Last updated 2026-11-15 — Originally, the Fengshan Mountain in Hai’an was home to the Three Sages Temple, built to commemorate three historical figures from the Song Dynasty who had close ties with Hai’an: Wen Tianxiang, Fan Zhongyan, and Hu Anguo. In the last century, it was destroyed in war. The Jianghuai Cultural Park is located at the northern foot of Fengshan Mountain, just a hundred meters from the original site. The scenic area has restored and rebuilt the ancient “Three Sages Temple,” with the architectural complex named “Jixian Building.” It includes the Hanqing Tower, Houlue Pavilion, Anding Pavilion, and the Jianghuai (Hai’an) Historical Figures Museum. The Hanqing Tower commemorates Wen Tianxiang, the Song Dynasty prime minister and national hero who resisted the Yuan invaders, escaped from the Yuan camp, and passed through Hai’an on his way south. The Houlue Pavilion honors Fan Zhongyan, an upright official of the Song Dynasty who built seawalls along the coastal areas of Dongtai in Hai’an to protect against tidal erosion and benefit the people. The Anding Pavilion pays tribute to Hu Anguo, a great educator of the Song Dynasty known as the father of education, who lectured at the Fengshan Academy in Hai’an for five years. The various main buildings of Jixian Building are connected by a winding and meandering historical and cultural corridor, forming a complete ancient architectural complex. Within this complex, the Jianghuai (Hai’an) Historical Figures Museum introduces notable historical and cultural figures from the Jianghuai region and Hai’an. On the north side of the Jixian Building scenic area stands the Lixian Pavilion, a square-shaped pavilion that echoes the Longguang Pavilion in the lake. Visitors can admire the Jixian Building from the pavilion, hence its name meaning “Pavilion for Honoring the Virtuous.” Along the corridor stands a huge stone stele engraved with Marshal Chen Yi’s handwritten poem “Red Flags Flew Across the October Sky.” In 1940, after the New Fourth Army advanced eastward to resist the Japanese and following the victory at the Huangqiao Battle, they joined forces with the Eighth Route Army's southern column leaders in Hai’an to discuss plans for establishing an anti-Japanese democratic base in northern Jiangsu. Marshal Chen Yi composed a poem to commemorate the triumph. Today, in admiration of these revolutionary predecessors, this poetic stele has been erected as a lasting memorial. The Houlue Pavilion also serves as the comprehensive hall of the China Celebrity Art Museum. The painting desk in the main hall is 13.4 meters long and 1.7 meters wide—the largest in the world—offering artists a sense of awe, inspiration, and creative impulse.