The origin of people’s daily tour of thatched cottage

Originated in the Tang Dynasty. "Human Day" every year has become a special day for Chengdu people to visit the thatched cottage and commemorate the poet Du Fu.

On the seventh day of the first lunar month of the lunar calendar, Chengdu citizens will leave their homes early in the morning, bringing their wives, children, or friends to happily go to the Du Fu Thatched Cottage in the western suburbs to participate in the annual traditional folk customs - —People’s day tour to the thatched cottage.

Du Fu Thatched Cottage is the former residence of Du Fu, the great poet of the Tang Dynasty, when he lived in Chengdu. He and his friend Gao Shi wrote poems here on the seventh day of the first lunar month to express their longing for him.

Since the late Qing Dynasty, on the seventh day of the first lunar month, Chengdu citizens have gathered together with their young and old to pay homage to Du Fu, the "Poetry Saint". This has gradually become a unique traditional folk cultural activity during the local Spring Festival. He Shaoji, an academician in Sichuan during the Qing Dynasty, wrote a couplet for the thatched cottage: "The spring breeze in the Jinshui is shared by the public, and I will return to the thatched cottage in the day." This is the custom of visiting the thatched cottage in the day.

What are the customs of Ren's Day

On "Ren's Day" (the seventh day of the first lunar month), people eat seven vegetable soups, visit the thatched cottage, worship Du Fu, recite Du Fu's poems, and appreciate Du Fu's poems. Plum blossoms, pray for the new year. The activities of the "Human Day" festival have been enriched over time.

Nowadays, during the "Human Day" every year (from the first to the seventh day of the first lunar month), Du Fu Thatched Cottage holds a variety of activities. On the basis of inheriting the tradition, it also holds calligraphy and painting exhibitions and bonsai exhibitions. , plum blossom exhibition, organize poetry contests, calligraphy and painting competitions, and carry out lantern riddle games, etc.

Citizens and tourists can not only feel the high-grade cultural and artistic atmosphere in the thatched cottage, but also participate in its activities and experience the joy of the festival first-hand.

In recent years, Du Fu Thatched Cottage has further explored the connotation of traditional Chinese culture, and added the addition of climbing to the Ten Thousand Buddhas Tower and ringing the bell to pray for blessings, Chengdu Stories? Hundreds of Talks, Poetry Contest in the Thatched Cottage, releasing river lanterns to pray for blessings, Jincheng Tang Contents such as wind orchestra performances, Tang Dynasty music and dance, etc., display China's excellent traditional culture in rich and colorful forms, and have received good social benefits.

Reference for the above content: Baidu Encyclopedia - Renri Tour Thatched Cottage