Chengdu Du Fu Thatched Cottage Travel Guide

Scenic spot introduction:

Du Fu Thatched Cottage Museum is the former residence of Du Fu, the great poet of the Tang Dynasty in China, when he lived in Chengdu. It is the largest, best-preserved, unique and famous place among the existing remains of Du Fu's whereabouts. It is located on the bank of Huanhua Creek in the western suburbs of Chengdu, with a total area of ​​more than 240 acres. Its architecture is in the Qing Dynasty style. It is a very unique "hybrid" Chinese classical garden. It is a famous and famous garden that integrates the layout of the memorial ancestral hall and the style of the poet's former residence. Cultural mecca. In the winter of 759 AD, in order to avoid the "Anshi Rebellion", Du Fu took his family from Longyou to Shu and built a thatched cottage, called "Chengdu Thatched Cottage". In 1985, Du Fu Thatched Cottage was renamed Du Fu Thatched Cottage Museum. The museum contains more than 30,000 volumes of various historical materials and more than 2,000 precious cultural relics. The current Du Fu Thatched Cottage is the merger of Meiyuan and Caotang Temple.

Attractions distribution:

Du Fu Thatched Cottage Museum is divided into functional areas: cultural relics tourist area (former site of thatched cottage), garden scenic tourist area (Plum Garden) and service area (Caotang Temple). In the old site of the thatched cottage, the screen wall, main gate, large hall, Shishi Hall, Chaimen, and Gongbu Temple are arranged on a central axis. To the east of the Gongbu Temple is the "Shaoling Thatched Cottage" stele and pavilion, which symbolizes Du Fu's thatched cottage. It is so imaginative that it has become the iconic attraction of Du Fu's Thatched Cottage and a famous landscape in Chengdu.

Scenic spot qualifications:

National 4A-level scenic spot, national key cultural relic protection unit

Scenic spot features:

Photography, hiking, summer vacation, leisure, historic sites, museums, former residences of celebrities