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White Deer Grotto Academy 白鹿洞书院Báilùdòng Shūyuàn
National heritage site · Jiujiang, Jiangxi
- Time needed
- 1–2 hours
- Days to budget
- Half a day
- City
- Jiujiang
- Region
- Jiangxi
- Type
- Heritage
- Listed as
- National heritage site
About White Deer Grotto Academy
A former Confucian academy in a wooded valley at the foot of Wulao Peak on the southern side of Mount Lushan, counted among the Four Great Academies of China. A school was founded here in the 10th century, and the academy was rebuilt in 1179–80 by the neo-Confucian scholar Zhu Xi, whose rules for students influenced later academies. The grounds include a gate, courtyards and halls, a gallery of stone inscriptions, the Zhu Xi shrine and a man-made stone grotto with a carved deer.
How to get to White Deer Grotto Academy
In a valley at the southern foot of Mount Lushan, about 7 km north of Nankang and about 18 km south-south-east of Jiujiang.
Nearby
- Mount Lushan 庐山 under 10 km
Misty peaks, waterfalls and a hill station of stone villas above the Yangtze
Also within 20 km: Guanyin Bridge 观音桥 (under 10 km), Xiufeng Scenic Area 秀峰 (under 10 km), Ziyang Embankment 紫阳堤 (under 10 km), Tangtaizong Hot Spring Resort, Lushan 汤太宗温泉 (20 km), Gutang Customs House 姑塘海关旧址 (20 km), Tianmu Hot Spring Resort, Lushan 庐山天沐温泉 (20 km).
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