Thatched Cottage of Dufu

Introducing Thatched Cottage of Dufu
This was the house where Du Fu, a great Tang Dynasty poet, lived when he traveled to Chengdu. Thatched Cottage of Dufu is the largest, best-preserved and best-known residence of Du Fu and Thatched Cottage of Dufu is quite unique.

Thatched Cottage of Dufu Fast Facts
• Nama Cina: Dufu Caotang 杜甫草堂
• Waktu Terbaik untuk Mengunjungi: April hingga Oktober
• Jam Kunjungan yang Disarankan: Sekitar 2 ke 3 jam
• Hal yang Bisa Dilakukan: Fotografi, History and Literature Study
• Jam Buka: 09:00-18:00 on Monday to Friday, 09:00-20:00 on weekends
• Biaya Masuk: ¥50
• Alamat: No. 37, Qinghua Road, Qingyang District, Chengdu, Sichuan Province

What to expect at Thatched Cottage of Dufu

Thatched Cottage of Dufu covers an area of 16 hectares, with the buildings in typical Qing-style architecture and the grounds an unusual mix of traditional Chinese gardens. Thatched Cottage of Dufu is both a temple dedicated to the poet and a residence museum celebrating his literary achievements.

In the winter of 759 Masehi, Du Fu took his family from Gansu to Sichuan to refuge from An-Shi Disturbances, and built a thatched cottage, the famous “Chengdu Thatched Cottage”. Di 1985, Thatched Cottage of Dufu was renamed as Thatched Cottage of Dufu Museum where there are more than 30,000 volumes of historical materials and more than 2,000 precious cultural relics. The existing Thatched Cottage of Dufu is combined by Plum Garden and Caotang Temple.

How to get to Thatched Cottage of Dufu

Dengan Metro
• Naik Jalur Metro 4 and get off at North Caotang Road Station.

Dengan Bus
• Naik bus No. 19, 35, 58, 82, 151, 165, 170, 1024 atau 1031 and get off at Dufu Caotang Station.

Additional travel advice on Thatched Cottage of Dufu
• Please keep quiet in the cottage.
• Nearby attractions: Sichuan Museum, Huanhua Stream Park, dll.