Statue of Guan Yu, Bronze statue in Jingzhou, China

The Statue of Guan Yu was a 58-metre bronze figure in Jingzhou, made of about 4,000 bronze strips and weighing 1,197 tonnes. Guan Yu wore traditional robes and a cloak and held his guandao, the Green Dragon Crescent Blade, weighing 123 tonnes. The figure stood on a 10-metre pedestal shaped like an ancient Chinese warship, which housed a 7,710-square-metre museum and shrine. It was dismantled by the first half of 2022.

Sculptor Han Meilin began the project in 2013 after visiting Jingzhou, and the 58-metre statue opened on 17 June 2016, the date traditionally marking Guan Yu's blade-sharpening day. In September 2020 the housing ministry condemned it as wasteful and noted that only the pedestal had planning permission. Dismantling began in September 2021 and was finished in the first half of 2022; the planned move to Dianjiangtai, 8 km away, had not started by April 2023.

Guan Yu's deeds were retold for centuries, culminating in the 14th-century novel Romance of the Three Kingdoms, which shaped his image as a model of loyalty and righteousness. After his death in 220 he was deified during the Sui dynasty and is worshipped as a bodhisattva in Buddhist tradition and as a guardian deity in Chinese folk religion and Taoism. The statue's unveiling on 17 June 2016, the day of Guan Yu's sword-sharpening festival, was accompanied by worship and festivities.

The statue no longer stands: dismantling began in September 2021 and was finished by the first half of 2022, and the museum in the base closed with no short-term reopening planned. The planned new site is Dianjiangtai, 8 km away, where Guan Yu is said to have drilled his troops; construction there had not begun as of April 2023.

The bronze structure is made from 4,000 individual metal strips assembled during construction. The base covers an area of more than 7,000 square meters and originally served as the foundation for the entire structure.