Praise to Du Fu.
It is a couplet written by Liu Xianying during the late Qing Dynasty and the Republic of China in the Du Fu Thatched Cottage in Huanhuaxi, Chengdu, Sichuan Province.
To praise the poet Du Fu, his poems are called "the history of poetry", which means that many of his poems reflect the current social situation at that time, just like history books. Du Fu is known as the "History of Poetry" because of his three official duties and three farewells. He once lived in a thatched cottage by Huanhua Creek in Chengdu, and he also called himself "Shaoling Ye Lao". This couplet is used in three places.
Liu Xianying, also known as Yubo, also known as Yusou, was born in Shuangliu County, Sichuan. Emperor Guangxu of the Qing Dynasty paid tribute and was engaged in cultural and educational work throughout his life. He has taught successively at Chengdu Zunjing Academy, Study Tour Preparatory School, Tong Provincial Normal School, Sichuan Higher Education School, Chengdu University, West China Union University and other schools. In the late Qing Dynasty, he served as a member of the Sichuan Provincial Council and the supervisor of the Chengdu Prefecture Middle School. He is well versed in classics and history, especially poetry, calligraphy and painting, and is one of the "Five Elders of Chengdu".
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This couplet is located in the Du Fu Thatched Cottage on the bank of Huanhua Creek in the western suburbs of Chengdu. It was the former residence of Du Fu, the great poet of the Tang Dynasty in China, when he lived in Chengdu. 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". Du Fu lived here for nearly four years and composed more than 240 poems that have been handed down to this day. ?
The former residence of Caotang is regarded as a "holy place" in the history of Chinese literature. During the Five Dynasties, the poet Wei Zhuang 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, and it has evolved into a memorial ancestral hall pattern and the style of the poet's former residence, with simple and elegant architecture and quiet and beautiful gardens. Famous cultural holy place.
In March 1961, it was announced by the State Council as one of the first batch of national key cultural relics protection units. In May 1985, the Du Fu Thatched Cottage Museum was established. It is the largest, best-preserved and most relics of Du Fu’s whereabouts. A place of distinction and popularity. Today's thatched cottage completely retains the layout of the reconstruction during the Jiaqing period of the Qing Dynasty, with a total area of ??nearly 300 acres. The garden is a very unique "hybrid" Chinese classical garden.
The museum is divided into functional areas: cultural relics tourist area (former site of Caotang), garden tourist area (Plum Garden) and service area (Caotang Temple). In the old site of the thatched cottage, the screen wall, main entrance, Daxi, Shishi Hall, Chaimen, and Gongbu Temple are arranged on a central axis, with symmetrical corridors and other ancillary buildings on both sides. There are flowing water, small bridges, and bamboo trees in the middle. It looks solemn and solemn.
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