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Enter from the south gate, follow the stream through the garden to the cottage reconstruction, then circle through the poetry corridor and museum.
Suggested Itinerary
- The garden approach
Enter from the south gate and follow the Flower Washing Stream through the bamboo and lotus ponds. - The cottage and shrine
Visit the thatched cottage reconstruction, then the Gongbu Shrine with its statue of the poet. - The poetry corridor and museum
Circle back through the stone steles and the new Du Fu Museum before exiting.
What to See
The Thatched Cottage
The recreated dwelling with its simple furnishings - the emotional heart of the site.
The Flower Washing Stream
The stream that appears in many of Du Fu's poems, still flowing through the garden.
The Poetry Corridor
Steles carved with Du Fu's verses - a chronological walk through his Chengdu poems.
The Gongbu Shrine
A Ming-dynasty shrine holding the poet's statue and memorial tablets.
The Lotus Ponds
Bloom in summer - the pond where Du Fu wrote his famous 'Thatched Cottage Destroyed by Autumn Wind'.
The New Du Fu Museum
Multimedia exhibits on the poet's life, the An Lushan Rebellion and the art of Tang poetry.
Photo Gallery
Tips from Real Travelers
Food & Drink
The Garden Teahouse
Tea and snacks in a courtyard within the garden.
Caotang Road restaurants
The surrounding streets have Sichuan restaurants serving mapo tofu and hotpot.
Qingyang Palace vegetarian restaurant
A famous vegetarian restaurant near the adjacent Taoist temple.
Chengdu snack streets
Return to the city centre for the full range of Sichuan street food.
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