Aside from tending to his flowers, plants, and fruit trees, Tu's daily routine is made up of studying nanguan in the morning, working on his linguistic research in the afternoon and, in the evening, putting in order the materials he has collected.
除了每日例行整理花草、果樹等勞動外，杜建坊過著早上研究南管、下午研究語言，晚上整理資料的生活。