Dufu’s Thatched Cottage and Wuhou Temple…
Oct 29th, 2007 by scott
Well, this is my last day in Chengdu. I went to, you guessed it, Dufu’s Thatched Cottage and Wuhou Temple. These had some nice gardens, but weren’t the historical treasure troves that were in Xi’an and Beijing. The Wuhou Temple was celebrating three men that declared themselves brothers who ruled one of the three states that existed in China in the first three centuries AD. It seemed like most of it was fairly recently built, though.
There was a recreated old style shopping street next to the temple, which is the first place I’ve seen anything calling itself anything like smelly tofu. The English name was “Tofu that has odor”. So, I tried it. It was rolled in some type of spice and then red pepper (after I shook my head, that “yes, I like that”…well, it didn’t smell bad at all, so I think it couldn’t be the real thing. I’ll try again in Shanghai.
Dufu’s cottage was a nice garden with some some of Dufu’s poems (he was a famous Chinese poet in the Tang Dynasty (618AD-907AD)). There were a lot of his poems carved in wood, done by fairly recent calligraphers. After seeing the Stone Forest in Xi’an, though, this was not very impressive to me.
But, it did have some nice gardens…
Tomorrow, on to Shanghai. See you soon
DO MAKE SURE THAT YOU SEE THE MUSEUM IN SHANGHAI…IT WAS ONE OF THE HIGHLIGHTS OF MY TRIP, I THINK YOU WILL ENJOY IT ALSO.
I wish you had something to capture the smell of smelly tofu .. hahaha… yea, do remember to try that when you go to Shanghai.
You are doing a good job with your blog. Even though I am not there your pictures and stories paint a great picture. Thanks