| The Thatched Cottage of Du Fu was the residence of the great poet of Tang Dynasty when he took refuge in Chengdu.
It covers an area of 16 hectares. Constructions inside represent Qing Dynasty style, with gardens of the unique compound style in Chinese gardening tradition. The Gate, the Screen Wall, the Lobby, the History in Verse Hall, and the Gong Bu Temple are lined one by one along the middle axis, flanked by corridors and other auxiliary buildings. Among them and in between are trees and bamboo groves, winding brooks and linking small bridges. All these give the place an atmosphere of solemnity and meanwhile a sense of beauty and grace. It easily reminding people of the scenes described in Du Fu's poems. While taking a quiet walk in such a historical cultural environment, visitors are apt to be brought back to the ancient times.
Situated in the southern suburb of the Chengdu City, Wuhou (an honorific title means Martial Marquis) Memorial Temple was an ancestral temple with a history covering over one-thousand-years, established as a memorial to the prime minister of Shu (221 - 263) in the Three Kingdoms Period (220 - 280) - Zhuge Liang. According to a poem of Dufu a famous poet in Chinese history, described in his poem Prime Minister of Shu written by Dufu "Where can we find the Marquis of Prime Minister, it is outside the Jinguan City among the mass of cypress. " The five sections of the main complex are respectively the First Gate, Second Gate, Liu Bei Hall, the corridor and Zhuge Liang Hall. There are more than 40 statues of Shu, and other historical figures in the temple, including Liu Bei, Zhuge Liang, Guan Yu, Zhang Fei (2 loyal vassals and the sworn brothers of Liu Bei) and their well-known posterities. Many valuable steles, plaques and couplets are also to be found there.
For dinner, you can have the famous Sichuan Hotpot. Hotpot is the famous and favorite dish in Sichuan. It is noted for its peppery and hot taste. Customers gather around a small pot heated with charcoal, electricity or gas. Each pot is filled with a nutritious soup. Around the wok are placed a dozen plates of paper-thin slice of raw meat and other ingredients. The customers pick up the raw ingredients and boil them in the soup. Then they take them out of the wok, dip them in a little bowl of special sauce and eat them.
As an option in the evening (200RMB extra), enjoy a wonderful variety show of “Face changing” and “Flame Spitting - Out” of Sichuan Opera. |