Gongbu Shrine

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.

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