Temple of Marquis Wu, Nanyang, Temple complex in Nanyang, China

The Temple of Marquis Wu is a temple complex in Nanyang featuring multiple traditional buildings arranged along a central axis. The compound contains interconnected halls, covered passages, and decorative gates that form a structured space designed for worship and contemplation.

A shrine was built here by Huang Quan, a Shu general who had joined Wei, and was already a noted site in the Tang dynasty. It was repeatedly burned during the Song and Jin wars. In 1298 the Nanyang governor Ma Hamaha had it repaired, He Wei enlarged it in 1309, and in 1317 the Yuan court gave the Wolong Hill complex the name Temple of Marquis Wu. Luo Jing restored it in 1711, rebuilding the Ten Scenes of Wolong Hill from an earlier stone map.

The name Wuhou Ci honours Zhuge Liang's title, Marquis Wu of the state of Shu. Since the Ming Jiajing era, shrines across China have held his commemoration on the 28th day of the eighth lunar month, a date set by Emperor Shizong. The stele corridor north of the main hall displays stone engravings of Zhuge Liang's memorials to the throne, written out in Yue Fei's calligraphy.

The complex lies on Wolong Gang in Wolong District, reachable from Nanyang Airport and by city bus. The grounds hold the Caolu, the Xiaohong Bridge, the Guyue Pavilion, the Ban Yue Terrace and the Laolong Cave, so allow time to walk between them. The stele corridor with Yue Fei's calligraphy of the Chu Shi Biao stands north of the main hall.

The temple preserves more than 400 steles from the Han dynasty onward, and its stele corridor holds stone engravings of Zhuge Liang's two memorials to the throne, "Chu Shi Biao", written out in the calligraphy of Yue Fei. The 18 glazed-tile luohan figures modelled in the Chenghua era of the Ming were destroyed during the Cultural Revolution, along with three stone archways inside the Thatched Cottage.