Sichuan, Chengdu | Du Fu Thatched Cottage Travel Guide

| Du Fu Thatched Cottage Travel Guide. If you want to meet the "top poet" of the Tang Dynasty, Du Fu, you must visit **Du Fu Thatched Cottage** in Chengdu! This is not only Du Fu's former residence, but also a paradise for poetry lovers. Every photo you take here will be full of culture. 🏡 The Cottage: The "old and small" house of the Poet Sage "How I wish I could have ten thousand houses, to shelter all the poor scholars in the world!" - That's right! This famous line was written by Du Fu in this thatched cottage! Don't be fooled by the lush trees and flowing streams here today, it was a drafty "starter home" back then. We recommend bringing a notebook to copy poems and check in, and experience Du Fu's daily life of writing poems and "slacking off". 🌳 Bamboo Path: A time-traveling social media feed The best part of the cottage is not the house, but the atmosphere! The bamboo-shaded paths and red-walled corridors make for great photos. Imagine: Du Fu might have strolled here for inspiration, and if he had a pedometer, he would have topped the leaderboard every day! Don't forget to take a photo at the "Shaoling Stele Pavilion" and pretend to be in the same frame as Mr. Du. 📜 Thatched Cottage Ruins: A true reflection of poetry and the world The centerpiece of the cottage is the restored thatched cottage! The roof is covered with a thin layer of grass, and inside there is only a bed and a table, but it was here that Du Fu wrote more than 240 poems! Compare it to modern people's "poetry and the world", and you'll instantly feel that Mr. Du is the true philosopher of life! (After all, he could write "Two orioles sing in the green willows" while living in a thatched cottage.) 🌸 Huanhua Stream: Du Fu's "immortal neighbor" Next to the cottage is the beautiful **Huanhua Stream Park**, where Du Fu used to watch egrets, admire peach blossoms, and listen to the flowing water. Today, it is still a treasure park for Chengdu people, with cherry blossoms in spring and ginkgo leaves in autumn. We recommend wearing a Hanfu to take photos and instantly get the same artistic conception as Du Fu's poems! 📝 Tips: 1️⃣ Wear comfortable shoes! The cottage is bigger than you think, and you can also visit Qingyang Palace or Kuanzhai Alley nearby. 2️⃣ Buy a cultural ice cream (brush or thatched cottage shape) at the entrance, it's both beautiful and delicious! 3️⃣ Memorize a few lines of Du Fu's poems before you go, and your experience will be even better! Doesn't Du Fu suddenly seem less like a serious old man from a textbook, and more like a "Chengdu drifter" who lived in a thatched cottage, loved to stroll, and was great at writing poems? Go to the cottage and give Mr. Du a high five! ✋✨