The English expression of Du Fu's thatched cottage:
(1) Du Fu Cottage
(2) Du Fu's thatched cottage
Du Fu's thatched cottage is The former residence of Du Fu, a poet from the Tang Dynasty, who lived in Chengdu, is located at No. 38 Qinghua Road, Qingyang District, Chengdu City, Sichuan Province. Du Fu lived here for nearly four years and wrote more than 240 poems.
The poet Wei Zhuang in the late Tang Dynasty found the ruins of the thatched cottage and rebuilt the thatched cottage to preserve it. It was repaired and expanded in the Song, Yuan, Ming and Qing dynasties.
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The word "Thatched Cottage" on the plaque on the main entrance of Du Fu Thatched Cottage in Chengdu was inscribed by Prince Guo Yunli, the seventeenth son of Emperor Kangxi of the Qing Dynasty and the younger brother of Emperor Yongzheng. There are also two characters on both sides of the door: There is a couplet hanging on the wall, "West House of Wanli Bridge, North House of Baihua Pond", which comes from Du's poem "Two Poems on the Water in Huaijin". These two poems very accurately identify the geographical location of the thatched cottage at that time, which is where the thatched cottage is today. Location.
The Shishi Hall is the central building of the Du Fu Thatched Cottage memorial temple. In the middle of the Hall of Poetry and History is a statue of Du Fu sculpted by the sculptor Liu Kaiqu. The hall displays couplets and plaques inscribed by celebrities from past dynasties. There is a portrait of Du Fu enshrined in the Gongbu Temple, and the poets Lu You and Huang Tingjian, both of whom once lived in Shu, accompany the worshipers.
To the east of the Gongbu Temple is the "Shaoling Thatched Cottage" stele pavilion, which symbolizes Du Fu's thatched cottage. "Shaoling" was originally a place name. The tomb of Emperor Xuan of the Han Dynasty was called "Du Ling". The tomb of Emperor Xuan of the Han Dynasty was called "Du Ling" because the tomb of Emperor Xuan was smaller than the That's why the imperial mausoleum is called "Shaoling". Du Fu lived here for a long time, and in his poems he called himself "Du Ling Ye Lao" and "Shaoling Ye Ke", so he was also called "Du Shaoling".