Du Fu Thatched Cottage

Du Fu Thatched Cottage

Entrance gate of Thatched Cottage of Du Fu in Chengdu.
Location within Sichuan
Location Chengdu, Sichuan
Coordinates 30°39′30.5″N 104°1′43.8″E / 30.658472°N 104.028833°E / 30.658472; 104.028833Coordinates: 30°39′30.5″N 104°1′43.8″E / 30.658472°N 104.028833°E / 30.658472; 104.028833
Website Du Fu Thatched Cottage Museum website
Reconstructed Thatched Cottage of Du Fu.
A study in the Thatched Cottage of Du Fu.
A bronze sculpture of Du Fu in front of the Hall of Great Poets.

Du Fu's Thatched Cottage (Chinese: 杜甫草堂; pinyin: Dù Fǔ Cǎo Táng) is a 24-acre (97,000 m2) park and museum in honour of the Tang Dynasty poet Du Fu at the western outskirts of Chengdu, adjacent to the Huanhua Xi, (Flower Rinsing Creek). In 1961 the Chinese government established Du Fu Cao Tang as a National Heritage site.

History

In 759 Du Fu moved to Chengdu, built a thatched hut near the Flower Rinsing Creek and lived there for four years. The "thatched hut" period was the peak of Du Fu's creativity, during which he wrote two hundred and forty poems, among them: "My Thatched Hut was torn apart by Autumn Wind" and "The Prime Minister of Shu."

A Quatrain, one of the poet's well known pieces written at the cottage in 764, describes the surrounding scenery:

A pair of golden orioles sings in green willows

a column of snowy egrets flies off in blue sky
my window contains peaks with a thousand years of ice
my gate harbors boats from ten thousand miles downriver[1]

Du Fu Cao Tang is now a popular destination for Du Fu enthusiasts around the world to pay tribute to this famous poem.

Museum

The original thatched hut built by Du Fu was destroyed. Key buildings in the Du Fu Cao Tang Park were constructed in the early 16th century during the Ming dynasty and extensively renovated in 1811 during the Qing dynasty.

Du Fu Cao Tang consists of several areas:

In Popular Culture

See also

References

  1. Red Pine. Poems of the Masters, p. 100. Copper Canyon Press 2003.

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