Liangshan Academy

　　Built in the 12th year of the Guangxu reign during the Qing Dynasty (1886), the academy faces south and features an earth-and-wood structure. It consists of two courtyards and east and west wing rooms, covering an area of 746 square meters. It now serves as the Wuping County Museum. The single-courtyard corridor-style building has a row of horizontal rooms on each side. The central axis from south to north includes the courtyard, front hall, patio, and main hall. The front hall is three bays wide and three columns deep, with a gable-and-hip roof and an earth-and-wood structure. The octagonal gate tower features upturned eaves and a majestic presence, with recessed rectangular stone plaques inscribed with calligraphy. Then-Magistrate Tang Zhixie signed them with the titles “Liangshan Academy” and “Summer Month of the Year Bingxu in the Guangxu Reign.”

　　The academy gained great fame because Mao Zedong once stayed here and held red revolutionary symposiums. Today, the academy’s architecture remains simple and classic, while the camellias in front bloom even more vibrantly.

　　(Image source: Xialv netizen Congcong Days)

　　Information source: Fujian Provincial Tourism Development Commission