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Dongpo Academy 东坡书院Dōngpō Shūyuàn
4A scenic area · National heritage site · Danzhou, Hainan
- Time needed
- 1–2 hours
- Days to budget
- Half a day
- City
- Danzhou
- Region
- Hainan
- Type
- Heritage
- Listed as
- 4A scenic area, National heritage site
About Dongpo Academy
The site where the poet and official Su Dongpo (Su Shi), exiled to Hainan in the late 1090s, lived and taught in Danzhou; the academy that grew up around his Zaijiu Hall was rebuilt in the Ming and Qing dynasties, destroyed in the Cultural Revolution and restored in 1982. The Zaijiu Pavilion and Hall, side rooms and corridors now serve as an exhibition hall, and the grounds also have Dongpo Lake, a bridge, a statue, a memorial hall for the Guanglang Hermitage and Dongpo's well. Guides use augmented-reality devices, and a live 'Dongpo micro-theatre' show is staged on site.
How to get to Dongpo Academy
In Zhonghe town, about 34 km north-west of Nada, the Danzhou city seat; the old walled town of Zhonghe (Ancient City of Danzhou) is under 1 km to the west.
Nearby
Also within 20 km: Ancient City of Danzhou 儋州故城 (under 10 km), Yangpu Ancient Salt Field 洋浦盐田 (10 km).
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