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The Copper Bird Pavilion

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The Copper Bird Pavilion is located in Santai Village, Linzhang County of Hebei Province. It is one of the three pavilions built by Cao Cao. In the fifteenth year of Jian'an Period of the Eastern Han Dynasty (210 A.D.) when the pavilion was completed, Cao Cao ordered his son Cao Pi to compose a "fu" in the pavilion. It is said that this is the right place where Cao Cao took the oath-taking rally before he launched the Battle of the Red Cliff. He threatened to capture the two beauties, the sisters of the Qiao Family, at the battle, but ended in fiasco.

Cao Cao

Cao Cao has been praised as "a brilliant ruler, military genius and great poet" in the history.

Cutting Hair Instead of Head

Cutting Hair Instead of Head

Once, Cao Cao led his troops passing by a wheat field.
Quench Thirst by Watching Plums (Console Oneself with Vain Hopes)

Quench Thirst by Watching Plums (Console Oneself with Vain Hopes)

One summer, Cao Cao led troops to a battle.
Talk of Cao Cao and He Comes (Talk of the Devil and He Comes)

Talk of Cao Cao and He Comes (Talk of the Devil and He Comes)

It is said that one day, Emperor Xian of the Han Dynasty was chased by killers.
Defining a Hero While Warming the Wine

Defining a Hero While Warming the Wine

From Romance of the Three Kingdoms: Cao Cao wanted to pry into Liu Bei's thought to see whether he would like to rule the country.
Reviling Cao Cao While Beating a Drum

Reviling Cao Cao While Beating a Drum

Although Cao Cao was a poet, militarist and statesman, he has been accused as a treacherous official all through the ages.
A Feast at the Copper Bird Pavilion

A Feast at the Copper Bird Pavilion

After the crushing defeat of the red cliff battle, Cao Cao often thought of revenge; but as Sun Quan and Liu Bei had formed alliance, Cao Cao dared not rashly launch invasion.