Guandi miao
E838870
Guandi miao are Chinese temples devoted to the worship of the deified general Guan Yu, revered as a god of war, loyalty, and righteousness.
All labels observed (7)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Guan Di miao | 1 |
| Guan Gong miao | 1 |
| Guan Yu miao | 1 |
| Guandi Miao | 1 |
| Guandi miao canonical | 1 |
| Guandi temples | 1 |
| Guandi worship | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T10065062 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Guandi miao Context triple: [Guandi, templesDedicatedTo, Guandi miao]
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A.
Sanbao Gong
Sanbao Gong is the Chinese honorific name for the famed Ming dynasty admiral and explorer Zheng He, venerated in various temples across Southeast Asia.
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B.
Quan Cong Temple
Quan Cong Temple is a historic Chinese-style temple in Hoi An, Vietnam, dedicated to the revered general Quan Cong and known for its ornate architecture and cultural significance.
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C.
Temple of the Five Immortals
The Temple of the Five Immortals is a historic Taoist temple in Guangzhou, China, traditionally associated with the legend of five celestial beings who blessed the city.
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D.
Kong Miao
Kong Miao is a Confucian temple complex dedicated to honoring the philosopher Confucius and preserving Confucian rituals and traditions.
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E.
Putuozongcheng Temple
Putuozongcheng Temple is a large Qing dynasty Tibetan Buddhist temple complex in Chengde, China, modeled after Lhasa’s Potala Palace and known as one of the Eight Outer Temples.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Guandi miao Target entity description: Guandi miao are Chinese temples devoted to the worship of the deified general Guan Yu, revered as a god of war, loyalty, and righteousness.
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A.
Sanbao Gong
Sanbao Gong is the Chinese honorific name for the famed Ming dynasty admiral and explorer Zheng He, venerated in various temples across Southeast Asia.
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B.
Quan Cong Temple
Quan Cong Temple is a historic Chinese-style temple in Hoi An, Vietnam, dedicated to the revered general Quan Cong and known for its ornate architecture and cultural significance.
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C.
Temple of the Five Immortals
The Temple of the Five Immortals is a historic Taoist temple in Guangzhou, China, traditionally associated with the legend of five celestial beings who blessed the city.
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D.
Kong Miao
Kong Miao is a Confucian temple complex dedicated to honoring the philosopher Confucius and preserving Confucian rituals and traditions.
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E.
Putuozongcheng Temple
Putuozongcheng Temple is a large Qing dynasty Tibetan Buddhist temple complex in Chengde, China, modeled after Lhasa’s Potala Palace and known as one of the Eight Outer Temples.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (50)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Chinese temple type
ⓘ
folk religion temple ⓘ religious building ⓘ |
| alsoKnownAs |
Guan Di miao
ⓘ
linked to:
Guandi miao
Guan Yu miao ⓘ
linked to:
Guandi miao
Guandi temple ⓘ
linked to:
Guandi Temple
|
| associatedVirtue |
bravery
ⓘ
justice ⓘ loyalty ⓘ righteousness ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | China ⓘ |
| culturalContext |
Chinese culture
ⓘ
East Asian culture ⓘ |
| devotedTo | Guan Yu ⓘ |
| etymology |
Guandi means Emperor Guan
ⓘ
linked to:
Guandi
miao means temple or shrine ⓘ |
| function |
community gathering place
ⓘ
place of worship ⓘ site for oath swearing ⓘ site for seeking protection and justice ⓘ |
| geographicDistribution |
Chinese diaspora communities
ⓘ
Hong Kong ⓘ
linked to:
Hong Kong, China
Macau ⓘ Southeast Asia ⓘ Taiwan ⓘ
linked to:
Taiwan, Province of China
mainland China ⓘ |
| hasFeature |
courtyard
ⓘ
incense burner ⓘ main hall with Guan Yu statue ⓘ spirit tablets of Guan Yu ⓘ |
| hasIconography |
Guan Yu holding Green Dragon Crescent Blade
ⓘ
linked to:
Guan Yu
Guan Yu in general’s armor ⓘ
linked to:
Guan Yu
Guan Yu with red face ⓘ
linked to:
Guan Yu
|
| hasRitual |
incense offering
ⓘ
oath taking ⓘ prayer for protection ⓘ |
| historicalDevelopment |
spread during Ming dynasty
ⓘ
spread during Qing dynasty ⓘ |
| languageOfName | Chinese ⓘ |
| mainDeity | Guan Yu ⓘ |
| namedAfter | Guan Yu ⓘ |
| religion |
Chinese folk religion
ⓘ
Taoism ⓘ |
| typicalWorshipperGroup |
business people
ⓘ
police officers ⓘ secret societies (historically) ⓘ soldiers ⓘ |
| worshipFocus |
god of loyalty
ⓘ
god of righteousness ⓘ god of war ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
The pipeline generated the facts above by prompting gpt-5.1 with this entity's name + description and the instruction below.
Instruction
You are a knowledge base construction expert. Given a subject entity and a description of it, return factual statements that you know for the subject as a JSON list of dictionaries(triples), where keys must be "subject", "predicate" and "object". The number of facts may be very high, between 25 to 50 or more, for very popular subjects. For less popular subjects, the number of facts can be very low, like 5 or 10. # Requirements - If you don't know the subject at all, return an empty list. - If the subject is not a named entity, return an empty list. - Include at least one triple where predicate is "instanceOf". - Do not get too wordy. - Separate several objects into multiple triples with one object.
Input
Subject: Guandi miao Description of subject: Guandi miao are Chinese temples devoted to the worship of the deified general Guan Yu, revered as a god of war, loyalty, and righteousness.
Referenced by (7)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: Guandi miao
subject linked to:
God of War
linked to: Guandi miao
linked to: Guandi miao
linked to: Guandi miao
linked to: Guandi miao
linked to: Guandi miao