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Songyang Academy 嵩阳书院Sōngyáng Shūyuàn
4A scenic area · National heritage site · Zhengzhou, Henan
- Time needed
- 1 hour
- Days to budget
- Half a day
- City
- Zhengzhou
- Region
- Henan
- Type
- Heritage
- Listed as
- 4A scenic area, National heritage site
About Songyang Academy
One of the four great academies of the Northern Song, founded as a Buddhist temple in 484, later a Taoist temple and from 1035 a Confucian academy where the philosophers Cheng Hao and Cheng Yi taught. Its Qing-period courtyards hold a hall to Confucius, a lecture hall, a shrine to the sage-kings Yao and Yu and the Duke of Zhou, and a library, and two ancient cypresses that legend says Han Emperor Wu ennobled as generals. By the gate stands the Tang stele of 744, about 9 m tall and the largest ancient stele in Henan; the academy is part of the Historic Monuments of Dengfeng World Heritage site.
How to get to Songyang Academy
On Songyang Road about 3 km north of central Dengfeng at the foot of Taishi Mountain, a short taxi ride from the centre.
Nearby
- Shaolin Temple 少林寺 under 10 km
The cradle of Chan Buddhism and kung fu, at the foot of Mount Song - White Horse Temple 白马寺 50 km
China's first Buddhist temple, with Thai, Indian and Burmese halls beside it - Longmen Grottoes 龙门石窟 50 km
Some 100,000 Buddhas carved into riverside cliffs, watched over by a serene giant
Also within 20 km: Chongfu Palace 崇福宫 (under 10 km), Qimu Que Gates 启母阙 (under 10 km), Songyue Pagoda 嵩岳寺塔 (under 10 km), Fawang Temple 法王寺 (under 10 km), Dengfeng City God Temple 登封城隍庙 (under 10 km), Huishan Temple 会善寺 (under 10 km).
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