Temple of Marquis Wu, Chengdu, Ancestral temple and museum in Wuhou District, Chengdu, China

The Temple of Marquis Wu is an ancestral shrine and museum in Wuhou District, Chengdu, dedicated to figures from the Shu Kingdom. Several halls and pavilions stand within a walled compound that includes courtyards with old trees and stone steles.

The Hui Mausoleum and the Han Zhaolie Temple were built in 223, the year Liu Bei died and was buried south of Chengdu. The shrine to Zhuge Liang was founded by Li Xiong of Cheng Han (reigned 303–334) in Shaocheng and moved beside the temple during the Northern and Southern Dynasties. The 'Three Perfections Stele', ordered by military governor Wu Yuanheng in 807, records Zhuge Liang's achievements with text by Pei Du and calligraphy by Liu Gongchuo. The Ming founder's son Zhu Chun merged the shrines in the early Ming, and the present halls were rebuilt in 1672 under the Kangxi emperor.

The east and west corridors hold 28 clay statues of Shu civil officials and generals, made by Qing craftsmen and modelled on opera performers of the period. The figures' faces and robes follow later legend and drama rather than portraiture. In 1849 the scholar Liu Yuan removed three officials he judged not to be loyal ministers and added steles summarising each figure's deeds from Chen Shou's records.

A visit typically lasts two to three hours and allows you to walk through the halls and gardens at your own pace. Many inscriptions and statues carry labels in Chinese, so a guide or audio tour may be helpful.

Among the exhibits are numerous clay sculptures depicting ministers, generals, and advisors of the Shu Kingdom, modeled after historical accounts. The faces and robes of these figures show a variety of expressions and stylistic details meant to convey each person's rank and temperament.