Wuyi Mountain Ziyang Academy

Wuyi Mountain Ziyang Academy

The Ziyang Academy is situated at the foot of Hidden Screen Peak in the fifth bend of Wuyi Mountain. It was first built in the tenth year of the Chunxi era of the Song Dynasty (1183), initially named Wuyi Jingshe, expanded during the late Southern Song Dynasty and called Ziyang Academy, and renamed Zhu Wen Gong Shrine during the Zhengtong era of the Ming Dynasty. The Song Dynasty Neo-Confucian scholar Zhu Xi gave lectures here for ten years. The original buildings included the Renzhi Hall, Yinshu Studio, Hanqi Lodge, WanDui Pavilion, and TieDi Pavilion. Today, only parts of the Zhisu and Yinshu rooms remain. The stone walls around the academy feature many handwritten poems and inscriptions, most notably Zhu Xi’s own inscription “Flowing Onward Like This” and the “Ten Thousand Ren High Cliff” carved by Chen Xing on the Sun Cloth Rock.

The Wuyi Jingshe is located at the foot of Hidden Screen Mountain in Wuyi Mountain. It is an academy personally planned and constructed by the Southern Song Neo-Confucian scholar Zhu Xi in the tenth year of the Chunxi era (1183). It is one of the major architectural landmarks of Wuyi Mountain, often referred to as the “Grand Sight of Wuyi.”

The origins of constructing the Wuyi Jingshe can be traced back to the fifth year of the Chunxi era (1178). In early autumn of that year, Zhu Xi, along with his brother-in-law Liu Yanzhi and hermit Liu Fu, toured Wuyi Mountain. As they saw the winding Nine-Bend Stream and the drifting clouds beneath Hidden Screen Peak, they felt refreshed and inspired. This led to the initial idea of building a home here, expressed in lines such as “Longing for this homeland” and “The immortals have long summoned me, granting me yellow silk books and giving me twin jade pendants; when will my humble cottage be built so I may escape worldly clamor from here?” After years of careful planning and preparation, the construction of the Jingshe finally began in the tenth year of the Chunxi era (1183) and took initial shape that very year. According to Zhu Xi’s “Miscellaneous Poems on Wuyi Jingshe,” the layout was roughly as follows: nestled between two ridges at the foot of Hidden Screen Peak were three rooms called the Renzhi Hall. To the left and right of the hall were two bedrooms — the one on the left was where Zhu Xi lived, called the Yinshu Room, and the one on the right was for receiving guests, called the Zhisu Lodge. Outside the left ridge was a secluded mountain valley, with a stone gate at the entrance called the Shimen Valley. Inside the valley was a row of buildings serving as dormitories for scholars, known as the Guanshan Studio. To the west of the Shimen was another room for Taoist practitioners, called the Hanqi Lodge. In front of the Guanshan Studio were two pavilions — the WanDui Pavilion and the TieDi Pavilion. Around the Hanqi Lodge was a fence enclosing the space between the two ridges, with a wooden gate hung with a plaque that read “Wuyi Jingshe.” Once the Jingshe was completed, Zhu Xi invited Han Yuangji, the prefect of Jian Ning, and the renowned historian Yuan Shu from Jian’an (now Jianyang County, Fujian) to celebrate. Han Yuangji wrote the “Record of Wuyi Jingshe.”

Suggested Visit Duration

0.5 hours

Transportation

Located in the Tianyou Peak scenic area of Wuyi Mountain. Walk westward from Shui Guang Shi.

Admission Fee

No admission fee required

Included in the Wuyi Mountain Scenic Area ticket

Opening Hours

Winter: 6:30–17:30; Summer: 6:30–18:00

Location

At the foot of Hidden Screen Peak in the fifth bend of Wuyi Mountain, Wuyi Mountain National Tourism Resort, Wuyishan City, Nanping

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