From August 30th to September 1st, 2018, the first National Postgraduates Forum was successfully held at the Du Fu Thatched Cottage Museum in Chengdu. Liu Hong, director of the Du Fu Thatched Cottage Museum in Chengdu, Zhou Yukai, professor of Sichuan University, and Professor Wang Xiuchen of the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences delivered speeches respectively.19 postgraduates from Tsinghua University, Fudan University, Sun Yat-sen University, Sichuan University, Southwest University, Northwest University, Beijing Normal University and Shaanxi Normal University attended the forum. The academic papers covered that “the relationship between Du Fu and Buddhism, Du Fu's image and Du’s poems research, and otehr studies for Du Fu, the papers are new and original.
The forum also invited experts and scholars from the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences and Sichuan University, Sichuan Normal University and Southwest University for Nationalities to gave pertinent suggestions for the papers.
This forum was held by Chengdu Du Fu Thatched Cottage Museum to provide an academic platform for the exchange and discussion among the postgraduates, explore new ideas and methods for Du Fu's research, and gradually cultivate a number of experts for Du Fu's research. It is significant for the further inheritance and development of Du Fu's spirit to promote Du Fu's research, and the Chengdu Du Fu Thatched Cottage Museum into will be built to a new academic highland. The forum issued the Journal of Du Fu Studies, which has received wide acclaim from the academic circles by publishing relevant information in the Weixin, and it has a great influence on Du Fu's research and ancient literature research.