This place was very very busy over the Chinese New Year (as you can see)! Dufu’s Thatched Cottage is a museum and memorial for Dufu (712-770 AD). He is one of China’s most famous poets, and he lived during the Tang Dynasty. The memorial is located in a 24 acre!!park in Chengdu’s western suburb. Dufu lived in a thatched cottage here where he took refuge in Chengdu during a war and was inspired to write over 200 poems! The memorial originated as a temple dedicated to Dufu that was built about a thousand years ago during the Song Dynasty. Part of the culture here is to build “temples” to w*rship great men/men with great accomplishments. Oh, that they may find the only One worthy of w*rship!