Quan Cong Temple
Vermilion Chinese temple where traders once swore loan oaths before a red-faced general deity.
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This guide to Quan Cong Temple in Hoi An explains why, by the 1650s, Chinese merchants far from any magistrate settled debts here instead of in court: kneeling before a towering red-faced statue and swearing their promise aloud. You'll hear who the man behind the statue was, a general known across China as Guan Yu, and why centuries of storytelling built his reputation on loyalty so absolute he would rather die than break his word. Stand before the altar, flanked by his sworn attendants, his Red Hare horse and his crescent blade.
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