Province, has strong historic background blended with legends and myths. This city as also known as Sui or corn ear and was popular as the City of Goats. Locals believe that when King Yi of the Zhou Dynasty ruled in the 10th century B.C., five celestial beings from the South Seas arrived at Guangzhou or the Coty of Goats. Colorfully decked in gaudy clothes, they rode on the back of five goats, each with different colors. After arrival, they gifted a six-eared rice stalk to the locals of the city and blessed them with prosperity as intense as " Never any famine from now on!". Soon after they disappeared laving the goats turned into stone structures. From this legend, City of Guangzhou derived the names- Sui and the City of Goats. Wu Xian Guan (Temple of the Five Celestial Beings) in Guangzhou was also built under the spell of this myth. The locals soon afterwards constructed Wu Xian Guan (Temple of the Five Celestial Beings) to celebrate the occasion of the arrival of the celestial beings. The temple consists of the structure of the five beings, a sculpture of the five and the goats. However, history says that the temple was later found to be vanished from its spot. The new Wu Xian Guan (Temple of the Five Celestial Beings) in Guangzhou was thus reconstructed by the locals on Yuexiu Hill with a sculpture of five goats including with the one in the center slightly higher and the rest surrounding it.