The Wenfeng Academy from the Ming Dynasty

The Wenfeng Academy from the Ming Dynasty

The Wenfeng Academy from the Ming Dynasty is located in Raojiabao Village, Longxi Village, Gan Zhu Town. It was built in the sixth year of the Chenghua era (1470) by Rao Bingjian (courtesy name Wenfeng), a historian and educator of the Ming Dynasty. With upturned eaves and high walls enclosing deep courtyards, the academy covers an area of 5,032 square meters. It is divided into upper, middle, and lower halls, featuring 56 study rooms, three courtyards of varying sizes, and a layout of courts within courts, gardens within gardens, along with ponds and towers. The architecture is simple and elegant, with landscapes, towers, and pavilions complementing each other, making it one of the influential academies in Jiangxi during the Ming Dynasty. The Ming Dynasty educator and top imperial scholar Luo Lun often resided here to teach and wrote "The Record of Wenfeng Academy." During the War of Resistance against Japan, Chen Heqin relocated the National Kindergarten Teachers College here to continue its operations.

Jiangxi Fuzhou City

Gan Zhu Town: Gan Zhu Town is located in the northern part of Guangchang County. During the Song Dynasty, it was known as Lumaozhou, named for its abundant production of lumao (a type of reed), which resembled sugarcane and bamboo—hence the name “Gan Zhu” (Sweet Bamboo). It has long been known as the “First Town of Xuyuan” and is the first town in Guangchang County when traveling upstream along the Fu River. The town covers a total area of 114 square kilometers, administers 12 administrative villages with 141 village groups, one community neighborhood committee, and has a total of 8,371 households and 27,870 residents. Among them, there are 7,673 agricultural households with 26,398 people, and 698 non-agricultural households with 1,472 people. The town has 23,850 mu of arable land and 80,000 mu of mountainous land, with a per capita arable land area of 1.02 mu. … Gan Zhu Town detailed information ++