Because of this, Tu and his wife had to undertake the design of the house as well as find the suitable materials themselves. Likewise, when it came to the actual building of the house, the couple learned what they needed by consulting all manner of people, and then passed on what they had learned to the workers.
因此，從設計、找材料，杜建坊夫婦都是自己親自來，施工方法，也是自己先四處請教，學會了再傳授給工人。