Brief information on Du Fu Cottage  

Located at the west gate of Chengdu City, Sichuan Province, Du Fu Cottage is the former residence of a great Tang Dynasty poet called Dufu. In 759 AD, in order to escape the war, Dufu moved to Chengdu from Gansu Province with his whole family. After he settled down in Chengdu, he built a cottage as his house, which was named Chengdu Cottage. Dufu stayed in the cottage for four years, writing over 240 poems in that time. The cottage is therefore regarded as the “Sacred Land” in Chinese Literature history.

After Dufu left Chengdu, the cottage was damaged and demolished. The present cottage was built by poet Weizhuang in the First Shu Dynasty (907-925 A.D), during the Five Dynasties, and was rebuilt and restored in the following dynasties. In 1500 and 1811 two great restorations took place, which settled the style and layout of the cottage integrating Dufu’s former residence and his memorial museum. The place has therefore become a great attraction in Chengdu, of ancient Chinese construction and verdure plants。

The cottage covers an area of almost 300 mu (50 acres); a special size for Chinese classical garden design. It is divided into different zones according to function, such as the Plum Garden, Cottage Temple, and the former site of the cottage, in the middle axis of which are screen walls, gates, a Chinese Poem History Hall, the Chai Gate and the Gongbu Temple. There are many rooms in every side for exhibiting the antiques and utensils used by Dufu at that time.

 

*You can download the bilingual note to show it to a taxi driver or someone else to find your way to Du Fu Cottage if you plan to visit Du Fu Cottage and have language problems.

   

Chinese Pinyin: Du Fu Cao Tang
Opening Times: 08:00 -18:00
Address: No.38 Qinghua Rd., Qingyang District
Phone: 028-87319258
How to Get to: Buses: 17, 35, 82, 84, 301, 309, 503, and 509