The Ginkgo Season at Caotang, where green meets yellow in a poetic blend

The ginkgo season at the Du Fu Thatched Cottage Museum in Chengdu is here! At this time each year, the ginkgo trees in the garden gradually change from deep green to light yellow, eventually dyeing the area into a golden sea. Now, in this "green meets yellow" season, there is a unique charm. Walking on the bluestone path, the tree canopies spread overhead like unfinished poetry manuscripts, with golden and green leaves overlapping, as if you can feel the poet’s pauses and revisions as he wrote. In the soft winter sunlight at the Thatched Cottage, the clouds hang low, and the light is like silk, slowly piling the golden ginkgo branches thickly. People look up as if waiting for an ancient lamp to light—a brightness belonging to Du Fu and Chengdu, a weaving of the poem’s “white,” “red,” and “green,” and a romantic moment at the year’s end “golden season” when people quietly admire the plants. When the golden feast is fully spread, the Thatched Cottage will be at its softest all year, with paths covered in gold and people standing under the trees bathed in warm light. Come to the Thatched Cottage to feel this cool yet lively, shadowed yet warm winter romance, and wait for the wind to send you a tree full of poems!