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| | Gongbu Shrine [edit this] | | Gongbu Shrine, the last major memorial building on the compound of this museum, is the place where the statue of Du Fu is seated and where sacrifice is offered. Du Fu have been an advisor in Gongbu (the Ministry of Civil Works), hence his alias “Du Gongbu” and the name of this building Gongbu Shrine. The stele bears the calligraphy of Ye Sheng Tao, the well-known writer and educationalist in China. The shrine of Du Fu is seated in the middle of this building, flanked on both sides by the shrine of Lu You and Huang Tingjian, poets of Song Dynasty. The stone statues in Ming and Qing Dynasty, as well as the two stone carving pictures of Qianlong and Jiaqing reign of Qing Dynasty are precious cultural relics. | Edit by: Ada | |
| Firewood Gate [edit this] | | Firewood Gate refers to the courtyard gate when Du Fu was setting up the cottage. You may frequent verses about Firewood Gate in Du Fu's poems, hence the name of this simple yet unique and picturesque scenery when the Cottage was rebuilt in Qing Dynasty. | Edit by: Ada | |
| Front Gate [edit this] | | Front Gate is the first memorial architecture of the compound in Du Fu's Thatched Cottage. It is facing the Blossom-Bathing Brook, which used to be a river deeper and wider for ships to sail on. Du Fu described this in his poem: “And the boats from Dongwu ahchor outside my abode.” Hanging over Front Gate is a horizontal board inscribed with two Chinese characters (Thatched Cottage) by Prince Guo, the seventeenth son of Emperor Kangxi in the Qing Dynasty. The couplet “to the west of Wanli Bridge, and to the north of Baihua Pond” that flanks the gate is taken from a poem by Du Fu. It indicates the location of the Cottage. | Edit by: Ada | |
| Cultural Relics of Tang Dynasty [edit this] | | The Exhibition Hall of Cultural Relics of Tang Dynasty lies in the northeast of Du Fu's Thatched Cottage. In the closing of 2001, plenty of ruins and cultural relics of Tang Dynasty have been excavated in the cottage, which adds to the profound cultural connotation of the cottage. It has proved the truth of Du Fu's description of his livings and surroundings, resolved the disputes over the location of the cottage, and enhanced the historical profundity. With new glory to this shrine, the cottage becomes greater attraction to people. | Edit by: Ada | |
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